Robinson successfully defended his school from closure, fought for the unification of the teaching unions, mentored future trade union leaders and transformed teaching at the Marx Memorial Library, writes JOHN FOSTER
Labour’s chance to right a Tory wrong on workplace discrimination
RICHARD BURGON MP says the government should use the Employment Rights Bill to reverse a shameful Tory decision on discrimination
WORKERS’ RIGHTS: Labour MP for Leeds East Richard Burgon on a picket line in Leeds last year
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At the very moment Britain faces poverty, housing and climate crises requiring radical solutions, the liberal press promotes ideologically narrow books while marginalising authors who offer the most accurate understanding of change, writes IAN SINCLAIR
From Gaza protest bans to proscribing Palestine Action, political elites are showing a crisis of confidence as they abandon Roy Jenkins’s apologetic approach for Suella Braverman’s aggressive ‘hate march’ rhetoric, writes PAUL DONOVAN
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The summer of 1950 saw Labour abandon further nationalisation while escalating Korean War spending from £2.3m to £4.7m, as the government meekly accepted capitalism’s licence and became Washington’s yes-man, writes JOHN ELLISON
IT HAS been over a decade since the Conservative-led government scrapped statutory discrimination questionnaires — a vital tool that once empowered workers to challenge inequality in the workplace.
Back then, as an employment lawyer, I saw first-hand how this straightforward measure helped workers stand up to discrimination from bad bosses. With the Employment Rights Bill making its way through Parliament, our new Labour government has a golden opportunity to right this wrong.
The statutory equality questionnaire was part of the groundbreaking Equality Act 2010, introduced under the last Labour government. These questionnaires allowed workers who believed they had been discriminated against to obtain key information from their employers, including about how others in the workplace were treated.
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