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RICHARD LEONARD describes Scottish Labour's renewed conviction to work with the labour movement to stand up for worker's rights in Scotland
Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard attends an FBU demonstration outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh
BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
The City is leaning on Rachel Reeves to cut welfare spending — when what’s needed is cuts to all the benefits given to the mega rich, corporations and banks to help them not pay or blatantly dodge their fair share of tax, explains BERNIE EVANS
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
THE Labour Party is the party of work and the party of the trade unions and, as our economy stagnates and lies unprepared for the challenges of Brexit ahead, this link has never been so vital.
We were born out of the trade union movement. We are its political wing and down the years people have forgotten that at their peril.
That’s why I was pleased to receive great support from trade unions and trade unionists in my recent election to lead the Scottish Labour Party.
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