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
Women trade unionists should be leading the way
Sisters have a vital role to play in order to win a fair pay rise and resist the government’s detested key worker pay freeze, says SIOBHAN ENDEAN of Unite the Union
PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
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
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
More expensive by weight than gold, saffron is surprisingly simple to grow. MAT COWARD explains
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
The Durham Miners’ Gala is a celebration of working-class culture, but also a call to action — to rebuild workers’ collective strength, says KIM JOHNSON MP
IT COULDN’T be clearer. The Tories are completely out of touch with the realities for women of the impact of the pandemic and have failed them at every turn. In fact, we need to recognise that this government is actively anti-women.
Women workers bore the brunt of austerity, long before the coronavirus crisis.
Working long hours — and many more years since their pensions were stolen — with little or no job security, often juggling multiple low-paid, part-time and zero-hours jobs with childcare and elder care, while still forced to rely on universal credit (UC).
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