Andy Burnham’s message of hope will defeat Reform if Labour delivers the New Deal for Working People in full, says JOANNE THOMAS
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MAURIZIO COPPOLA from the Italian leftist party Potere al Popolo talks to Muhammed Shabeer of People’s Dispatch about the policies of the far-right government in Italy and the campaigns by the Italian working class to resist the anti-worker, anti-refugee and misogynist policies of the ruling coalition
Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy, speaks to media as she arrives for the European Political Community Summit at the Mimi Castle in Bulboaca, Moldova, June 1, 2023
The government’s latest asylum proposals abandon labour movement values and fuel division by aping Reform UK, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
HENRY FOWLER outlines the GFTU’s new 2026-27 education programme and argues that investing in trade union education is essential to building worker power, developing leaders and strengthening collective action
PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
CAN you tell us about Potere al Popolo’s campaign to ensure a minimum wage of €10 per hour in Italy. What has been the government’s response to instituting a minimum wage in the country?
Italy is one of a few countries in the European Union without a legal minimum wage; 21 out of 27 EU countries have instituted minimum wages.
In Italy, minimum wages are only determined in collective labour agreements, but these salaries are often very low — around €4-6 per hour.
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