A report from a meeting of Labour’s NEC on 8 September by left CLP reps Jess Barnard, Gemma Bolton and Yasmine Dar.
Reindustrialisation will need a change in economic strategy – Eddie Dempsey
"We need more state-owned financial institutions directing investment into building publicly owned industries that can create new higher value manufacturing and service jobs."
Wages not weapons call made at #TUC26
“There can be no meaningful national security without strong public services, secure jobs, safe homes to live in and a social infrastructure that enables people to thrive.”
Our economy isn’t working, and our movement must fix it! – Gawain Little
"If the past 45 years have taught us anything, it is that tinkering around the edges won’t deliver the kind of change we need. We need system-wide change."
Solidarity with Cuba! – Alex Gordon
Alex Gordon, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Britain, calls on Britain’s trade unionists to redouble solidarity with the socialist island.
Why trade unionists need to fight harder for Palestine – Louise Regan
"If our government had acted sooner, had taken action when we could all see the genocide unfolding, how many lives could have been saved?"
Palestine: Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions – Zita Holbourne
"Our trade union movement must not just speak out in solidarity but take these impactful actions called for in the motion as a collective movement."
Why does Reform UK want to rip up workers’ rights? Follow the money – TUC
"Farage, and all our politicians, need to pick a side. Billionaires might not want workers' rights. But voters do."
The trade union movement has the potential to become an active player in Irish unity debate – Louise O’Reilly TD
"Irish unity is an idea whose time has come. The challenge now is to ensure the rights of workers are not put on the back burner." There has arguably never been a better time to advocate for Irish unity within the trade union movement. So why are some so timid? This Monday, I will be…
Let’s fight for real security, not war – Kate Hudson
"Do we really want the capacity to destroy millions of lives instead? And think what else we could do if conventional budgets were brought down to size."