
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.
ByThe TUC general secretary on Labour, taxation, and the false promises of the green economy.
ByI am reprising my role as the Morning Star’s parliamentary reporter – and hoping there are no problems with my…
ByYour weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
ByCollective bargaining and the right to withdraw labour are free-market liberties.
ByAfter centuries of crackdowns, UK workers still walk out – as they always have done.
ByThe Communication Workers Union head on postal strikes, universal service and why Labour needs to rebalance the world of work.
ByNordic countries have the highest rates of union membership and the lowest income inequality.
ByA bureaucratic change has been blown up into a woke battle between women and trans people.
ByThe RMT figurehead says that even after a summer of strikes, proposals from rail bosses are “not acceptable”.
ByProportional representation would fracture the party and cut if off from its history.
ByInterventions by Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden helped avert strike action, and an economic crisis.
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ByThey have contributed 58 per cent of the party’s donations and loans so far this year.
ByBy calmly exposing the absurdities of TV interviewers, the RMT general secretary has won the public over.
ByAt a fraught transport select committee session, unions and rail bosses clashed over strike action.
ByI was raised in a council house by a single mum – but in my 20 years in journalism I’ve…
ByAs we face two lost decades for living standards, the RMT leader is helping to ensure that bosses fear workers…
ByWhen government policy fails working parents, is it any wonder so many have decided to take action?
ByIt can refuse to intervene in the rail workers’ dispute – but if disruption spreads to the public sector No…
ByThose in the party who favour performative confrontations with the trade unions must be faced down.
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