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ANTI-BLACKLISTING campaigners yesterday leapt to the defence of shadow chancellor John McDonnell after he named a police officer involved in the scandal.
The Labour leftwinger was attacked in the right-wing Evening Standard after he named Detective Chief Inspector Gordon Mills as having addressed the secretive Consulting Association.
The association compiled a blacklist of 3,213 workers in the construction industry, identifying them as trade union activists or as having a track record of raising health and safety issues.
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LAURA DAVISON traces how Murdoch’s mass sackings, political deals and legal loopholes shattered collective bargaining 40 years ago – and how persistent NUJ organising, landmark court victories and new employment rights legislation are finally challenging that legacy
In part II of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY explores how witch-hunting drives took hold in the Civil Service as the cold war emerged in the wake of WWII
Our members face serious violence, crumbling workplaces and exposure to dangerous drugs — it is outrageous we still cannot legally use our industrial muscle to fight back and defend ourselves, writes STEVE GILLAN
The Islamic Republic is attempting to deflect from its own failures with a scapegoating campaign against vulnerable and impoverished migrants, writes JAMSHID AHMADI