Not exact matches
Ed Miliband will face down
trade union bosses tomorrow
in a speech set to be among the most challenging of his career, despite Unite being cleared of trying to fix the selection of Labour's next Falkirk MP.
For the millions of people who work at the bottom end of the British economy, however, stronger
trade unions could tilt the balance back toward workers, after decades
in which
bosses have enjoyed relatively free reign.
In his speech on Monday (Report, 27 February), Corbyn was unequivocal that
bosses and the political elite, not migrants, are to blame for falling wages and failing public services — and that the solution is stronger
trade unions and investment.
The powerful
union boss said he and the leaders of the other main
trade unions - which plough millions of pounds into Labour's coffers every year - wanted to sit down with the party's warring factions to end the
in - fighting.
Local council leaders and
trade union bosses are
in touch with moderate MPs encouraging them to return to the fold and help improve the party's fortunes.