Aslef is defying the Strikes Act MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, writes for the Morning Star on the eve of his union’s annual conference in Manchester from Monday 20 to Friday May 24
Tuesday 14th May 2024 Voices of Scotland Trades councils must be prioritised Trades councils are key to linking up the class struggle at a local level — all unions and union branches must affiliate, writes TAM KIRBY
Tuesday 14th May 2024 Keir Starmer and the Labour’s supposed ‘broad church’ Normally in British politics, leftwingers defect right. Under Blair and now Starmer however, this trend seems to reverse, calling into question the ‘broad church’ that welcomes Tories and excludes socialists, writes KEITH FLETT
Tuesday 14th May 2024 Birmingham City Council still has the money to pay women fairly STUART RICHARDS explains why 1,500 GMB members at 35 Birmingham schools are going on strike after council bosses failed to tackle the equal pay crisis honestly
Monday 13th May 2024 ‘A police horse ran full-pelt at me’ In the second of two features, ex-miner PAUL KELLY records his experiences at the battle of Orgreave when police mounted an unprecedented attack on striking miners, and what he did in the aftermath of the great strike
Monday 13th May 2024 BFAWU: what our members want from the politicians After surveying our members on issues from the NHS to Gaza, we are launching our Bakers’ Dozen manifesto in the House of Commons, laying out exactly what our demands are in the run-up to the election, writes SARAH WOOLLEY
Wednesday 15th May 2024 China leads the global South’s great escape from poverty While critics struggle desperately to dismiss or explain away China’s rapid and sustained growth, Beijing’s approach of mutual respect and interdependence is inspiring nations to break free from colonial shackles, writes ROGER McKENZIE
Monday 13th May 2024 Fighting for mental health in Barnet Branch secretary of Barnet Unison JOHN BURGESS applauds the mental health social workers who today are beginning three weeks of strike action against low pay, unsafe workloads and poor retention
Saturday 11th May 2024 ‘Working in rail is a battle from day one’ RMT young members' committee chair SARAH CUNDY speaks to Ben Chacko about the challenges facing young transport workers, public campaigning and training a new generation of union reps
Saturday 11th May 2024 ‘We were staying out, ballot or no ballot’ In the first of two features, ex-miner PAUL KELLY shares his experiences as a 24-year-old striker in the miners’ strike against pit closures of 1984-5
Saturday 11th May 2024 Aw That On the degradation of civic vision While revisiting his old postie haunts of Harhill, MATT KERR is reminded that Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan did build, post-WWII, something that has stood the test of time. Very little else has, if we are honest