"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."
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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.
CWU – Notice served for second round of national BT Group strike action
“There’s no doubt that we were as solid as we could have been in the first industrial action – & I have no doubt that will be repeated on August 30th & 31st."
London transport strikes escalate
“Our members worked through the pandemic, putting themselves & their families at risk to keep London running. Now they are being told they must pay for Covid with cuts to their pay & pensions & threats to their jobs."
Now is the time for the TUC and the unions to be bold and radical – Mark Serwotka
The following months will be decisive for our movement as we build a campaign against a backdrop of an unprecedented crisis for our members. The consequences if we don’t get this right will be disastrous. Now more than ever, we need to come together, fight and win. Mark Serwotka By Mark Serwotka, General Secretary, PCS…
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