Nick Cohen’s article is a disappointing and misplaced, attack on unions CONTINUE READING
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Labour’s Gain Shows Unions’ Pain – But Change Is Coming
We need to be different. We need to be daring. We need to be brave. Frankly, what’s the alternative? What’s left to lose? CONTINUE READING
Young Core Workers Set To Save UK Unions?
New work brings a real prospect of change to break through the disconnect between young workers and unions. CONTINUE READING
Shock! Gig Economy Is Not The Only Show In Town
New research shows retail trumping social care in jobs of the near future CONTINUE READING
Signing Off, Signing In…..
After 27 years, it’s time to leave the CWU. What will the future hold? CONTINUE READING
Why Trade Unions Need the Young Pregnants (and how they can get them)
Unions hold the key for ending discrimination against young pregnant workers – but can they unlock the door? CONTINUE READING
The moral case for saving steel
Politicians are seeing shades of grey when the landscape is black-and-white:The moral case for saving steel is overwhelming. CONTINUE READING
Why #likealadydoc has undone Tory social policy
Dominic Lawson’s attack on female medics exposes big gaps in Tory thinking CONTINUE READING
Employment rights and human rights are two sides of the same coin
Without human rights activists it would be much harder to be trade unionists CONTINUE READING
Dads and Childcare – A trade union issue
This isn’t about who changes the dirty nappies. No-one likes doing that. It is a question of what we are going to about this fundamentally unfair and dysfunctional situation. Cost and Access issues make a childcare crisis for Dads which hurts us all CONTINUE READING
