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WORKERS are rebelling today against a decision by the Co-op to sell off part of its insurance business to a firm that refuses to recognise trade unions.
The protest will take place in Rochdale, the birthplace of Britain’s co-operative movement, where in 1844 a co-op was established as an alternative to profiteers who sold poor-quality and adulterated food and provisions to the working class.
Today’s Co-op business is huge, taking in insurance, banking and other services in addition to its well-known retail arm.
Apart from a bright spark of hope in the victory of the Gaza motion, this year’s conference lacked vision and purpose — we need to urgently reconnect Labour with its roots rather than weakly aping the flag-waving right, argues KIM JOHNSON MP
LOTTE COLLETT welcomes the arrival of a new party for the left, a vehicle for councils to finally fight for progressive policies on housing, green spaces and public facilities, rather than administering cuts and misery from central government
CWU leader DAVE WARD tells Ben Chacko a strategy to unite workers on class lines is needed – and sectoral collective bargaining must be at its heart
