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THE TOP job in construction union Ucatt was one that Brian Rye never sought. But having been catapulted into the role of acting general secretary last year, he has led the union through the most difficult period in its history.
Rye has faced financial challenges caused by decisions taken before his time, difficulties that eventually led to this week’s historic vote in favour of a merger with Unite.
But, he tells me at the close of what is expected to be Ucatt’s last biennial conference, it has also been a time of pride. Not least in the union winning a whopping £8.9 million of compensation for blacklisted members. Or its persistence in bringing legal cases over asbestos, holiday pay and other key issues in the construction sector.
With a political crisis engulfing the Labour Party, the case for PR is back on the agenda. TONY BURKE argues trade unions must now engage on changes to our voting system
Charles Lubselski pays tribute to a lifelong communist and supporter of the Daily Worker and Morning Star
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP
Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’