There’s a right way and a wrong way for unions to confront job losses, argues Yuri Prasad, and this was highlighted last week by the crisis in the manufacturing industry.

Chris Marsden reports on the Trades Union Congress (TUC) at Brighton. He criticises the ‘entire union bureaucracy’ which, he states, ‘is opposed to any struggle that might threaten the fundamental interests of the major corporations or the Labour government.’

Tory MP David Davis has been hailed by liberals and leftists for his apparently principled stand in defence of civil liberties. In the second of a two-part essay, Chris Marsden examines what he really stands for.

Tory MP David Davis has been hailed by liberals and leftists for his apparently principled stand in defence of civil liberties. In the first of a two-part essay, Chris Marsden examines what he really stands for.

Increasing union militancy, combined with the government’s continued refusal to ditch right-wing economic dogma, signals dark times ahead for New Labour, argues Richard Seymour.

Global economic turmoil has led to food riots abroad and spiralling inflation in Britain. Michael Bradley and Judith Orr report on the growing resentment towards the crisis-ridden Labour government.

Last weekend’s strike by 641 Shell oil tanker drivers foreshadows a summer of discontent over low pay rises and soaring food and fuel bills, writes Paul Mitchell.

From postal workers to policemen, public sector workers have been linking their demands for decent working conditions with the quality of the services they provide and begun to create new alliances. They still need more imaginative thinking, says Gregor Gall, but does this approach provide a way forward for trade unions generally, in the private sector as well as the public?