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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The unions must gear up and go on the offensive
It may be years before we can vote for a Labour leader, writes ANDY BAIN — instead, the organised working class must unite with anti-poverty groups, peace campaigners and others to fight the Tories today
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
DESPITE Sir Keir Starmer’s appearance at the TUC online event on September 14, most trade-union members and leaders will have realised by now that it is they that will have to take the lead in the struggle ahead.
Saving jobs, creating new ones and holding back unemployment will be the main challenge confronting millions of workers. The Covid-19 crisis will leave us fighting on several fronts.
Many trade-union members and others losing their jobs will also be threatened with eviction and the repossession of their homes. This is a trade-union issue — and there are others that are not limited to the workplace.
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