GMB’s move against Corbyn warns us that union leaders can be fair weather friends
The GMB union’s decision yesterday, Wednesday, to back Owen Smith in the Labour Party leadership election is a significant blow to Jeremy Corbyn.Muslim women are worst affected by discrimination and Tory policies, say MPs
Muslim women have been forced to abandon wearing the headscarf in order to find work, a parliamentary committee has found.
Filthy rich bosses grab 10 percent pay rises
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Stand with Corbyn - not Smith or Jones
As the Labour leadership contest hots up, Alex Callinicos looks at the roots of the conflict gripping the Labour Party and explains why it matters that Jeremy Corbyn wins
Bosses in disarray after Southern Rail strike
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Stand with Corbyn - not Smith or Jones
As the Labour leadership contest hots up, Alex Callinicos looks at the roots of the conflict gripping the Labour Party and explains why it matters that Jeremy Corbyn wins
Why the Labour right love to twist the truth about Trotsky
Labour deputy leader Tom Watson is hardly the first to use Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky as a cheap insult.
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- Muslim women are worst affected by discrimination and Tory policies, say MPs
- GMB’s move against Corbyn warns us that union leaders can be fair weather friends
- Why the Labour right love to twist the truth about Trotsky
- Stand with Corbyn - not Smith or Jones
- Latest strike figures show a drop - but they don’t tell the whole story
- How runaway train profits derail safety
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