Unison director of organising KEVIN LUCAS explains the Organising to Win strategy, its successes to date and key tests on the union’s horizon
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Let’s defeat Boris Johnson’s divisive agenda
The NHS, social security and workers’ unity are under threat from Tory immigration policies, writes DIANE ABBOTT
Young workers do want to get involved in Unison, and where that is enabled we see growth in workplace power, argue Unison North West Young Members co-chairs ZAIHERA CHAUDHRY and IAN CAULFIELD
British military spending is among the highest in the world, diverts scarce resources from far better causes and fuels international conflict. It’s time we made different choices, argues LIZ PAYNE
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Animal metaphors are testament to delight in the non-human world and what we hope and wish for human freedom, argue ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT"
Economists estimate extreme poverty could be drastically reduced for a fraction of global defence spending, yet military budgets continue to expand year on year, says JON TRICKETT MP, ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
IN EVERY area of policy being discussed as this election goes on, the dividing lines between Labour and the Tories are becoming clearer.
And at the centre of them all is a fundamental divide between Labour’s vision of hope and unity, and the Tories’ politics of scapegoating and division.
To take the area of immigration policy as an example, the differences between the Conservatives and the Labour Party are strong indicators of the real distance between us and our competing visions for our futures.
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