TUC 2024 Why is it illegal to charge upfront fees to work-seekers – except in the performing arts? Actors and entertainers have to pay significant fees to appear on directories in the hope of getting a job. Equity believes it should be the bosses who pay, not the workforce, says PAUL W FLEMING
Features | Monday 09th Sep 2024 TUC 2024 Why trade unions need women and why women need collective self-organisation
Monday 09th Sep 2024 TUC 2024 Labour must be pressed to deliver for working people From a progressive transport agenda, to public spending, investment and sectoral collective bargaining, our union wants to see the long-overdue improvements that workers need and deserve, says MICK LYNCH
Monday 09th Sep 2024 TUC 2024 Together, unions can secure collective bargaining across the British economy CWU leader DAVE WARD looks at the Royal Mail takeover bid, the new deal for workers – and how the labour movement should build on it
Monday 09th Sep 2024 We have an agenda for real change — we need to organise for it RUTH HAYES outlines how unions’ policies on public ownership, investment and a just transition to a sustainable future already offer an alternative to what the Labour government has planned — if we are willing to force its hand
Monday 09th Sep 2024 TUC 2024 Migrant campaigners call for rights, not exploitation Criminalising vulnerable migrants who are at the mercy of unscrupulous employers is not the solution to abusive labour practices, argues DON FLYNN, of the Status Now 4 All Network
Monday 09th Sep 2024 TUC 2024 Protecting workers’ health must be a top priority Physical and mental wellbeing are key to the functioning of our education system, says ANDREA BRADLEY
Monday 09th Sep 2024 TUC 2024 Supporting vulnerable women, not their exploiters Women need access to meaningful and properly paid work, not coercion into the abusive and dangerous sex industry, write LUBA FEIN and HELEN O’CONNOR
Monday 09th Sep 2024 TUC 2024 Prison officers pile on the pressure Tory austerity triggered a crisis in our jails and only a decisive break from the past can turn this around, explains STEVE GILLAN
Monday 09th Sep 2024 TUC 2024 Turning the tide on merchant navy decline and support maritime employment Seafaring is vital to our nation’s economy, but the industry has been allowed to diminish with a devastating impact on our port cities and coastal communities – a rejuvenation policy is urgently needed, argues MARK DICKINSON
Monday 09th Sep 2024 TUC 2024 ‘Competitive’ trade unionism is holding back progress NEU president PHIL CLARKE, writing in a personal capacity, explains why a different way of organising school support staff is needed
Monday 09th Sep 2024 TUC 2024 Red in tooth and claw Aslef general secretary MICK WHELAN writes for the Morning Star on the eve of the TUC in Brighton, about the pay offer from the DfT, relations with the Labour government, and the union’s motion at Congress calling for the renationalisation of rail freight
