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
Striking refuse workers can hold their heads up with pride
PHIL STREET takes a look at the Coventry and Rugby disputes, where expectations to work longer and longer hours pushed bin workers to breaking point – and explains why they deserve our full support
Bin worker pickets in Coventry
PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
HENRY FOWLER outlines the GFTU’s new 2026-27 education programme and argues that investing in trade union education is essential to building worker power, developing leaders and strengthening collective action
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
More expensive by weight than gold, saffron is surprisingly simple to grow. MAT COWARD explains
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
The Durham Miners’ Gala is a celebration of working-class culture, but also a call to action — to rebuild workers’ collective strength, says KIM JOHNSON MP
WITHIN Coventry and Warwickshire, two acrimonious disputes are taking place involving refuse workers who are members of Unite the Union and their local government employers.
In Coventry, the bin lorry HGV drivers have now entered their 21st week of strike action, after coming out on a wintery January 5.
In Rugby, the refuse drivers, carriers and street cleansers took strike action starting on April 26, originally for two weeks, but management intransigence led to the strikers extending the dispute until at least the middle of June.
Similar stories
Megapicket to shut down Birmingham’s refuse sites
