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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Croydon: the struggle against outsourcing
Hospital staff in south London will soon ballot for strike action to gain proper sick pay, a living wage and to be brought in-house — this is a fight for the future of nationalised healthcare, writes HELEN O'CONNOR
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
EXPLOITATIVE contractor G4S runs the domestic and portering services in Croydon University Hospital.
Most of the workforce are migrants from Africa, the Carribean, Asia and eastern Europe and the conditions they endure daily would not look out of place in a Charles Dickens novel.
These workers are building solidarity with each other across racial divides as they become properly organised in a trade union for the first time.
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