“It is a fight to build a strong & militant trade union movement, capable of winning back what has been taken from us over the past 40 years. It is a fight we must wage together & win together.”
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Liz Truss must reverse her budget to stabilise the economy – TUC
"We need a new budget focused on stabilising the economy and getting wages rising. Not one that puts the UK at risk for the sake of tax cuts for the rich.”
Resist the Tory Offensive – Labour Outlook TUC Conference special edition
A special print edition of Labour Outlook featuring articles from Mark Serwotka, PCS; Sarah Wooley, BFAWU; Holly Turner, NHS Workers Say No!; and Jess Barnard, members' representative on Labour's NEC.
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."
Rail strikes: how the Conservative government is blocking a negotiated resolution
"For the rail firms, it is like negotiating with a brick wall – and Grant Shapps is the mason who built it. To the public, this brick wall is invisible. And Grant Shapps would prefer that nobody knows it exists."
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.”
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."