Trade unions can show leadership to end zero-hours contracts by following the example of the BFAWU and signing up for a new scheme that will shape internal and external practice, writes IAN HODSON

BFAWU members are on the cusp of voting whether to continue their century-long relationship with Labour. The union’s president IAN HODSON says, come what may, they won’t be backing down on the working-class right to have a political voice

BFAWU president IAN HODSON says the democracy the Diggers fought for eludes us to this day