The Labour Assembly Against Austerity is calling for support for 10 urgent measures to tackle the cost of living crisis and to build a better economy and society.
Tag: Cost-of-living crisis
Resist Truss and Co’s Anti Trade Union laws – Sarah Woolley, BFAWU
"Anti-union laws are a priority for the Tories at the moment rather than supporting people struggling with the cost of living... In the court of public opinion though, the Tories are well off the mark."
Liz Truss new Tory PM – what next for our movement? – John McDonnell, Rebecca Long Bailey and Simon Fletcher
Discussing the start of Liz Truss' premiership and what it means for our movement, John McDonnell, Rebecca Long Bailey, Simon Fletcher and Ruth Hayes were joined by hundreds of activists on Wednesday evening.
Is the Prime Minister looking to truss the unions?
"It is this spirit of resistance rather than pursuing the Government through the courts that may ensure that workers & unions say enough is enough not just to the cost-of-living crisis but to the anti-union laws as well."
Public Ownership and Pay – Key model motions for Labour Party Conference 2022
"As the Conservatives have elected a new hard-right leader, now is the time for Labour to reconnect with voters with hard-hitting, radical and transformative policies" - key model motions for Labour Conference.
Stop the energy rip-off, public ownership now!
“The energy giants’ profiteering has been enabled by decades of Thatcherite neoliberal economics rooted at the heart of the British government.”
The cost of living crisis, the unions & more anti-union legislation – Lord John Hendy QC exclusive
"The response of the government to the unfolding catastrophe is pure class war."
Increase pay, not profits!
"The scale of the cost of living crisis demands a radical response – a renewed & reinvigorated support for socialist solutions, not a retreat from them."
TUC calls on ministers to get pay rising, as real wages fall again
“We need action from ministers now. They should cancel the increase to the energy price cap. And they must do far more to get pay rising – starting with boosting the minimum wage this autumn and giving public sector workers a decent pay rise.”
NHS Under Siege: the fight to save it in the age of covid – review
"A decade of austerity has left the NHS in a critical state." Mike Phipps reviews NHS Under Siege: The Fight to Save it in the age of Covid.