LOUISE RAW talks to Sabby Dhalu, Kevin Courtney and Steve Wright about why we should all join next weekend’s march against the far right in London
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Unions should embrace new wave of worker co-operatives
Across the world a new model of worker-owned co-ops is bucking neoliberal austerity, says NICK MATTHEWS
DIANE ABBOTT says the socialist island has played an outsized role in the fight against racism worldwide — we must stand by it as Trump tries to choke it to death
GAWAIN LITTLE looks at the causes of the far-right resurgence and explains how the General Federation of Trade Unions is helping to combat it
As delegates from the north-east, Yorkshire & Humber meet this weekend in Durham, TUC regional secretary DAVE PIKE speaks to Ben Chacko about the challenges ahead
Prison Officers’ Association general secretary and TUC president STEVE GILLAN looks at what’s missing from the Employment Rights Act, and why we need further legislation
Militarism and war cannot be separated from ‘bread and butter issues,’ argues MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS — opposing them is central to trade unionism
There is no doubt that trade unions and worker co-operatives have the same roots.
Both are attempts by workers to retain more of the value of what they produce and more control over how it is produced. Indeed when you look at the very early trade unions they look more like co-operatives.
In more recent history unions and co-ops have not always been on the best of terms.
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