The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
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‘This was true working-class solidarity’
After the success I have had organising my workplace and others during the pandemic, it is clear that Covid-19 has changed the balance of class forces — we cannot let this moment to push our interests forwards pass, writes JOSH MORRIS
A file photo of a care worker wearing PPE
In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech chimed with the public mood - and socialists should take advantage, says Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO
Scotland's Labour leader cannot continue to evade responsibility for the party's decline, argues LAUREN HARPER
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
I USUALLY work as a lifeguard. I sit at the side of the pool and looking at people swimming up and down. Occasionally, I’ll tell some kids that “no” they can’t dive headfirst into other swimmers and then I go back to watching the pool.
When the Covid-19 outbreak began I thought I was going to be out of a job due to being on a zero-hours contract. Every casual worker for South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture was in the same boat.
People were annoyed at this, to say the least. We had been told that we were to work any shifts we had over the next 24 hours and after that we were on our own, but the casual workers decided to do something about it. We quickly got 110 signatures on a petition demanding our average pay, or failing that, average hours.
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