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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Why black people are bearing the brunt of the coronavirus
From working in the most dangerous jobs to racist immigration policies, structural inequalities have placed black people at the frontline of Covid-19, writes DEBORAH HOBSON
Jobs with a high level of BAME workers have seen greater risk of exposure to Covid-19
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
SHOCKING figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) this month show that black people are dying at an alarming rate from Covid-19 or coronavirus that has devastated lives in Britain and around the world.
African Caribbeans in Britain have been killed by Covid-19 at a rate that is four times more than white people. And Bangladeshis and Pakistanis are more than 50 per cent more likely to die from the virus as white people, with people of Indian and mixed heritage also more at risk, according to the ONS.
Grassroots Black Left (GBL) has produced a position paper to outline our alarm at the number of black fatalities, including those doing their job caring for the sick and elderly. It makes demands of the criminally negligent Tory government and Keir Starmer’s feeble opposition.
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