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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RICHARD LEONARD describes Scottish Labour's renewed conviction to work with the labour movement to stand up for worker's rights in Scotland
Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard attends an FBU demonstration outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh
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
THE Labour Party is the party of work and the party of the trade unions and, as our economy stagnates and lies unprepared for the challenges of Brexit ahead, this link has never been so vital.
We were born out of the trade union movement. We are its political wing and down the years people have forgotten that at their peril.
That’s why I was pleased to receive great support from trade unions and trade unionists in my recent election to lead the Scottish Labour Party.
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