"The plan to close ticket and booking offices would be a travesty for disabled and elderly people who want to travel on the rail network."
Tag: Equality
A bad day for democracy and anti-racism in the Labour Party – Jess Barnard
Labour NEC representative Jess Barnard responds to the party dropping commitments for independent BAME and disabled members structures - "a bad day for democracy and anti-racism."
Qatar World Cup legacy “in tatters” without urgent action on workers’ rights – TUC
The TUC lays wider research that show serious exploitation is rife in Qatar, and calls on the government to challenge the abuse of LGBT, women's and human rights.
Women’s structures in Labour are key to ensuring issues facing women are not ignored – Labour Women Leading
Labour Women Leading call on activists to defend Labour's women's conference and ensure that the issues facing women in the crisis aren't left of the agenda.
Disabled people’s struggle for equality and human rights – TUC
16th November marks the start of Disability History Month. The month is an opportunity to focus in on disabled people’s history and struggle for equality and human rights - TUC
Non-disabled workers paid 17% more than disabled peers – TUC
New analysis published by the TUC shows that non-disabled workers now earn a sixth (17.2%) more than disabled workers.
the struggle continues across the US for abortion rights post-Roe
A look at the ongoing struggles for abortion rights across the US after the overturn of Roe v. Wade this year .
Abuse of women and ethnic minorities in public life – Diane Abbott MP
Diane Abbott writes on the racism exposed by the Forde Report and racism in our wider society stoked on by Tory rule.
Islamophobia in the Labour Party: We must act on the Forde recommendations – Mish Rahman
"These issues simply won’t go away. They’re too important. They need to be fixed urgently if we are to live up to our name as an anti-racist Party" - Mish Rahman on the racism exposed by the Forde report.
We need a political response to Truss’s “war on woke” against LGBTQ+ people
"The “war on woke” is part of the strategy for prosecuting a massive attack on living standards that we cannot ignore. We will only defeat it with our active and unapologetic solidarity."