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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Still fighting back
There are major challenges ahead for the Scottish movement, writes PAT RAFFERTY
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
IT’S BEEN 13 years since I was appointed Scottish secretary of Unite. I am as honoured today, as I was then, to help lead Unite fighting for a fairer Scotland, whether that be in the workplace, communities or in the corridors of power.
Many things have changed over this period in employment relations, society and in the political landscape. We have come through an unprecedented global pandemic which took the lives of more than 220,000 people in the UK.
There were divisive Scottish independence and Brexit referendums. This overlapped with a historic changing of the political guard with the SNP now controlling Holyrood for over a decade.
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