Reopened schools will not mean a return to normal for children

As schools reopen more widely from June 1, what will they look like? How will children and staff feel? PHILIPA HARVEY, a primary teacher from Croydon, paints a disturbing picture

Features | Sunday 31st May 2020

‘When the looting starts, the shooting starts’: Trump revives segregationist war cry

Features | Friday 29th May 2020

Workers cannot be made to pay for this crisis

Features | Friday 29th May 2020

A Red Wedge to beat the blues

Friday 29th May 2020

Millions have gone to work throughout lockdown – but are they being protected?

SOLOMON HUGHES says the government data is deficient but there are indications that many open workplaces are unsafe

Thursday 28th May 2020

Giving care workers a collective voice is key to addressing the sector's problems

TO DENY national collective bargaining to care workers in Scotland is a grave error of judgement.

Wednesday 27th May 2020

Charting a new course for Labour

Labour's future is not only a question of who is leader or what policies conference decides but about organisation and institutional power, argues NICK WRIGHT

Wednesday 27th May 2020

The ‘bed-blocking’ scandal exposed

The Scottish government has been costing the taxpayer millions of pounds while misleading families about the reason their loved ones were stuck in hospital, writes NEIL FINDLAY MSP

Wednesday 27th May 2020

Put people before profit — end lockdown only when safe

RICHARD BURGON MP argues that the government must only reopen schools and wider workplaces once it’s safe to do so

Wednesday 27th May 2020

Stunningly effective coronavirus approach: the secret of Kerala and Vietnam

The Indian state of Kerala and Vietnam are two poverty-stricken regions that are also particularly vulnerable to the spread of Covid-19 — yet they managed to control the epidemic in an impressive way. Why do they manage to save so many lives when the West still has thousands of new deaths every day? asks MARC VANDEPITTE

Wednesday 27th May 2020

Rebuilding the unions after years of decline

Thanks to Covid-19 membership is growing — it is important to be clear about the reasons for this if we want it to continue and see that power exercised in the workplace, writes HELEN O’CONNOR

Wednesday 27th May 2020

No return to austerity — cancel local authority debt

Local councils — some of which now need four times the normal funding — must have their debts waived by central government, argues MARTIN WICKS

Tuesday 26th May 2020

In tribute to Graham Stevenson – fighter for the working class

Len McCluskey, Unite general secretary

GRAHAM STEVENSON was a large part of the life of our union for many years.

Tuesday 26th May 2020

OBITUARY Remembering Graham Stevenson, titan of the labour movement

Reopened schools will not mean a return to normal for children

As schools reopen more widely from June 1, what will they look like? How will children and staff feel? PHILIPA HARVEY, a primary teacher from Croydon, paints a disturbing picture

‘When the looting starts, the shooting starts’: Trump revives segregationist war cry

Workers cannot be made to pay for this crisis

A Red Wedge to beat the blues

Millions have gone to work throughout lockdown – but are they being protected?

SOLOMON HUGHES says the government data is deficient but there are indications that many open workplaces are unsafe

Giving care workers a collective voice is key to addressing the sector's problems

TO DENY national collective bargaining to care workers in Scotland is a grave error of judgement.

Charting a new course for Labour

Labour's future is not only a question of who is leader or what policies conference decides but about organisation and institutional power, argues NICK WRIGHT

The ‘bed-blocking’ scandal exposed

The Scottish government has been costing the taxpayer millions of pounds while misleading families about the reason their loved ones were stuck in hospital, writes NEIL FINDLAY MSP

Put people before profit — end lockdown only when safe

RICHARD BURGON MP argues that the government must only reopen schools and wider workplaces once it’s safe to do so

Stunningly effective coronavirus approach: the secret of Kerala and Vietnam

Rebuilding the unions after years of decline

Thanks to Covid-19 membership is growing — it is important to be clear about the reasons for this if we want it to continue and see that power exercised in the workplace, writes HELEN O’CONNOR

No return to austerity — cancel local authority debt

Local councils — some of which now need four times the normal funding — must have their debts waived by central government, argues MARTIN WICKS

In tribute to Graham Stevenson – fighter for the working class

Len McCluskey, Unite general secretary

GRAHAM STEVENSON was a large part of the life of our union for many years.

OBITUARY Remembering Graham Stevenson, titan of the labour movement

GRAHAM STEVENSON was born in the mining village of Keresley, near Coventry, on October 28 1950, the younger of two children.

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