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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An injury to one is an injury to all
Trade unionists will gather in Huddersfield in West Yorkshire tonight to celebrate 135 years of struggle by the district’s trades union council, writes Morning Star northern reporter PETER LAZENBY
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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
ON SEPTEMBER 24 1885, a band of trade unionists gathered in the Chess Tavern in High Street in Huddersfield in West Yorkshire to found Huddersfield Trades Union Council.
In the late 19th century Huddersfield was at the beating heart of the old West Riding’s textile industry. The industry employed hundreds of thousands.
The trade unionists at the Chess Tavern were still smarting from a defeat at the hands of the textile employers.
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