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Usdaw has raised our objections with the provisions in the trade union bill and is actively supporting today’s Trade Union Congress’ parliamentary lobby. Usdaw rarely organises industrial action and sees such a process as a last resort following a serious breakdown in...

Transforming trade unionism in the modern world When I became a trade union member a month shy of my 16th birthday in 1989 in Rosyth Royal Dockyard, every one of the other 150 or so apprentices joined too. We were entering a workplace that had 6,000 employees where...

This summer, the Labour party needs a holiday like never before. It needs to turn off Twitter, drink sangria, feel the sand beneath its toes and stare at the ocean. It needs to get a little perspective, think about its future, and buy an oversized sombrero. It needs a...

The reaction to recent attacks on Progress shows Labour has no desire to return to the 1980s You cannot help but to have noticed the recent row over the motion at GMB conference seeking to isolate and expunge Progress. First, the National Executive Committee went into...