SOLOMON HUGHES recommends Sunjeev Sahota’s recent novel set in a trade union election campaign for its fresh approach to what unites and divides workers, but wishes the union backdrop was truer to life
THIS year I am leading a delegation of Usdaw members to the annual Labour Party conference in Brighton.
Right now, we have a reckless, incompetent Tory government, led by a habitual liar. A government intent on dismantling our welfare state, stripping back our employment rights and cutting our public services back to the bone.
A government so obsessed with delivering Brexit at any cost, that it will ignore the rule of law and drag the country off a cliff to get there. So it is crucial that working people’s voices are heard above all the noise and chaos.
Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street
By sticking together, working collectively and building the union, we can weather any uncertainty ahead, writes general secretary of Usdaw PADDY LILLIS



