Paul Nowak: “I fit every stereotype of a Daily Mail trade unionist”
The TUC general secretary on Labour, taxation, and the false promises of the green economy.
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Andrew Murray’s Diary: Back to my old Commons beat, recalling the bellowing-booth and lessons from the Iraq War
I am reprising my role as the Morning Star’s parliamentary reporter – and hoping there are no problems with my…
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Another Rishi reshuffle won’t help him restore party discipline
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Anti-strike laws are un-Conservative
Collective bargaining and the right to withdraw labour are free-market liberties.
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The long and futile history of British anti-strike law
After centuries of crackdowns, UK workers still walk out – as they always have done.
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Dave Ward: “Amazon would give its right arm for Royal Mail’s job”
The Communication Workers Union head on postal strikes, universal service and why Labour needs to rebalance the world of work.
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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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How to stoke a culture war within the Oxford student union
A bureaucratic change has been blown up into a woke battle between women and trans people.
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Mick Lynch: there’s a “corrupt” relationship between the government and train operators
The RMT figurehead says that even after a summer of strikes, proposals from rail bosses are “not acceptable”.
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It’s political suicide for Labour to ditch first past the post
Proportional representation would fracture the party and cut if off from its history.
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US rail workers get closer to a deal, and what they deserve
Interventions by Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden helped avert strike action, and an economic crisis.
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Letter of the week: The real class war
Email letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Why Labour can’t afford to lose the trade unions
They have contributed 58 per cent of the party’s donations and loans so far this year.
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Mick Lynch is winning the media war over rail strikes
By calmly exposing the absurdities of TV interviewers, the RMT general secretary has won the public over.
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Rail union chief slams “scab charter” to replace strikers with agency staff
At a fraught transport select committee session, unions and rail bosses clashed over strike action.
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The media response to strikes proves we need more working-class journalists
I was raised in a council house by a single mum – but in my 20 years in journalism I’ve…
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We should all be grateful for Mick Lynch
As we face two lost decades for living standards, the RMT leader is helping to ensure that bosses fear workers…
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Stop using children as leverage against strikes
When government policy fails working parents, is it any wonder so many have decided to take action?
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Blaming Labour for the rail strikes could backfire on the government
It can refuse to intervene in the rail workers’ dispute – but if disruption spreads to the public sector No…
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Labour must back strikes to fight the cost-of-living crisis
Those in the party who favour performative confrontations with the trade unions must be faced down.
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