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1 day ago

My warning as the new head of Unison: never again will we prop up politicians hostile to unions | Andrea Egan

Trade unions are meant to be vehicles for workers to collectively organise, represent and lead ourselves, so my election should be an unremarkable event. Yet I will be the first ordinary member to lead my union in its history. This represents a huge opening for the democratic renewal of the labour movement. The fact that my election is so unprecedented tells its own tale.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Here's what you need to know about Starmer's illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot

A Labour government has overseen sweeping legal curbs on protest and assembly, undermining democratic challenge and civil liberties rooted in the labour movement.
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