Andy Burnham’s message of hope will defeat Reform if Labour delivers the New Deal for Working People in full, says JOANNE THOMAS
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Witch-hunting women within the trade union movement only helps employers
Unions divided among themselves can’t fight and win. As UCU faces unprecedented challenges, we argue that attacking our own members has to stop, and the movement needs to practice what it preaches about respect, solidarity and equality. By HOLLY SMITH, SHEREEN BENJAMIN and JUDITH SUISSA
The government’s latest asylum proposals abandon labour movement values and fuel division by aping Reform UK, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
HENRY FOWLER outlines the GFTU’s new 2026-27 education programme and argues that investing in trade union education is essential to building worker power, developing leaders and strengthening collective action
PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
THE Universities and College Union (UCU), which represents academic and related staff in UK universities, meets for its annual Congress this week.
The union is facing unprecedented challenges having taken 18 days of strike action in two disputes — #FourFights and #USS — this academic year, without wringing any concessions from Universities and Colleges Employers Association and Universities UK.
Frustration in the disputes is running high, with just 20 HE branches starting a marking boycott on Monday May 23 and some employers threatening 100 per cent pay deductions. One motion (19) is critical of the leadership’s approach to these disputes.
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