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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People’s Assembly is ready to take on the challenges of today
ANDY BAIN previews today’s conference taking place at Friends House in London
People take part in the People's Assembly Britain is Broken national demonstration in central London in November 2022
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
AROUND 250 people will attend today’s People’s Assembly conference at Friends House, Euston, meeting against a background of growing political and social upheaval and facing with government on the defensive on two major issues.
We see headlines about the NHS and social care being at breaking point, of children going hungry and being refused free school meals, of millions of people — often those with health and disability issues — freezing because they cannot afford to heat their homes. We cannot allow this to continue.
Inequality is greater than it has been for over a century in Britain and the past months have seen a growing confidence, with increasing numbers of workers going on strike in order to defend their living standards and to protect our public services from the ravages of profiteering and privatisation.
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