Labour is backing a comprehensive programme to strengthen rights at work, make sure new jobs are good jobs, and end the race to the bottom in pay, conditions and job security. Low pay and insecurity have mushroomed under the Conservatives. Labour will invest in the jobs and industries of the future, and take action to […]
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Perhaps one of the best interviews in this general election so far, has to be the debate on Channel 4 News earlier this week between Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, Angela Rayner and the Tory failed former Education Secretary Michael Gove. Identifying very early on where Gove was being totally hypocritical, she told him that free […]
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That at least should be the headlines in many people’s mind as today, the CPS have capitulated and decided to take no action against the 30 Tory MPs who Channel 4 investigations show, fiddled their election campaign expenses by not disclosing full expenditure. Social media Twitter account holders commented immediately with ne suggesting an actual […]
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It is OK to hate – Racism! That was the message at CWU Conference last month when a presentation was given to the Conference delegates from charity Show Racism The Red Card! But now we have the General Election 2017, and before it we had the EU Referendum giving the excuse for racism to rear […]
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Stand Up For Our Grandparents – Increase The State Pension For Our Elderly People Says CWU NW’s Retired Member’s Secretary In this impassioned plea, CWU Retired Members Secretary, Graham Wilson argues against the Tory Government’s campaign of pitting generation against generation; and highlights the facts about pensioner’s in the UK today: Various politicians, think tanks […]
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The CWU, on the eve of May Day, welcomes this comprehensive announcement from Labour that shows quite clearly that only the Labour party, led by Jeremy Corbyn, is on the side of workers. Prepared to back up with detail where others simply use rhetoric, what we have seen today are some of the most important […]
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Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show on BBC this Sunday morning, Theresa May seemed totally cold and disinterested when asked about Nurses having to use food banks. Dismissing the question, she simply said, "There are many complex reasons why people go to food banks” She then added: “I want to develop an economy where, yes, […]
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In a debate which left many with tear-filled eyes, and for some tears on their faces; CWU delegates opened their hearts to victims of Hillsbourough, whilst turnign their backs on Rupert Murdocks The Sun tabloid and the total lies and vitriol against Liverpool written by Kelvin McKenzie. Motion 84 was brought to the Conference Agenda […]
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