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FAST-FOOD workers defended the decision to boot McDonald’s out of Labour Party conference yesterday after Blairite MPs accused Jeremy Corbyn of “snobbery.”
The fast-food chain, which refuses to recognise trade unions, was denied a slot by the business board of Labour’s national executive.
Labour MP Wes Streeting told the Murdoch-owned Sun on Sunday newspaper that the decision “smacks of a snobby attitude towards fast-food restaurants and people who work or eat at them.”
Strike Map co-founder HENRY FOWLER discusses the significance of today’s joint union letter to video game giant Rockstar, demanding trade union recognition for its workers. Their conversation highlights how our movement can harness its collective power to rebuild union power across the private sector
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LAURA DAVISON traces how Murdoch’s mass sackings, political deals and legal loopholes shattered collective bargaining 40 years ago – and how persistent NUJ organising, landmark court victories and new employment rights legislation are finally challenging that legacy
Organised workers at the notoriously anti-union global giant are scoring victory after victory, and now international bodies are pitching in to finally force this figurehead of corporate capitalism to give in to unionisation, writes EMILIO AVELAR
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP