An FT email includes the following this morning: Bring them back! They may have been corrupt, but  trade unions were good for middle class Americans. Their obliteration
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I have already written about power this morning and I note that on quite a different tack that so has Aditya Chakrabortty, in the Guardian.
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The Scottish referendum is dominating debate right now, but it is wise to recall why that is the case. Take this from Frances O’Grady, TUC
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It’s more than four years since I wrote the following blog, but it seems to me that it is as relevant as ever, which is why I repeat it
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Andrew Rawnsley argues in the Observer tomorrow that Ed Miliband can’t retreat from his battle with the union bosses. I’d point in response to the same paper’s
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This morning’s Guardian is a treasure trove of good quotes. Take this form John Harris: As we move into the succession of zombie jamborees that
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The TUC was one of the sponsors of a new report on pensions out this week. I need to give this issue some more attention
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This video is of a meeting at the TUC on 21 May featuring US economist Robert Reich and an interview with him by Faisal Islam. Robert
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I have already referred to FT columnist Janan Ganesh once today. Let me pick another but from his article, as it is so telling as to what
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