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Kneejerk racist response to Reform surge sets a terrible precedent and must be vigorously fought
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Vote Andrea Egan for Unison general secretary
The election has opened with a left candidate challenging incumbent Christina McAnea
The Agitator: Towards a four-day week
Our regular column looks at recent campaigns to reduce the working week
Bus strikes shut down Manchester
Bus strikes across three networks shut down Greater Manchester in September. More strikes have been announced for October.
Union leaders are sabotaging NHS pay struggle
Unison and GMB leaders are blaming members for refusing to ballot over pay award insult
London Underground is trying to deport its own workers
We don’t need ‘exemptions’ for key workers, we need to smash the entire racist immigration system
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PCS members walk out on Angela Rayner
The Housing secretary is developing a taste for industrial action
Doctors’ strike opens fight to defend NHS
Health workers need a united campaign with rank and file coordination to make Labour pay up
Birmingham bin workers must spread the strike to win
Mass pickets work, but action needs to spread to win
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Birmingham bin strike: Fire Angela Raynor, don’t rehire!
By Jeremy Dewar Unite the Union’s 2025 delegate conference erupted in anger on its penultimate day, 10 July, with news
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What next for the left in PCS?
Relying on existing rules and structures leaves too much power in the hands of the established, unelected bureaucracy, who will use undemocratic means to retain control.
‘We shut the gates!’ Report from Birmingham mega-picket
By Jeremy Dewar Many hundreds of workers poured into Lifford Lane in south Birmingham from 6am onwards, many with banners
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How can the Birmingham bins dispute be won?
Mass pickets and solidarity action could bring this strike to a rapid and successful conclusion
Angela Rayner’s staff to strike from 22 April
Civil servants are on strike against imposed changes to working conditions and job cuts
Get paid to go on strike?
Unions are increasingly paying 100% strike pay. Sounds good — but there are downsides
Employment Rights Bill: Labour waters down their proposals
The delay in Labour’s Employment Rights Bill, originally promised as a flagship piece of legislation aimed at strengthening workers’ rights, is a betrayal of the workers and trade unions who put the party into power.
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Birmingham bin strike: Test for Labour
The Tories are up in arms, demanding Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner intervenes in the Birmingham bin strike. Their aim? Convene a Cobra meeting and break the strike by drafting in private sector scab labour.
Labour declares war on the civil service
A PCS member In a move reminiscent of the coalition government of the 2010s, Rachel Reeves has announced a sweeping
London school strikes: All out from 27 February!
By Jeremy Dewar The National Education Union is coordinating strikes across 10 schools in four London boroughs. Teachers are on
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