submitted a bid to buy manchester united bbc sport understands that a rival bid was also tabled by ineos, owned by british billionaire, sirjim ratcliffe, before friday s deadline. now it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. across the world, workers are finding their living standards squeezed by rising inflation. for some, it s not so much a squeeze as decapitation. technological change is driving job cuts in a host of industries. do workers have the means to fight back? well, the uk rail industry is something of a test case. for months, rail workers have been striking over pay and plans to change working conditions. my guest is mick lynch, leader of the biggest rail union, the rmt. the stakes in this fight are high. can the workers win? mick lynch, welcome to hardtalk. you are the leader of a union that s been in a long running dispute now. it goes back to last summer, there had been rolling sporadic strikes. as it goes on, does it feel harder to f
coming up, after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. across the world, workers are finding their living standards squeezed by rising inflation. for some, it s not so much a squeeze as decapitation. technological change is driving job cuts in a host of industries. do workers have the means to fight back? well, the uk rail industry is something of a test case. for months, rail workers have been striking over pay and plans to change working conditions. my guest is mick lynch, leader of the biggest rail union, the rmt. the stakes in this fight are high. can the workers win? mick lynch, welcome to hardtalk. you are the leader of a union that s been in a long running dispute now. it goes back to last summer, there had been rolling sporadic strikes. as it goes on, does it feel harder to find your way to a compromise? well, there s no easy way out for either side. the government has boxed themselves into a corner to a large extent, and i think that s predicated on the
for use in a contraceptive pill for men. they say it works by temporarily stopping sperm from propelling itself. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. across the world, workers are finding their living standards squeezed by rising inflation. for some, it s not so much a squeeze as decapitation. technological change is driving job cuts in a host of industries. do workers have the means to fight back? well, the uk rail industry is something of a test case. for months, rail workers have been striking over pay and plans to change working conditions. my guest is mick lynch, leader of the biggest rail union, the rmt. the stakes in this fight are high. can the workers win? mick lynch, welcome to hardtalk. you are the leader of a union that s been in a long running dispute now. it goes back to last summer, there had been rolling sporadic strikes. as it goes on, does it feel harder to find your way to a compromise? well, there s n
do you reckon your own background has sort of prepared you for where you are right now? you know, you were brought up in a working class part of london, your family were working class and proud of it, and you were a union activist who suffered for your activities you were actually blacklisted at one point and got compensation for it. so, you ve been a fighter throughout your life. do you think this is why you are so ready to fight today? well, working class people have always had to fight. 0ur welfare state and our nhs, unemployment benefit, sickness benefit, were not given to us as gifts by the rich, by the ruling class, if you want to put it that way. we had to fight for them, from the time of the chartists. we had to fight for universal suffrage, we had to fight to get mps paid in the house of commons so working class people could go there. everything that we ve gained whether it s a collective agreement in a company or the nature of the welfare state has had to be fought for
in a working class part of london, yourfamily were working class and proud of it, and you were a union activist who suffered for your activities you were actually blacklisted at one point and got compensation for it. so, you ve been a fighter throughout your life. do you think this is why you are so ready to fight today? well, working class people have always had to fight. 0ur welfare state and our nhs unemployment benefit, sickness benefit, were not given to us as gifts by the rich, by the ruling class, if you want to put it that way. we had to fight for them, from the time of the chartists. we had to fight for universal suffrage, we had to fight to get mps paid in the house of commons so working class people could go there. everything that we ve gained whether it s a collective agreement in a company or the nature of the welfare state has had to be fought for through struggle. and if we give up our terms and conditions, we ll be back to another era, to a victorian or edwardian