By Ian Isaac, former South Wales NUM Lodge Secretary. On Thursday, Boris Johnson claimed that we started to transition away from coal in his lifetime,
Category: Trade Union
Letter from Andy Ford Unite and Unison are the largest unions in the UK, but number three (with about 600,000 members) is the GMB. GMB
The selection of a new General Secretary for Unite the union in 2021 is a hugely significant event for the whole labour movement. Unite has
In many editorials in Left Horizons, we have argued that the labour and trade union movement is sharply divided between those at the top and
In Mexico City, a strike by lecturers in the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) is underway. We have been sent this interview by a
By Andy Fenwick, Worcester South Labour member Each year we celebrate International Worker’s Day and, in the past, this has meant a trip to my
Left Horizons extends May Day greetings to all its readers, its supporters and the whole of the labour movement. Today there will be demonstrations, rallies
By John McInally One hundred years ago this month, the British working class were given a sharp lesson on the nature and role of the
By John Bryan – Camberwell and Peckham CLP – retired ex-building worker and blacklisted trade unionist. International Workers’ Memorial Day (April 28th) was started in
By David Niven, PCS – Defra NW & Cumbria Branch In response to Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s November announcement of a public sector pay freeze to
