Shadow justice secretary Steve Reed
Birmingham’s striking bin workers and supporters bring waste sites to a standstill
SHADOW justice secretary Steve Reed said Labour would give prison officers the professional status and respect the job deserves at the Prison Officers Association conference today.
But the union’s general secretary Steve Gillan said members wanted clear manifesto commitments on restoring the right to strike and lowering the retirement age.
Mr Reed slammed 13 years of Tory failure of the criminal justice system, including cuts to policing budgets, court closures and “the fact that barely two in 100 reported rapes leads to a trial.
Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’
Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street
Durham Miners’ Association general secretary ALAN MARDGHUM speaks to Ben Chacko ahead of Gala Day 2025
