BEN CHACKO reports on fears at TUC Congress that the provisions in the legislation are liable to be watered down even further
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PCS members have had enough of being exploited and disrespected
We must unite as never before, defending public services for workers, for service users and for claimants alike, writes PCS national president FRAN HEATHCOTE
CHRIS HOOFE calls for support for GMB’s Potters’ Pledge campaign, aimed at making sure the historic pottery industry based in Stoke-on-Trent is supported over cheap, low-quality imports and counterfeits
Investing the £75 billion slated for defence spending on a green new deal, healthcare and education would create jobs and help communities far more than weapons spending, argues UCU general secretary JO GRADY
Speaking to the Morning Star’s Ceren Sagir, general secretary of the National Union of Journalists LAURA DAVISON outlines the threats to journalism from Palestine to Britain, and the unique challenges confronting the industry through the rise of AI
We must organise broad-based counterprotests and celebratory local community events to rebuild class consciousness and challenge the far-right’s divisive lies, writes KEVIN COURTNEY, ahead of this Saturday’s big demo in London
Artists should not be consigned to a life of precarious working – they deserve dignity and proper workers’ rights, argues ZITA HOLBOURNE
PCS MEMBERS have won a historic victory in our recent ballot — one that follows an extremely successful period of targeted action in places like the Border Force, the Rural Payments Agency, the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and some jobcentres facing closure.
This has resulted in thousands of new joiners and unprecedented press coverage, and we’ve now called all member action today, February 1, alongside a number of other unions, as well as endorsing further plans for lots more targeted action.
At the moment, the government says that there is no more money, but that could change quickly as they see the sheer strength of feeling from so many workers coming together.
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