BEN CHACKO reports on fears at TUC Congress that the provisions in the legislation are liable to be watered down even further
Latest editorial
Building an ever-stronger movement
The past year has been hard – but our fights aren’t won yet, writes JAY McKENNA, secretary of North West region of the TUC, as its annual conference takes place in Warrington
SOLIDARITY: Jay McKenna
CHRIS HOOFE calls for support for GMB’s Potters’ Pledge campaign, aimed at making sure the historic pottery industry based in Stoke-on-Trent is supported over cheap, low-quality imports and counterfeits
Investing the £75 billion slated for defence spending on a green new deal, healthcare and education would create jobs and help communities far more than weapons spending, argues UCU general secretary JO GRADY
Speaking to the Morning Star’s Ceren Sagir, general secretary of the National Union of Journalists LAURA DAVISON outlines the threats to journalism from Palestine to Britain, and the unique challenges confronting the industry through the rise of AI
We must organise broad-based counterprotests and celebratory local community events to rebuild class consciousness and challenge the far-right’s divisive lies, writes KEVIN COURTNEY, ahead of this Saturday’s big demo in London
Artists should not be consigned to a life of precarious working – they deserve dignity and proper workers’ rights, argues ZITA HOLBOURNE
AS trade unions in the north-west come together for the regional TUC conference, it’s an opportunity for us to look at what we’ve achieved in the past year and set our course for the challenges ahead.
When conference met back in Liverpool in 2022, the P&O dispute was in its infancy. The cost-of-living crisis was biting, but our response was still developing. It would have been difficult to imagine what would follow as we debated what needed to be done.
Across the region, our trade unions haven’t just shouted loudly about the issues facing members and workers. They’ve acted. Consistently, collectively and resolutely. The outcome has been wins that deserve celebrating and ones on which we can build an ever-stronger movement.
More from this author
The regional conference of the TUC North East, Yorkshire and the Humber will be looking to set the agenda for a growing, diverse trade union movement, says JAY McKENNA
Delegates representing 800,000 workers in north-west England will meet for the first time in three years at the annual conference of North West Region of the Trade Union Congress in Liverpool today. Regional secretary JAY McKENNA looks at some of the big issues coming up
Similar stories
CWU leader DAVE WARD tells Ben Chacko a strategy to unite workers on class lines is needed – and sectoral collective bargaining must be at its heart
Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street
The regional conference of the TUC North East, Yorkshire and the Humber will be looking to set the agenda for a growing, diverse trade union movement, says JAY McKENNA
In fighting against racism and fascism, it helps to clearly make the case that division and hatred emerge from the elites and those who stand to benefit from a fractured working class, argues DANIEL KEBEDE