The new Employment Rights Act is a step forward, but restoring collective bargaining and union power remains essential to tackling insecurity, outsourcing and low pay, says PAUL WHITEHOUSE
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How transphobia hurts
Trans people still face so many challenges — the last place we should expect hostility and prejudice from is the left, writes AVERY
Trade unionists are mobilising to support Cuban workers and public services, amid escalating US pressure on the socialist island. RONAN OGILVY explains
The defence secretary’s resignation reveals not a split over principle but a dispute over pace of military spending, as Britain’s political Establishment unites behind deeper Nato commitments, argues NICK WRIGHT
The ceasefire may have halted the fighting for now, but years of economic warfare and recent military attacks have left millions of Iranians facing hardship and uncertainty, says Codir’s RUBEN BRETT
The struggle for Palestinian freedom has become a defining issue for everyone committed to justice, democracy and peace, says PETER LEARY ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
Unison director of organising KEVIN LUCAS explains the Organising to Win strategy, its successes to date and key tests on the union’s horizon
WHEN my friends saw the Stella cartoon that you published on Tuesday, they were angry, and asked me if I, too, was angry. I surprised them by telling them that I felt nothing in particular.
I’ve become numb to the sort of sentiment that the cartoon you published conveys. It’s simply a part of my life: trans people are frequently portrayed as predatory and invasive, and that’s just something I have to live with. There’s not very much I can actually do about it.
I am 32 years old and I came out as transgender last July, after years of struggling with myself and an adulthood spent dealing with depression and reactionary ideology.
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