Durham Miners’ Association chair STEPHEN GUY speaks to Ben Chacko about the Reform threat, what’s needed from Labour and why the Big Meeting will never lose its politics
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Upping the fight to save our ticket offices
ANN HENDERSON reports from an RMT rally in Berwick-upon-Tweed where trade unionists and disability rights campaigners were spreading the word about the battle for the future of rail safety
(left to right) Sarah Roelofs, Disabled People Against the Cuts North East; Mick Lynch General Secretary RMT; Jamie Driscoll, Mayor North of Tyne Combined Authority – independent; chair - RMT Berwick Rail branch secretary Martin McCleary; Jess Leather, president RMT women’s committee; John Kay, retired RMT member, former RMT branch secretary, local campaigner; Georgina Hill, Independent Councillor Berwick East
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Andy Burnham’s message of hope will defeat Reform if Labour delivers the New Deal for Working People in full, says JOANNE THOMAS
General Federation of Trade Unions president and bakers’ union general secretary, SARAH WOOLLEY, guides us through the GFTU’s Summer School happening this week at Quorn Grange Hotel
The government’s latest asylum proposals abandon labour movement values and fuel division by aping Reform UK, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Can Andy Burnham’s programme deliver a productive economy – or merely a softer version of capitalism, asks VINCE MILLS
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
THE Maltings main theatre was packed at 5pm on Friday, with trade unionists and community groups coming together with one voice, opposing the proposed ticket office closure in Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Leaflets, campaign postcards and petitions are to be found in the local shops, cafes and pubs.
The letters pages of the local newspapers are filled with letters of opposition.
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