The new Employment Rights Act is a step forward, but restoring collective bargaining and union power remains essential to tackling insecurity, outsourcing and low pay, says PAUL WHITEHOUSE
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Keir Starmer must not help the Tories to pass their Anti-Boycott Bill
The Labour leader could use the ‘wash-up’ period in the run-up to the general election to push through anti-democratic legislation to prevent solidarity with Palestine, warns PETER LEARY
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer speaking in Westminster, London, after a General Election was called for July 4, May 22, 2024
Trade unionists are mobilising to support Cuban workers and public services, amid escalating US pressure on the socialist island. RONAN OGILVY explains
The defence secretary’s resignation reveals not a split over principle but a dispute over pace of military spending, as Britain’s political Establishment unites behind deeper Nato commitments, argues NICK WRIGHT
The ceasefire may have halted the fighting for now, but years of economic warfare and recent military attacks have left millions of Iranians facing hardship and uncertainty, says Codir’s RUBEN BRETT
The struggle for Palestinian freedom has become a defining issue for everyone committed to justice, democracy and peace, says PETER LEARY ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
Unison director of organising KEVIN LUCAS explains the Organising to Win strategy, its successes to date and key tests on the union’s horizon
TODAY the curtain closes on Rishi Sunak’s disastrous Tory government. Ahead of the general election, the government is now busy trying to rush through remaining legislation which will otherwise fall when parliament is dissolved.
To do this, it needs agreement from the opposition front bench to speed up the normal parliamentary process. Keir Starmer must not help the Tories to pass their toxic Anti-Boycott Bill.
The government’s s Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill, better known as the Anti-Boycott Bill, threatens to erode local democracy, restrict freedom of expression and undermine campaigns for social and climate justice.
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