Abandoning Workers to the Coronavirus Crisis
Right now, millions of workers across Britain are losing hours and jobs they need to survive. They are being abandoned by the government – and the costs for society will be disastrous.
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Ellie Whittaker
Ellie Woolstencroft is an activist with Labour for a Green New Deal.
The Coronavirus Crisis Is Not a Time to Protect the Elite
The Tory government’s response to coronavirus has been characterised by a determination to protect big business interests and the system that serves them ahead of working people, argues Ian Lavery.
Postal Workers Can Keep Britain Going – If You Back Them
Britain’s postal workers have offered to become an additional emergency service during the crisis: delivering food and medicine, and checking on the vulnerable. It’s time Royal Mail got behind them.
Austerity Pushed the NHS to the Brink – Before Coronavirus
A decade of cutbacks, privatisation and underfunding have seriously damaged the NHS, just as it is about to face its greatest-ever crisis. It needs massive government investment – immediately.
Nationalise the Airlines
The airline industry will not survive the coronavirus, with grounded flights bankrupting most companies by the summer. Now is the time to nationalise – and use this moment to chart a course to a low-carbon future.
The Coronavirus Crisis Is Political
In 2008, they told us not to ‘politicise’ the crash. We ended up with a decade of austerity. The coronavirus crisis will reshape the economy in profound ways – now is the time to make socialist arguments about how to respond, argues Grace Blakeley.
Britain Needs a Bold Response to Coronavirus
The government’s response to coronavirus has been nowhere near enough – it’s time for emergency measures from requisitioning private hospitals to suspending mortgage, rent and household bills, argues Rebecca Long-Bailey.
Denmark’s Answer to the Coronavirus Recession
While the UK dithers and delays, Denmark has moved swiftly to help workers impacted by the economic fallout from coronavirus – securing a deal between unions and employers to protect wages and prevent layoffs.
To Fight Coronavirus, Pay Hospital Cleaners Properly
Outsourced hospital cleaners at the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak have been forced to walk off the job to demand their wages. It’s time to bring all hospital cleaners back in-house and demand they be paid a real living wage.
Workers Need a Coronavirus Plan – Today
Millions of workers will be impacted by coronavirus shutdowns, with many having hours slashed or being laid off entirely. The government’s response to date has been nowhere near enough – it needs to act now.
Coronavirus Exposes Tory Public Health Failures
Staff shortages, too few beds, a lack of protective equipment and more than a million elderly lacking in basic social care – Tory mismanagement of Britain’s public health system has made the coronavirus crisis much harder to handle.
Corbyn’s Coronavirus Letter
Jeremy Corbyn has tonight written to Boris Johnson appealing for urgent measures to help workers struggling amidst the coronavirus pandemic including increased sick pay, rent and mortgage deferments, and reduced wait time for universal credit.
How Labour Should Respond to Coronavirus
Right now, Labour is failing to hold the government to account for a crisis that looks likely to severely impact millions across Britain. It’s time to demand real sick pay, a freeze on rent and utility bills, and that vital public services be taken out of private hands.
We Need Our Posties
Coronavirus reminds us all how crucial it is to have a social fabric that supports communities, particularly those who are vulnerable. That’s why Britain’s posties are fighting to stop Royal Mail from destroying the universal service.
Solidarity Is the Answer to Coronavirus
A pandemic makes the old left-wing slogan literal: an injury to one is an injury to all. The world is increasingly interwoven and mutually dependent – now public health demands we act like it.
Gibraltar’s Abortion Referendum
Five decades after abortion became legal in the UK, Gibraltar is finally poised to hold a referendum on extending reproductive rights – with a grassroots campaign hoping to overturn restrictions in one of only three European territories to ban abortion outright.
Workers Against the Virus
In Italy, the government lockdown hasn’t included many large factories which were expected to keep working through the coronavirus outbreak. But workers refused to be cannon fodder – and many have gone on strike.
Wall Street Is High on Government Supply
For more than a decade, the US has propped up its shaky financial system with government aid. Now that strategy is reaching its limits – on the eve of a likely recession.
Workers Will Pay the Price for Coronavirus
The coronavirus has exposed Britain’s disgraceful lack of sick pay and employment rights. The government has been forced to act – but its measures are woefully insufficient and will leave millions forced to work even if they fall sick.
Hiding Joe Biden
The Democratic establishment’s determination to keep Joe Biden away from public scrutiny exposes the truth – he might be the frontrunner, but even his own supporters realise that he’s a weak candidate.