The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
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Workers gather in Southport to plan and prepare
LYNN COLLINS salutes the TUC North West on a year of saved fire stations and city-wide employment charters – but much is left to do
TUC North West regional secretary Lynn Collins
In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech chimed with the public mood - and socialists should take advantage, says Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO
Scotland's Labour leader cannot continue to evade responsibility for the party's decline, argues LAUREN HARPER
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
WHEN I came to work for the TUC in 2013 one of the first conversations I had with our general secretary was about the upcoming 150th anniversary of the TUC, and how the north-west could provide a focus for the celebrations of trade unionism.
In June last year, the movement marked that anniversary and in Manchester, a week-long programme of events shone a light on what we have achieved and where we are going next.
As we host our 2019 conference in Southport, we remain committed to winning for workers across the north-west. Our work in the past twelve months should give us encouragement. Across the region we have seen unions mobilising in workplaces and communities, taking industrial action and winning. There would be too many to mention but notable highlights include RMT members at Northern and Merseyrail, McDonald’s workers, hospitality workers winning on tips and NHS workers in Wigan winning on pay.
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