Angela Rayner’s staff ballot for action
By a PCS activist A ballot for industrial action has opened at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. […]
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Trade Unions: Crisis of leadership in the rank and file
By Tim Nailsea The trade union movement in Britain saw something of a strike wave in 2022-23, in response to
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Troublemakers At Work 2025 AGM report
Workers Power proposed local organisation and a clear position on radical democratisation of the unions.
Employment rights bill gutted by bosses’ lobby
The TUC hailed a ‘major boost to workers rights’ that failed to abolish zero-hours contracts, fire and rehire, or deliver full rights from day one.
Local government strike action blocked by anti-union ballot threshold
The Tories’ anti-union laws have blocked local government workers taking legal strike action to improve a pathetic 3% pay offer
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Nurses reject Labour’s paltry 5.5% pay offer
Nurses have overwhelmingly rejected Labour’s pay offer. Now is the time to step up the action.
TUC seeks to avoid fight over anti-union laws
The first TUC under a Labour government since 2009 is a chance to demand Labour restore workers’ rights.
Public sector pay: 5% is not enough
The trade union leaders are preparing to show their ‘goodwill’ to the Labour government by accepting a below inflation pay offer, that will leave workers worse off
Proposals for PSC Trade Union Conference
An open letter from rank and file trade unionists calling for a democratic, organising conference to build the movement
NHS theatre nurses on strike demand safe staffing
Operating theatre nurses are on strike against plans to extend their hours, as part of Labour’s plan to run the NHS on overtime
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Workers take on Amazon
Amazon is spending vast sums trying to defeat a campaign for trade union recognition.
Healthworkers – fight to make Labour pay up
Health workers should organise to meet a Labour government with a united front
Labour waters down workers’ rights plan
Labour’s plan to extend workers’ rights will be gutted by ‘consultation’ with bosses unless trade unions fight back
Trade unionists campaign to divest pension funds from Israel
Trade unionists are organising to take control of their pensions
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Save Port Talbot: strike and occupy for nationalisation
3,000 jobs are under threat at Tata Steel. The fight will have consequences across the whole industry.
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Sharon Graham: a mid-term report
Halfway through Graham’s first term, we look at the general secretary’s record and the limits of her return to ‘pure’ trade unionism.
Train drivers’ union repels first test of new anti-strike law
Has threat of escalating strike action turned Minimum Service law into ‘a paper tiger’?
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