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
A teacher’s perspective: as union members we have a role to play in combatting coronavirus
We need to meet and act in our workplaces — we can’t wait for Westminster to put protections in place, says ROBERT POOLE
THE longer I teach the more cynical I become. Or at least that’s how it feels sometimes.
So when I saw the latest advice from the government I couldn’t help but think that it perhaps didn’t have our best interests at heart.
Last week it was announced that the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak had been classified as a pandemic and Prime Minister Boris Johnson was to meet top scientists to discuss what would happen next.
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