“Soft left but not soft”: the rise of Louise Haigh
How the shadow transport secretary and prolific networker transcended Labour’s factional divides.
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The Tories know they can’t beat the unions – they just want someone else to blame
Anti-strike bills won’t change the fact the country needs nurses and teachers a damn sight more than it needs these…
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Is Mick Lynch working class?
Rishi Sunak has accused trade unions of a “class war” – but class is not clear-cut in Britain’s new era…
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How to win a strike negotiation
As the government and nurses enter “intensive” discussions over pay, a trade union negotiator reveals how talks unfold.
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Can we stop the government criminalising protest? With Jodie Beck of Liberty
The Public Order Bill is a worrying assault on basic freedoms.
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Majority of Britons oppose workers earning over £50,000 going on strike
New polling reveals public sympathy for industrial action is influenced by salary levels.
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Mick Lynch: Government has “a Stalinist obsession” over strike negotiations
Speaking to MPs, Lynch put the blame for prolonged industrial action firmly at the government’s door.
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Rishi Sunak’s “anti-strike” law won’t work – just look at Europe
Minimum service levels in western EU countries are often based on mutual agreements between employers and unions rather than the…
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What are the salaries of workers going on strike in the UK?
Rail workers, nurses and paramedics aren’t paid as much as people think.
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Why does nothing work in the UK anymore?
From GP appointments to trains, everything feels broken.
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Why are the Tories fighting a losing battle over strikes?
The arguments against public sector pay rises have contributed to building the low wage economy that’s stuffed all of us.
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Rishi Sunak needs to offer striking workers a better deal
It is not the strikes that should worry ministers most, it is that important public sector posts will be left…
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The biggest myths about this week’s strikes in the UK
Starting and average salaries for public sector workers taking industrial action are lower than most people think.
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Does the wave of strikes mark the end of the long 1990s?
The shadow cast by decades of depoliticised workplaces may finally be fading.
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Is Mick Lynch in trouble?
The leader of the RMT union seemed rattled on the Today programme this morning.
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Countries with high trade union membership are more equal
Nordic countries have the highest rates of union membership and the lowest income inequality.
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Rishi Sunak is gambling on Christmas disruption turning voters against the strikes
The Prime Minister’s soothing tone of reconciliation has done nothing to change the fundamental problems at play
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The Tories should have known these strikes were inevitable
The government daren’t admit the real issue of public pay pressure: stagnant growth is wearing away at all of our…
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The weirdness of America’s approach to sick days
The country’s rail strikes reveal a vulnerability in its workforce.
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Rishi Sunak needs more than a good tone to beat Labour
The government has made the right noises on Europe and strikes, but that won’t hide it’s lack of substance for…
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