SOLOMON HUGHES recommends Sunjeev Sahota’s recent novel set in a trade union election campaign for its fresh approach to what unites and divides workers, but wishes the union backdrop was truer to life
THE rising cost of living and the wages and earnings crisis is pushing more and more people into financial uncertainty, with many households facing the very real prospect of having to choose between eating or heating. Some won’t even have that choice as they face absolute poverty.
This unacceptable state of affairs is increasingly on display for all to see in an economy owned and run by corporate interests, as wealth created by workers flows to the already wealthy or is extracted by external investors.
Like so many workers across Britain, our members in the CWU are having to take industrial action over falling pay and attacks on their terms and conditions. Our members are currently in the fight of their lives to ensure our 500-year-old postal service isn’t chopped up, sold off and turned into a gig-economy shell of the industry we have all cherished and relied on.
CWU leader DAVE WARD tells Ben Chacko a strategy to unite workers on class lines is needed – and sectoral collective bargaining must be at its heart
Ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections, ROZ FOYER warns that a bold tax policy is needed to rebuild devastated public services which can serve as the foundation of a strong, fair economy
Congress can chart a bold course that will force meaningful transformation for the people of Scotland



