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Many more disputes? because after all, inflation at this sort of level erodes people's incomes, working people who are represented by unions are going to want to fight to make sure they don't see their pay eroded. are we going to see a lot of this? well, i'd like to say i hope so. i hope that's not too controversial. i use that term, working class, because it's gone out of fashion. so many people in my position, including the tuc and the labour party, don't like using it. but there is a class. i mean, it's undeniable in this country, or in any society. there are people at this moment who are s...

I hope that's not too controversial. i use that term, working class because it's gone out of fashion. so many people in my position, including the tuc and the labour party don't like using it. but there is a class. i mean, it's undeniable in this country, or in any society. there are people at this moment who are suffering, and they are not just suffering because they're unemployed and on benefits and have got difficulties, whether they are disabled or what have you. there is a working poor in this country, and the chief source of their problems is outsourcing, i think. subcontracting vulnerab...

Which is part of the to and fro. but we will see. it is a national dispute and we haven't done that since privatisation on this level. and as you survey the scene, as a trade unionist for many years, do you think we're going to see many more disputes? because after all, inflation at this sort of level erodes people's incomes, working people who are represented by unions are going to want to fight to make sure they don't see their pay eroded. are we going to see a lot of this? well, i'd like to say i hope so. i hope that's not too controversial. i use that term, working class, because it's gone...

Often referred to and thought of as a progressive. diz his victory -- and it was a decisive one at this point. does that bode well for progressive policies and platforms? or is he trying to distance himself because he needs to be more appealing in a general election where there might not be the appetite for it? >> i mean, appealing to changing people's material conditions, that's the key. it was shakespeare who once said, what's in a name. a rose by any other name smells just as sweet. if in fact the lieutenant governor is running to change material conditions of the poor, the working poor, an...

Experts said Starbucks could be negotiating in bad faith if it is signaling that workers who unionize will get a worse deal than those who do not.