The Challenge of Deindustrialisation

By: Len McCluskey

Deindustrialisation has led to stagnating wages, workplace insecurity and declining union membership. The next Labour government must turn the tide.

Illustration by David Biskup

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Durham’s annual Miners’ Gala is always a highlight of my year. The sights, the sounds, the speeches, and, of course, the colliery bands, represent much more than political entertainment. And this year, the thirty-fifth anniversary of the start of the 1984 miners’ strike and the pit shutdowns, puts the Gala in an even more significant […]

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Durham’s annual Miners’ Gala is always a highlight of my year. The sights, the sounds, the speeches, and, of course, the colliery bands, represent much more than political entertainment. And this year, the thirty-fifth anniversary of the start of the 1984 miners’ strike and the pit shutdowns, puts the Gala in an even more significant […]

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Durham’s annual Miners’ Gala is always a highlight of my year. The sights, the sounds, the speeches, and, of course, the colliery bands, represent much more than political entertainment. And this year, the thirty-fifth anniversary of the start of the 1984 miners’ strike and the pit shutdowns, puts the Gala in an even more significant […]

Durham’s annual Miners’ Gala is always a highlight of my year. The sights, the sounds, the speeches, and, of course, the colliery bands, represent much more than political entertainment. And this year, the thirty-fifth anniversary of the start of the 1984 miners’ strike and the pit shutdowns, puts the Gala in an even more significant […]

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