Report: Harrods is One of the First Companies to Use a New Tory Anti-Strike Law
by Simon Childs
The Qatar-owned luxury department store pays its boss £2.3million, but offered security guards a 'pay cut dressed up as a rise'.
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Report: Port Workers in Felixstowe Are Striking at the Heart of the UK’s Supply Chains
by Polly Smythe
“Just-in-time” logistics have increased bosses’ profits, but also given small numbers of workers a great deal of power. Polly Smythe reports from Felixstowe.
Opinion: Now Could Be Keir Starmer’s Moment If Only He’d Back the Unions
by Tom Peters
Russia-schmoozing Tories and a cost of living crisis have presented the Labour leader with yet another open goal. The problem is, he’s too busy attacking workers to take it, writes Tom Peters.
Live: Tories Complacent As Omicron Fears Confirmed by New Data
New data from South Africa has dampened any hope that Omicron is milder than Delta. Meanwhile Dominic Cummings has launched a stinging attack on Johnson's government failing to prepare for new variants.
Report: Should Bosses Pay for Workers’ Travel Home Late at Night?
by Polly Smythe
A hotel worker in Glasgow was sexually assaulted walking home from a late-night shift. Now she’s fighting for late-night travel funding for staff. Polly Smythe reports.
Opinion: Workplace Struggles and Plans for Government Must Go Hand in Hand
by James Meadway
Unite’s new general secretary Sharon Graham has promised to prioritise industrial struggle over internal Labour politics. This is a good thing, argues James Meadway – but the post-Corbyn left shouldn't altogether turn its back on aspirations of running the country.
Downstream: The Fight for Unite – Interview With Steve Turner
Since 2010 Len McCluskey has been the general secretary of Unite, one of Britain’s largest trade unions. That changes this year with the election of his successor – a three-way race between Gerard Coyne, Sharon Graham and today’s guest, Steve Turner.
Opinion: Unite’s Leadership Race is About More Than Just the Labour Party
by Karl Lieberman
If the right win control of Unite the Union, there will no doubt be a huge impact on the Labour party. But there’s arguably an even more important question to consider: what happens to the radical potential of workers if trade unions refuse to provide an outlet for it?
Analysis: Leftists Are Panicking About Unite’s General Secretary Election. Should They Be?
by Ell Folan
After Howard Beckett’s withdrawal, two leftwingers remain in the race to succeed Len McCluskey. Stats for Lefties founder and Novara Media columnist Ell Folan looks at whether this really is the vote-splitting disaster some claim, or the sign of healthy union democracy.
Report: Could BrewDog’s Cancellation Trigger a Reckoning Across the Craft Beer Industry?
by Matthew Curtis
Last week, over 130 current and former employees of the UK’s largest indy brewery penned an open letter condemning the company's exploitative practices. Beer journalist Matthew Curtis asks whether this unprecedented action could have industry-wide implications.
Analysis: How We Win: The Movements
by James Schneider
Arguments are won with actions, not words. If socialist ideas are to become reality, we need power, and to generate it, we need movements, writes Momentum co-founder James Schneider.
‘It’s Not a History Lesson Anymore’: The Union Activists Taking on a London Pub Chain
by Joe Hayns
Hot on the heels of union campaigns at TGI Fridays, Wetherspoons and more, workers at London's Antic pub chain are demanding recognition and a roadmap to the London living wage. Joe Hayns interviewed two union members for Novara Media.
Long Read: #OurUCU: The Real Culmination of the UCU’s ‘Turnaround Year’
by Craig Gent
Attempts to avert any discussion of Sally Hunt's leadership of the University and College Union at its annual congress have exposed a schism between two models of trade unionism.
Lewisham East Shows How Corbynism Has Transformed Labour
by Aaron Bastani
On Saturday Janet Daby beat Sakina Sheikh and Claudia Webbe to become Labour’s candidate for Lewisham East. Over the short span of the campaign it became clear just how much has changed in the party - and what remains to be done, argues Aaron Bastani.
An Interview with ‘grassroots’ Unite leadership contender Ian Allinson
by Joe Hayns
The grassroots, socialist candidate, did not intend to run until he heard Len McCluskey had resigned in December last year, triggering an election that 'shouldn't even be happening'. He pitches himself as an outsider, 'challenging the status quo from the left'
5 Ways Hotel Workers are Leading One of the Most Important Union Struggles in the UK
by Ewa Jasiewicz
The London hotel sector is known as the 'Bermuda Triangle' of union organising. There are no collective union agreements in any of the major chains. Impossible to break in? Luckily there are over 1000 hotel workers in the capital fighting to win.