As Labour prepares to deliver a Net Zero coup de grâce to the industries that made Britain, there are signs of workers beginning to organise their own defence. But alas, it's doomed to fail, says Ben Pile.
Labour's planned changes to employment law – ramping up trade union power and workers' rights – are already stifling the economy in anticipation, and they haven't even come in yet, says Steve Chilcott.
Green energy tycoon and top Labour donor Dale Vince is calling on the Government to soak the rich to meet trade unions' demands for increased public sector pay.
Hot on the heels of last week's 14% pay rise for train drivers, a rail union has now set its sights on an astonishing 38 days off a year, as well as a 35-hour workweek.
Labour is accused of being in thrall to the unions after ministers accepted over £480,000 in donations, before handing out inflation-busting public sector pay rises.
Companies will have to foot the bill for 'woke' trade union equality reps under proposals laid out in Labour's New Deal for Working People.
"North Sea oil workers cannot be sacrificed on the altar of Net Zero," the Unite union has told Labour as it launches a campaign against the party's "irresponsible" green agenda.
The civil service's biggest union is encouraging its members to make formal complaints to managers about the push for them to return to their offices at least 60% of the time.
Governments of every political stripe have complained that the civil service obstructs their plans. Dr David McGrogan looks at how a little known legal ruling gets in the way of bring civil servants to heel.
The leader of the GMB union, Gary Smith, has blasted Net Zero, saying: "We’ve cut carbon emissions by decimating working-class communities. The Left has been hoodwinked on this."
