TUC general secretary PAUL NOWAK speaks to the Morning Star’s Berny Torre about the increasing frustration the trade union movement feels at a government that promised change, but has been too slow to bring it about
The anti-strikes Bill: yet another blow to our democratic rights
We have no choice but to seek to build mass opposition and to develop a strategy of non-compliance to the draconian Minimum Service Levels Act, says MATT WRACK
FBU general secretary Matt Wrack
DIANE ABBOTT exposes the misconceptions, rumours and downright lies perpetrated around immigration issues
With 12,000 fewer teachers since 2010 and dwindling resources, Scotland’s schools desperately need investment to support diverse learners rather than empty promises from politicians, writes ANDREA BRADLEY
Reversing outsourcing is the pre-election promise the government must honour, says Unison general secretary CHRISTINA McANEA
EMAN ABU ZAYED reminisces about the perilous time her family and neighbours endured in northern Gaza and how they were forced, in fear of their lives, to flee south
The EIS president who defended Marxist politics in the 1980s fought Thatcherite educational policies while organising Teachers for Peace rallies and ensuring Morning Star circulation in Scotland’s pit villages and factories, writes JOHN FOSTER
THE Minimum Service Levels Act is one of the most significant attacks on working people in a generation.
Under the new anti-strike legislation, “minimum service regulations” in fire and rescue, health, education, transport, nuclear decommissioning and border security will enable employers to require designated workers to attend work on strike days — despite a democratic and lawful vote for strike action; workers will be required to undermine their own demands and campaigns.
Employers will also be granted increased powers to sack union members if they do not work on strike days. Unions will be expected to police members’ attendance at work.
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