The role of trade unions in fighting racism and the far right
Trade unionists call on the movement to put fight against racism and fascism at ‘heart of our work’
Racism
Many of us warned for years about the scale of Islamophobia in the Conservative Party. The problem goes deeper than a few bad apples.
The demand that we tackle Islamophobia isn’t a demand for special treatment for Muslims, it’s a demand for equal treatment.
BME women 12 times more likely than men to be out of labour market due to caring commitments, TUC analysis shows
Women from BME backgrounds in their thirties are the hardest hit, with 19% being forced out of the labour market due to being unpaid carers
Tory MP slammed for playing up to racist stereotypes about asylums seekers
“Incendiary and downright dangerous stuff – and possible contempt”
Suella Braverman compared to Enoch Powell after claiming ‘hurricane’ of mass migration coming to UK
“Suella Braverman with her reference to “hurricanes” coming is as divisive & dangerous as Enoch Powell’s “rivers of blood” rhetoric of the 1960s.”
Tory MP says it’s ‘not xenophobic’ to want town centres not to feel ‘foreign’
Hunt was defending Suella Braverman
Making babies – the Right’s latest bright idea
Orbán-style birthrate populism with nasty racist undertones has arrived in Britain. How worried should we be?
Tory candidate for London mayor liked tweets which praised Enoch Powell and which sent Islamophobic abuse to Sadiq Khan
In February 2020, Hall liked a tweet depicting Enoch Powell with the words “It’s never too late to get London back”.
Number of ethnic minority workers in insecure jobs rises by 132% since 2011
BME workers account for two thirds of the growth of insecure workers in this period – despite BME workers making up just 14% of the overall workforce.
The Betrayal of Equality: Tory Government’s Failure to Address the Ethnicity Pay Gap
Addressing the ethnicity pay gap is not just a matter of social justice; it is also an economic imperative.