All news by author: Kevin Maguire DNU

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Legendary trade union leader who took on Ted Heath and won dead at 84
Leader of the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders, trade unionist Davie Cooper, has died at the age of 84, after a long career as union convenor at the Govan yard and a powerful figure behind the scenes
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'Police targeted striking miners - now it's time for justice and compensation'
Fire Brigades Union leader Matt Wrack is calling on the Government to overturn convictions from the 1984 Miners' Strike and offer compensation
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'Four Labour defeats in a row are a reminder to take nothing for granted'
One hundred years ago the first ever Labour government had to prove they were not 'wild men' who couldn't run the country, writes Mirror columnist Kevin Maguire, and it falls to Keir Starmer to prove the same
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'I heard the blow as Ed Balls kicked Susanna Reid in the head next to me'
The Mirror's Kevin Maguire was in the studio for the fateful moment when Ed Balls accidentally kicked Susanna Reid in the head live on Good Morning Britain
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'Union battleground may decide election as huge dividing line remains'
Labour would, for starters, introduce unfair dismissal rights from day one instead of two years into a job, outlaw exploitative zero-hours contracts and put a stop to fire-and-rehire dirty tricks