In this article RAY GOODSPEED looks at the first four issues of this paper, from 5-8 May. Part two (here) will look at issues produced
Category: Trade Union
1926 General Strike: all solid between Glasgow and Carlisle
By John Pickard Continuing the theme of the centenary of the 1926 General Strike, here we look at a snapshot of the strike in southern
Glasgow May Day 2026: remembering the General Strike
By David Cartwright, Unite, Glasgow Retired Members’ Branch On Sunday 3 May a wide range of Glasgow Labour movement organisations and community campaign groups assembled
Unite NEC elections: big majority for Sharon Graham
By Andy Ford, newly-elected Unite NEC member The recent elections to the Executive of the Unite union, one of the Labour Party’s largest affiliates, returned
By Jamie Green The Cramlington Train Wreckers, a play by Ed Waugh, is a powerful story based around the Northumberland miners fighting to defend their
The 1926 General Strike – an opportunity lost
By Cain O’Mahony A hundred years ago, just before midnight on May 3, began the biggest movement of organised workers in British history. It became the
By Andy Ford, Chair Unite NW Health Committee Numerous studies have confirmed that of all health spending, that spent on mothers and young children gives
Vote Andy Ford for UNITE EC: Left Horizons video interview
On 29 March, ANDY FORD spoke to Ray Goodspeed of Left Horizons about his bid to be elected to the Executive Committee of UNITE for
Birmingham bin workers fight on after a year
By Cain O’Mahony Despite a £265,000 fine on Unite for breaking an injunction, there is no let-up in the fight by the Birmingham bin workers
Editorial: Restore Labour Party democracy!
It has been too long in the coming, but better late than never. The Labour Outlook website reports that “a coalition of trade union leaders,
