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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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
THERE are three alarming global trends in work and employment under the now dominant neoliberal version of capitalism.
First, the increasing ability of employers to act unilaterally, aided by the state. Second, falling levels of union membership and, thus, declining union influence. And as a result, third, increasing levels of exploitation of labour by capital, best epitomised by the working poor on benefits and minimum wages, on the one hand, and sky-high company profits and executive salaries on the other.
Here in Britain and as a response, the Institute of Employment Rights published a Manifesto for Labour Law in 2016 as a programme for government on employment relations for the next Labour government led by Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell.
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