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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No sector should go back to work until it is demonstrably safe to do so
Labour and the unions need to be workers’ active advocates in the workplace, in the community and on social media, says NICK WRIGHT
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
BRITAIN tops the league table of coronavirus deaths per head of population.
With only the US rivalling our country for this dubious distinction, the present Tory government is in line to appear the most irresponsible administration in our history, rivalling the Chamberlain government that by appeasing Hitler made the second world war victory over fascism more costly.
Reports that the Cabinet is divided between a substantial minority — or perhaps even a majority — in favour of the swifter exit from the Covid-19 lockdown than the Prime Minister is presently willing to consider, obscures the reality that decisions in a Conservative Cabinet are critically influenced by a more powerful range of forces than those represented by the maladroit mob seated around the Cabinet room table.
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