Unite the union Articles

The events of last weekend were historic and unifying. The changes will be meaningful and, let us hope, lasting. Giving 2.7 million trade unionists the chance to step closer to the party their forebears helped create is no small thing. And asking the nine million...

A new agenda for Labour The crash of 2008 remains a watershed for New Labour’s political economy. The reliance on the financial sector and public administration as the twin drivers of growth was revealed as incapable of generating the value necessary for a competitive...

Scotland under Labour had a proud record of acting to protect workers from violence, threats and abuse. In fact, we were ahead of the game when we passed the Emergency Service Workers (Scotland) Act 2005 to make it an offence to assault or impede persons who provide...

Miliband’s party reforms differ from Clause IV —In the October edition of Progress, the Progressive column set out the story of the new Clause IV campaign accurately: few remember that Tony Blair might have lost unless local parties had balloted their members. But...