By Jeremy Dewar Many hundreds of workers poured into Lifford Lane in south Birmingham from 6am onwards, many with banners and placards. They came to close the depot and prevent agency scab dustcarts from leaving, handing a temporary victory for the city’s bin workers, who have been on indefinite strike for two months, since 11 […]

Unions are increasingly paying 100% strike pay. Sounds good -- but there are downsides

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.

By Jeremy Dewar The National Education Union is coordinating strikes across 10 schools in four London boroughs. Teachers are on the picket lines on 27 February and 5, 11, 12 and 13 March, while some will take off days in between as well. Strikers from all the schools will rally together outside the Department for […]

By Tim Nailsea The trade union movement in Britain saw something of a strike wave in 2022-23, in response to the double-digit inflation and the cost-of-living crisis. Yet in the following years the tide has definitely ebbed. In December 2022, 830,000 working days were lost due to strike action; by December 2024, they had dropped […]

The Tories' anti-union laws have blocked local government workers taking legal strike action to improve a pathetic 3% pay offer

By Bernie McAdam OVER 150,000 public sector workers went on strike on Thursday 18 January in the biggest strike action the ‘Northern Ireland’ state has ever seen. Workers from 16 trade unions involving public transport, education, health and the civil service walked out for the day over an outstanding pay award. A near General Strike […]

Tesla is on the defensive in Sweden in the face of this union show of power.

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

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.

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.

Editorial July-August 2023, No.405

Industrial disputes round-up

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

Industrial bulletin for 10 June 2023

Royal Mail bulletin for 9 June

Over half a million council and school employees are currently balloting for strike action to win a real pay rise. If successful, this would be the biggest strike yet in the wave of action over the cost of living crisis. But the task is huge.

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

The TUC has fined the NEU £153,000, bang in the middle of their strike campaign.

Editorial June 2023, No. 404

Rank and file workers should use the campaign to get organised.

More strikes announced, but union leaders preparing to settle for pay cut

Health bulletin for 29 March 2023

Editorial February 2023, No. 400

IN A historic first, nurses in the RCN union, pushed to breaking point, have joined the strike wave against the cost of living crisis. And despite media attempts to probe for public disapproval, they have massive support. A million patients are treated in the NHS every 36 minutes, and they are overwhelmingly grateful to and […]

Industrial bulletin for 1 February 2023

Health bulletin for 14 December 2022

Royal Mail bulletin for 9 December 2022

Universities bulletin for 30 November 2022

Drip-feeding strikes hasn't shaken the bosses. It's time to organise for escalated action and against a compromise.