IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
PAUL FOLEY revels in the coolest, most joyful piece of theatre you’ll get this summer
England survived a thrilling Azteca encounter, but the stadium and its supporters created one of the tournament’s defining nights, writes JAMES NALTON
WOMEN union reps from across all industrial sectors and nations and regions will come together to form Unite’s national women’s conference this week in Blackpool.
Women will be debating the gender pay gap, maternity rights and pregnancy discrimination, international solidarity, pensions, automation and austerity.
Women continue to pay the price for the government’s austerity policies. We are picking up the pieces of a failure to provide social care and we are working longer hours in low-paid jobs and struggling to make ends meet.
As Unison launches its Year of Women Workers, ANNIE COGAN-THOMAS argues that stronger organisation and collective bargaining are essential to winning equality
Working-class women lead the fight for fair work and equitable pay and against sexual harassment, the rise of the far right and years of failed austerity policies, writes ROZ FOYER
On the eve of the 157th Trades Union Congress, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, celebrates victory in his campaign to get dignity for drivers at work