Tag archives for labour movement
With Labour selling out trade unions, Greens must strengthen our support for their struggles
The last few days have underlined something we have known for a long time. An increasingly right-wing Labour Party leadership, bent on marginalising factional opponents and appeasing the billionaire-owned press,…
Take big 5 energy firms into public ownership to ease cost of living, says TUC
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) today released a set of proposals for easing the cost of living crisis, triggered in part by the soaring costs of energy. According to the…
Three Green Party deputy leader candidates pledge to repeal anti-union laws
Members of the Green Party of England and Wales will be electing a new deputy leader this summer. There are four candidates in the running, all of whom are being…
Why we all need to resist the Tories’ latest anti-trade union laws
Another Tory parliament, another anti-union law? Last Sunday’s issue of the Telegraph carried briefings from government ministers threatening to impose ever tighter restrictions on trade unions in some of the…
Workers relaunch the campaign to bring UCL services back in house
Hundreds of cleaners, security staff, and others at University College London (UCL) signed a letter this month demanding an end to outsourcing on campus. Workers say subcontractors have abused them…
Green Party conference votes to centre workers and unions in climate policy
Green Party of England and Wales members today voted for a motion which seeks to centre workers and trade unions in the party's climate policies. The motion also sought to…
An open letter to the labour movement: support the strike, don’t cross the climate picket line
On 15th March 2019, from Scotland to South Africa, an estimated million children and teenagers skipped school to participate in the global youth climate strikes. As the world’s youth gear…
NHS strike postponed
UNISON members on strike at Salford Royal hospital (Matt Hanley) With less than 48 hours before today's planned 12 hour nationwide strike of NHS nurses, porters, cleaners, ambulance staff, secretaries…