HENRY FOWLER, assistant general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU), reports on Day 2 from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at the Workers’ Retreat, Quorn Grange Hotel
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It is time to get HS2 done
There must be no caving in to Tory MPs who can’t see further than the bottom of their own garden, writes MANUEL CORTES
Assistant general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions HENRY FOWLER reports on day 1 from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at Quorn Grange Hotel
MPs and others called for the urgent release of tortured Palestinian doctor, Hussam Abu Safiya, held hostage by Israel and reportedly near death, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Strike Map co-founder HENRY FOWLER discusses the significance of today’s joint union letter to video game giant Rockstar, demanding trade union recognition for its workers. Their conversation highlights how our movement can harness its collective power to rebuild union power across the private sector
Capitalism has exploited — and polluted — our natural resources for too long, it’s time we treated our rivers as living beings, writes MIRIUM GAUNTLETT, LIAM SHAW and ROX MIDDLETON
The PM leaves office having squandered Labour’s electoral mandate and alienated its grassroots. He will not be missed, writes BRIAN LEISHMAN MP
THERE is a myth being peddled about High Speed 2 (HS2) — that it’s only now “decision time.” Nonsense — the decision to go ahead was taken as long ago as 2012 and indeed this vital rail link is already being built today.
Let’s face it, the only reason we are still discussing its future is because Boris Johnson ordered a review to please his backbenchers. Led by Douglas Oakervee, it will be made public and decided upon next month — though its findings have already been leaked.
What we know is Oakervee himself is backing HS2 and he is the person who has drilled down into the evidence. You can hardly blame him given that nearly half of Britain’s population would be linked to HS2 services around Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, London and beyond.
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