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
This special TUC comes at a historic moment for the labour movement
Middlesbrough MP ANDY McDONALD on why unions must press Labour for a comprehensive new deal for workers
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
TODAY’S special Congress called by the TUC could not be more timely, coming at a critical point in the struggle over the right to strike.
The Minimum Service Levels legislation that the Tories have forced through Parliament in recent months is an affront to a free and democratic society in which the liberty of working people to withdraw their labour is respected. It therefore demands the strongest possible response from the labour and trade union movement.
So, it is vital that trade unions take the opportunity presented by what TUC general secretary Paul Nowak has described as a “once in a generation gathering” to send a message to this contemptible Conservative government that workers will not lie down as their rights are ripped apart.
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