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Trade union activists across Britain warned David Cameron and his worker-bashing corporate backers yesterday that they will have no peace until blacklisting is wiped out.
Demonstrations and lobbies marked a TUC-backed day of action to demand a powerful public inquiry into the vicious practice which ruins lives, plus full compensation for thousands of victims.
In Leeds a peaceful demonstration outside a shopping centre where leading blacklisting company Robert McAlpine has an office led to a protester being hospitalised by heavy-handed security.
Labour’s long-promised Act has scraped through the Lords. While the law marks a step forward, its lack of collective rights leaves workers short-changed — and sets the stage for a renewed campaign for an Employment Rights Bill #2, argues TONY BURKE
In part II of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY explores how witch-hunting drives took hold in the Civil Service as the cold war emerged in the wake of WWII
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns