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by Nana Backland, Merseyside Morning Star Readers & Supporters Group
The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
“WE listen. We respect. We deliver.” That’s the message on the website of Lifeways, which describes itself as “one of the UK’s leading providers of support services for people with diverse and often complex needs in community settings.”
But at Living Ambitions, a Glasgow-based subsidiary of Lifeways, workers feel anything but respected and listened to — and they’re waiting for the delivery of their wages.
This week, at a demonstration organised by their union GMB, workers demanded bosses come down from their ivory tower — the striking former Templeton carpet factory by Glasgow Green — and accept a collective grievance from over 40 workers.
MATT ALLEN salutes the workers and reps who push back against bosses, win for members and make the Unite union what it is
As Scotland heads to the polls, the main parties offer variations on the same script, says MATT KERR
CWU leader DAVE WARD tells Ben Chacko a strategy to unite workers on class lines is needed – and sectoral collective bargaining must be at its heart