The new Employment Rights Act is a step forward, but restoring collective bargaining and union power remains essential to tackling insecurity, outsourcing and low pay, says PAUL WHITEHOUSE
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US women’s rights trampled by Supreme Court
The overturning of Roe v Wade is major blow to the right to choose, report JOHN WOJCIK and CJ ATKINS
People gather in Downtown Atlanta on Friday, June 24, 2022, to protest to protest the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Trade unionists are mobilising to support Cuban workers and public services, amid escalating US pressure on the socialist island. RONAN OGILVY explains
The defence secretary’s resignation reveals not a split over principle but a dispute over pace of military spending, as Britain’s political Establishment unites behind deeper Nato commitments, argues NICK WRIGHT
The ceasefire may have halted the fighting for now, but years of economic warfare and recent military attacks have left millions of Iranians facing hardship and uncertainty, says Codir’s RUBEN BRETT
The struggle for Palestinian freedom has become a defining issue for everyone committed to justice, democracy and peace, says PETER LEARY ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
Unison director of organising KEVIN LUCAS explains the Organising to Win strategy, its successes to date and key tests on the union’s horizon
AS EXPECTED, the Supreme Court of the United States has voted to overturn Roe v Wade, the landmark ruling that legalised abortion across the United States nearly 50 years ago.
The ruling marks the first time in US history that a constitutionally guaranteed right has ever been removed by the court.
The destruction of Roe is having immediate impact. In the state of West Virginia on Friday morning, the last clinic in the state providing abortion services closed its doors.
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