Tributes poured in yesterday to the workers' towering champion Bob Crow after he died from a suspected heart attack aged 52.
Shock and grief gripped labour movement activists as news spread of the sudden death of the much-loved general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT).
The union closed its central London head office as a mark of respect but grieving trade unionists and members of the public laid flowers outside.
The Home Secretary’s recent letter suggests the Labour government may finally deliver on its nine-year manifesto commitment, writes KATE FLANNERY, but we must move quickly: as recently as 2024 Northumbria police destroyed miners’ strike documents
Durham Miners’ Association general secretary ALAN MARDGHUM speaks to Ben Chacko ahead of Gala Day 2025
MOLLIE BROWN reports on this year’s festival in honour of the ‘seven men of Jarrow’ deported to Australia for union activity 193 years ago


