Trade unions

A living wage for all

By Jeremy Dewar Workers in Britain are being hit by a triple whammy this month: inflation heading towards 5%; a £20 cut to Universal Credit, hitting the unemployed and worst paid workers; and the ending of furlough for 1 million workers, throwing hundreds of thousands out the door. These are not ‘temporary blips’ that will […]

Jeremy Dewar  ·  10 October 2021

Bosses blame ‘pingdemic’ for market failures

Brexit and pandemic-induced shortages fuel demands for action on pay and conditions

Tim Nailsea  ·  27 August 2021

How radical is Sharon Graham’s organising strategy?

General Secretary candidate Sharon Graham heads up the union's Organising Unit.

Tim Nailsea  ·  14 August 2021

Left win control of Unison’s executive – now the fight begins

Branch activists must now co-ordinate real change from below.

Simon Hannah  ·  11 July 2021

We can defeat fire-and-rehire!

Teachers take strike action.

Joe Crathorne  ·  11 July 2021

Serco Out! Outsourced workers fight back

Civil Enforecement and hospital workers stage walkouts.

Joe Crathorne  ·  11 July 2021

Unite General Secretary Election – for a single left candidate

Four candidates will be on the ballot paper.

Tim Nailsea  ·  09 June 2021

Royal College of Nurses training members to fight for a pay rise

Workplace activists can lead the fight for 15%.

Rebecca Anderson  ·  03 June 2021

General Secretary election: which way forward for Unite?

No candidate is proposing genuine rank and file strategy.

Tim Nailsea  ·  01 June 2021

Interview: Goodlord strike enters its 13th week

Fighting back against "fire & rehire".

Joe Crathorne  ·  28 May 2021

Fire and rehire signals a growing bosses’ offensive

Even more employers will use this tactic to attack terms and conditions.

Andy Yorke  ·  27 April 2021

This week in strikes: a round up of industrial disputes

Manchester buses, school students and British Gas

Joe Crathorne  ·  12 April 2021

Victory for the Shrewsbury 24—but this is only the beginning

State surveillance, political trials and blacklisting

Joe Crathorne  ·  27 March 2021

Bus strikes can lead fight against fire-and-rehire

The rank and file must take control.

Joe Crathorne  ·  25 March 2021

This week in strikes: a round up of industrial disputes

Whats kicking off and where.

Joe Crathorne  ·  11 March 2021

Fighting for the right to strike

Jeremy Dewar recounts how the anti-union laws shackled the unions and calls for defiance

Workers Power  ·  19 October 2012

Theses on Communists and the Trade Unions

The methods and principles of communist work in the trade unions.

Workers Power  ·  01 July 2009

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