The new Employment Rights Act is a step forward, but restoring collective bargaining and union power remains essential to tackling insecurity, outsourcing and low pay, says PAUL WHITEHOUSE
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Climate change in Pakistan: a terrifying crisis
Since March, Pakistan has been experiencing an unprecedented heatwave and climate events ranging from flash floods to forest fires and drought – experts are united in their fears for the 20.9 million-strong nation, writes SHRIYA SINGH
Trade unionists are mobilising to support Cuban workers and public services, amid escalating US pressure on the socialist island. RONAN OGILVY explains
The defence secretary’s resignation reveals not a split over principle but a dispute over pace of military spending, as Britain’s political Establishment unites behind deeper Nato commitments, argues NICK WRIGHT
The ceasefire may have halted the fighting for now, but years of economic warfare and recent military attacks have left millions of Iranians facing hardship and uncertainty, says Codir’s RUBEN BRETT
The struggle for Palestinian freedom has become a defining issue for everyone committed to justice, democracy and peace, says PETER LEARY ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
Unison director of organising KEVIN LUCAS explains the Organising to Win strategy, its successes to date and key tests on the union’s horizon
AN OVERNIGHT change of regime and an erratic economy slowly approaching a balance of payments crisis characterised the first half of 2022 in Pakistan.
As the newly elected Shehbaz Sharif-led coalition government hopes to revive a suspended bailout programme with the IMF this month, recent events point to another impending crisis brought about by climate change.
In recent years, the impact of climate change has accelerated in south Asia in the form of extreme heat and unpredictable weather patterns.
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