Unison director of organising KEVIN LUCAS explains the Organising to Win strategy, its successes to date and key tests on the union’s horizon
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Attacks on British unions are reaching new lows
As global attacks on unions intensify, the ITUC has launched a campaign recognising the threats we now face from employers and states — we must fight for any incoming Labour administration to stop the rot, writes BARRY CAMFIELD
Protesters during the Protect The Right To Strike march in Leeds, protesting against the Government's controversial plans for a new law on minimum service levels during strikes, February 1, 2023
Young workers do want to get involved in Unison, and where that is enabled we see growth in workplace power, argue Unison North West Young Members co-chairs ZAIHERA CHAUDHRY and IAN CAULFIELD
British military spending is among the highest in the world, diverts scarce resources from far better causes and fuels international conflict. It’s time we made different choices, argues LIZ PAYNE
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Animal metaphors are testament to delight in the non-human world and what we hope and wish for human freedom, argue ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT"
Economists estimate extreme poverty could be drastically reduced for a fraction of global defence spending, yet military budgets continue to expand year on year, says JON TRICKETT MP, ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
THE Campaign For Trade Union Freedom is to be congratulated for its role in defending our trade unions promoting trade union freedom and showing just how anti-union Britain has become through a combination of continuing Tory attacks since Thatcher allied with Labour’s virtual abandonment of the unions as vehicles for mass worker engagement and political campaigning.
This includes supporting the ending of trade union legal protection in the fight to defend the interests of workers.
Unions of course were protected throughout much of the 20th century as long as any dispute was held to be “in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute.”
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