Unison director of organising KEVIN LUCAS explains the Organising to Win strategy, its successes to date and key tests on the union’s horizon
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Feminism and hypocrisy
Was David Cameron right or wrong to refuse to wear the Fawcett Society’s famous T-shirt, asks JIM JEPPS
Young workers do want to get involved in Unison, and where that is enabled we see growth in workplace power, argue Unison North West Young Members co-chairs ZAIHERA CHAUDHRY and IAN CAULFIELD
British military spending is among the highest in the world, diverts scarce resources from far better causes and fuels international conflict. It’s time we made different choices, argues LIZ PAYNE
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Animal metaphors are testament to delight in the non-human world and what we hope and wish for human freedom, argue ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT"
Economists estimate extreme poverty could be drastically reduced for a fraction of global defence spending, yet military budgets continue to expand year on year, says JON TRICKETT MP, ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
David Cameron recently refused to pose wearing the Fawcett Society T-shirt "This is what a feminist looks like."
It's an existential poser to ask whether someone who's obviously not a feminist can be less of a feminist.
It's not exactly news that the leader of the Conservative Party is more Margaret Thatcher than Germaine Greer.
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