PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE explains why opposing war is inseparable from defending jobs, wages and public services – and why readers should come to the London Peace Conference on Saturday June 20
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There’s a lot to learn from the UVW and IWGB struggles
We should take these two unions more seriously and follow their examples, argues JOE HAYNS
As protests erupt over Henry Nowak’s murder, ANDREW MURRAY argues that anger is being exploited to advance a wider racist and anti-immigration agenda
CARLOS MARTINEZ explains the sound case for car manufacturing co-operation with China
The National Emergency Briefing outlines the need for urgent action to address environmental crisis, says PAUL DONOVAN, warning that there’s no time to indulge the arguments of the fossil-fuel-funded climate-change deniers
Campaigners say criticism of Labour MP Stephen Morgan’s position on Gaza has been met with police intervention and cancelled opportunities for debate. HESTER WOLFE reports
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights warns of escalation danger in Iran war
“TRY not to scratch the Ferraris,” a United Voices of the World (UVW) activist told the told the crowd.
Freddy and Angelica were suspended for demanding a liveable wage for cleaning a west London car showroom — but, after several UVW-organised protests over the last month, the bosses are presumably now less scared for the cars than they are of their workers.
UVW and its sibling union the Independent Workers’ Union GB (IWGB), both organising in the most precarious workplaces, among majority-migrant workers, have had a great year. A high point was the co-ordination of IWGB’s University of London branch’s strike with UVW’s cleaners’ dispute against the London School of Economics (LSE), in mid-May.
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