The latest news and events from the LRC's 'Defend the Union Link{/exp:xml_encode}' campaign. http://l-r-c.org.uk/ en-GB Tue, 04 Mar 2014 09:52:37 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/labours-special-conference-report/ Labour’s Special Conference Round One to the anti-union forces, but a lot to fight for Pete Firmin, Political Secretary, LRC Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:13:19 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/reject-milibands-reforms/ Reject Miliband’s ‘reforms’: a ticking time-bomb which could destroy Labour as we know it, warn critics on the left Fri, 14 Feb 2014 10:01:38 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/reject-the-collins-report/ Reject the Collins Report! Statement by the LRC EC Ed Miliband wants the proposals of the Collins Report to be agreed at the recall Labour Party Conference on March 1st unchallenged. He claims that a vote in favour would be a big step forward for democracy within the Labour Party. He declares that the proposals, “are about opening up the Labour Party so that more people from every walk of life can have more say on the issues which matter to them most.” Fri, 07 Feb 2014 11:13:07 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/press/news-from-the-scottish-labour-campaign-for-socialism-cfs/ News from the Scottish Labour Campaign for Socialism (CfS) The CfS is angered by the decision of Labour’s NEC to endorse the Collins’ proposals. Wed, 05 Feb 2014 16:15:42 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/collins-review-miliband-successfully-digs-himself-out-of-hole/ Collins Review: Miliband successfully digs himself out of hole. Labour remains in hole Wed, 05 Feb 2014 09:30:13 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/collins-report-passed-by-the-nec/ This is the Collins report (courtesy of the Guardian) presented to the NEC yesterday 4th February. This was voted for 28 to 2 with one abstention.  A sad day for the Labour Party. Tue, 04 Feb 2014 18:21:29 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/labour-reject-the-collins-report/ Labour: reject the Collins Report! By Martin Thomas, Ray Collins’s proposals for the Labour Party special conference on 1 March seem to, or even do, change little immediately. But they contain a time-bomb designed to change things radically, and for the worse, in five years’ time. Fri, 24 Jan 2014 10:10:46 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/falkirk-a-fuss-about-nothing/ Falkirk: a fuss about nothing Stevie Deans was convenor at Ineos, Grangemouth, and also chair of Falkirk West Labour Party. The efforts of his union Unite to get a working class candidate selected at Falkirk were sabotaged by his employer, who seized his laptop and leaked stories about his emails to the press. Rumours of malfeasance at Falkirk LP were stoked, to their shame, by some Labour Party members. This muddied the waters of the selection process and led to a Labour Party report into the affair. The Falkirk issue was also the trigger for Ed Miliband to question the link between Labour and the unions. In the end the Party found there was no case to answer at Falkirk. Fri, 09 Aug 2013 10:15:49 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/press/defend-the-link-fight-austerity/ DEFEND THE LINK! FIGHT AUSTERITY LRC ANNUAL CONFERENCE - CALLED FOR 23 NOVEMBER 2013 PRESS RELEASE: 9 AUGUST 2013 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 17:55:07 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/just-say-no-by-september-13th/ The Labour party have now issued a document outlining how the consultation will be presented to the Labour Party Conference at the end of September. Thu, 01 Aug 2013 08:47:49 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/defend-the-link/ There will be a meeting to discuss the campaign on the 3rd September 7pm, at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London with speakers including Keith Ewing, Manuel Cortes: General Secretary TSSA, Maria Exall, Marshajane Thompson as well as other initial signatories below. Wed, 31 Jul 2013 09:28:22 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/spread-the-word-defend-the-link/ Like Maria Exall and Gary Heather below, we need to raise the consciousness of union and Labour Party rank and file of how to defend the very heart of the Labour Party. Let us know of any resolutions passed in your branches etc. Thu, 25 Jul 2013 09:22:31 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/london-young-labour-defends-the-trade-union-link/ From Left Futures Thu, 25 Jul 2013 09:17:12 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/lrctv/watch/bbc-radio-4-the-report-on-falkirk/ BBC Radio 4 review the Falkirk affair: 30 minutes Direct Link to BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0377074 Wed, 24 Jul 2013 08:58:57 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/mccluskey-july-24th-2013/ McCluskey’s speech to Unite on the link between Labour and Unite http://www.unitetheunion.public-i.tv/core/share/open//start_time/0