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Sharon Graham
Crowds assembled in Trafalgar Square, London, for the union rally in support of the workers sacked in the print union dispute with Rupert Murdoch's News International, April 6, 1986
Workers' Rights / 24 January 2026
24 January 2026

SHARON GRAHAM reflects on the lessons of Murdoch’s confrontation with print workers – and argues that, in an age of AI, automation and net zero, only early organisation, collective power and planning can stop history repeating itself

(left to right) Health Secretary Wes Streeting, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at the launch of the Government's 10-year health plan during a visit to the Sir Ludwig Guttman Health & Wellbeing Centre in east London, July 3, 2025
Unite Conference 2025 / 8 July 2025
8 July 2025

The electorate see no evidence of the government’s promises of change, and the good jobs and decent pay that people are crying out for. Bold action is needed right now, warns SHARON GRAHAM

Checkout workers are increasingly being replaced by machines
Features / 6 March 2018
6 March 2018
The jobs being hardest hit by automation are in occupations dominated by women, says SHARON GRAHAM