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
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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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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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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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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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