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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Nurses are ready to fight — lets make sure they win
As nurses, still on the Covid-19 front line, march for fair pay, HELEN O'CONNOR recalls their struggle so far and urges them to rally around recent victories against the Tory government
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
HAVING already endured many years of below-inflation pay, NHS nurses have now been told that they will not get a rise. Anger is mounting over their exclusion from last week’s public-sector pay award, as the majority of experienced NHS nurses have not seen any significant improvement in their take-home pay from the last three-year deal.
The flames of anger are being fanned further by pronouncements that nurses have already received a pay rise, back in April. Equally, arguments that nurses “are lucky to have jobs” in the face of mass redundancies are going down like a lead balloon.
Nurses, who have risked their lives during the pandemic, were hopeful that the government would play fair and reward them. But they now feel utterly betrayed and their mood is volatile. It takes a lot to goad the average nurse to anger at the way they are treated, but the Tories have succeeded in this feat.
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