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
We are experiencing first hand the need for a fairer society
The task that lies ahead when the coronavirus crisis ends is to turn this collective experience into action, says CRAIG ANDERSON
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 contempt and hypocrisy of the political elite has dazzled and amazed at a level never seen before the Covid-19 crisis.
The Tories’ continued smoke-and-mirror strategies and new-found passionate loyalty to NHS staff and key workers beggar belief.
In the CWU, our members are scared, being asked or forced to risk their lives and and the lives of their families without the necessary protection, whether through lack of protective wear or lack of government support.
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As Reform UK threatens to capitalise on public anger, our Establishment politicians simply refuse to acknowledge their role in creating the very alienation that gives succour to Farage, writes CRAIG ANDERSON
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The fight to protect the very principles of the USO goes beyond postal workers alone, argues CRAIG ANDERSON
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