MORE working-class MPs are “crucial” to the survival of the Labour Party, RMT leader Mick Cash said yesterday.
Addressing train drivers’ union Aslef, at its annual conference in Southend, Mr Cash referred to the Network Rail strike as “two fingers” to the Tories’ new strike threshold plans, with 80 per cent voting for action.
“One of the lessons of our movement is that when the Tories come along to attack us, we overcome them,” he said.
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
As the labour movement meets to remember the Tolpuddle Martyrs, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of train drivers’ union Aslef, says it’s an appropriate moment to remind the Labour government to listen to the trade unions a little more


