Rank and file movement

The class struggle in 2024

Great power rivalry is back. That means more wars, more coups — and an end to the farce of global cooperation on climate change. On the home front, a general election is a chance for workers to put our demands on the agenda.

KD Tait  ·  12 January 2024

A tale of three rank-and-file conferences

How can we build a rank and file movement?

Rob Schofield  ·  13 October 2023

St Mungo’s: Lessons for all rank and file activists

Over 800 workers at the homeless charity St Mungo’s have voted to end their three-month all out strike.

Jeremy Dewar  ·  15 September 2023

Workers Summit: The SWP, the rank & file and the revolutionary party

Under pressure from rank and file activity most of the revolutionary socialist groups turned left, workers power argues now is the time to unite all who want to develop a rank and file strategy.

Jeremy Dewar  ·  14 September 2023

After the strike wave, what next for the rank and file?

The 2022-2023 strike wave, despite its impressive size, failed to achieve what was possible for workers. George Banks argues the rank and file needs organisation and unity.

George Banks  ·  14 September 2023

Troublemakers at Work: A good first step for the rank & file

An important step forward for grassroots trade unionists

Jeremy Dewar  ·  01 August 2023

Postal workers: Organise to stop the retreat!

CWU bureaucracy wins on rotten deal, but struggle won't end.

Pete Thompson  ·  25 July 2023

Inflation, debt and troublemakers at work…

Editorial July-August 2023, No.405

Workers Power  ·  13 July 2023

Organise the rank and file: an open letter to union activists and the left

An Open Letter to union activists and the left on the next steps for our movement

Workers Power  ·  11 July 2023

Postal workers: Vote no and defend our terms and conditions

Rotten agreement will not provide job security and will weaken union.

A CWU Rep  ·  25 June 2023

St Mungo’s Unite extends strike to all-out

800 striking workers at St Mungo’s homelessness charity have escalated to indefinite action, Jeremy Dewar reports.

Jeremy Dewar  ·  20 June 2023

For a rank and file movement in the CWU

The CWU leadership are running scared of their own members. Workers Power argues for a rank and file movement

Workers Power  ·  04 June 2023

With dodgy deals looming, the rank and file must organise to seize control of the unions

Editorial June 2023, No. 404

Workers Power  ·  03 June 2023

Pay vs profits: Royal Mail dispute at a crossroads

Workers need a rank-and-file movement to take control of the dispute to stop a bad deal

A CWU Rep  ·  20 March 2023

Organise the rank and file

THE STRIKES that have dominated the headlines for six months represent a decade of pent-up anger.Millions of workers, especially in the public sector, have seen their real take-home pay collapse by 20–25% under the Tories; now they’re asking us to take another 10–15% cut. The dam has burst. Industrial action stands at a 30 year […]

Workers Power  ·  16 January 2023

Organising from above: Review of A Collective Bargain by Jane McAlevey

Tim Nailsea reviews A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organising and the Fight for Democracy by Jane McAlevey

Tim Nailsea  ·  18 December 2022

Build a mass movement against inflation

THE COST OF living crisis is an attack on the whole working class. It requires a class-wide response to force the rich to pay for the rising cost of living out of their profits. That is why we need a mass movement, rooted in the workplaces and communities, but united in strategy and struggle. Many […]

KD Tait  ·  24 June 2022

Refuse workers, leadership, and the rank-and-file

Despite all the start-and-stop action, setbacks and limited victories, it is doubtless the case that there is a growing militant mood amongst refuse workers, which Sharon Graham’s new leadership and its organising drive on the bins has built on.

Unite and Fight Bulletin  ·  03 June 2022

Wildcatting Welwyn workers win!

Refuse workers employed by Urbaser at Welwyn Garden City have shown the way to deal with bullying bosses.

Unite and Fight Bulletin  ·  03 June 2022

Bin struggle spreads to other unions

Unite’s organising drive across the industry is spilling over into other unions, inspiring refuse workers in the GMB in particular to join the struggle.

Unite and Fight Bulletin  ·  03 June 2022

Coventry bin workers keep up the fight

HGV drivers striking against Coventry City Council since 31 January remain determined as ever, while the city’s Labour councillors continue strike-breaking tactics.

Unite and Fight Bulletin  ·  03 June 2022

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