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Sam Tarry: Starmer’s position on public sector pay “will totally break down”
The sacked shadow transport minister warns that the Labour leadership is making “catastrophic errors” by “creating a punch-up with our…
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Keir Starmer’s U-turn on picket lines shows Lisa Nandy’s strength
By visiting striking workers, the shadow levelling-up secretary has proved herself an astute political operator.
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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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Has Keir Starmer let ordinary workers down?
The fallout continues following Sam Tarry’s sacking, as union leaders call Labour “irrelevant” to working people.
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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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North Sea oil workers plan more strikes as pay lags behind booming profits
Rig crews want less precarious contracts, pay that reflects inflation and help with the switch to the renewables industry.
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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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Why your flights keep getting cancelled
Class conflict is back, but without the working class.
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The 2022 summer of strikes is about to get worse
Anger and frustration with the government are combining with inflation to create a new flashpoint for industrial action.
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Boris Johnson is struggling to shift the blame for a summer of strikes
Taking a firm stance on Ukraine at the G7 summit won’t save the Prime Minister from mounting difficulties at home.
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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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Keir Starmer’s stance on the strikes is a betrayal of the people who need Labour
These are new and extreme times for the economy and they demand a new political approach.
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No promotions and forced to load bags: why pilots are preparing to strike
Britain faces a summer of disruption at airports. One pilot told us pay cuts and conditions have dramatically changed his…
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Labour is divided over the rail strikes as its MPs defy Keir Starmer
The party is trying to address the cost-of-living crisis without appearing to side with the trade unions.
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Rail strikes test Tory culture war on working from home
Exclusive New Statesman polling reveals older voters are most likely to oppose remote working, keeping the government stuck in the…
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Tories won’t win if they play games with strikes
If the country endures a summer of disruption, the party in power will surely take most of the blame.
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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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“They make fun of us”: Government cleaners respond to the Sue Gray report
Long treated with contempt, Whitehall cleaners have dealt with vomit, faeces and bloodstains.
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