By Michael Roberts This post was first published on May Day in the Lebanon journal, Project Zero, in Arabic. https://alsifr.org/new-era-labourer May Day is traditionally celebrated
Category: Trade Union Archive
By Emily Rizzo, Chalkbeat New York. [Editorial note: although this article refers to a dispute around the working conditions of teachers in Philadelphia, USA, we are
By John Pickard The organisation that represents the trade unions affiliated to the Labour Party, TULO, met with Keir Starmer and leading Shadow ministers on
By Steve McKenzie, Unite Community member The watering down of Labour’s New Deal for Workers has understandably, and quite rightly, led to howls of protest
By Andy Ford, Unite Health National Committee member Over a million NHS workers should have had their annual pay award from April 1. Instead of
Review by Mike Kennard Ian Isaac, the author of When We Were Miners, comes from a family steeped in mining traditions and was the Lodge
Greed in the Video Game Industry
By Joe Langabeer – Hastings and Rye Labour member The video game industry is experiencing a period of turbulence in its workforce. Over the past
By Left Horizons reporters Every year, on April 28, trade unions, trades councils and the TUC commemorate International Workers’ Memorial Day, marking the fact that
Miners’ Strike 1984-5 – Week seven
Throughout this 40th anniversary year of the miners’ strike, Left Horizons will publish regular bulletins on important issues and developments that occurred during the strike,
The 1944 strike wave: ‘the right to strike is part of the freedoms we fight for’
By Cain O’Mahony [photo shows “Bevin Boys” – conscripted miners in Cramlington, Northumberland] Eighty years ago, there was a political storm across Britain as trade
