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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ALI MORRIS explains how a team of experts are providing support to local authorities assisting women in exiting prostitution
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
THE rise of the “sex work is real work” discourse has erased the inherent violence and harm that women involved in prostitution experience on a daily basis.
Seeing Mikey Madison at the Oscars recently on accepting her award for Best Actress in Anora take a moment to “recognise and honour the sex work community” couldn’t be further away from the reality we see and hear about.
The TUC conference this week debated whether to support decriminalisation of prostitution. Women desperate to get the right support to leave the industry, desperate to see a future are being sidelined by the pro-sex work lobby. There are limited options for women who want to exit prostitution (research indicates nine out of 10 women want to do so) and if by some miracle there is a specialist support service in their area, it usually doesn’t include exiting support.
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