TUC – Trades Union Congress
Political bulletin: As Tory divisions grow, workers’ action can win
Political bulletin for 2 November 2022
After the TUC demo: coordinate strikes to beat inflation
By KD Tait ON SATURDAY 18 June, tens of thousands of people marched through central London to demand action to fight the growing cost of living crisis. Protesters gathered from across the country in the first national demonstration called by the TUC since 2018, calling for pay rises to beat inflation, better working conditions, and […]
Report — TUC lefts urge resistance to cost of living crisis
By Jeremy Dewar “A new deal for working people, a new social settlement for the UK” A LONDON TUC rally for the 18 June national demonstration heard speakers from a variety of disputes and strikes. Rail workers, teachers and lecturers, caterers and cleaners, civil servants were all represented. The eve-of-rally meeting, held at Congress House […]
18 June must be the start of a fightback, not the end
Editorial June 2022, No. 394
We need to rejuvenate the labour movement
Editorial May 2022, No. 393
Stagflation crisis looms, and we must make the rich pay
It will be up to the rank and file to lead the resistance.
We need a national fight against cost of living attacks
Instead of waiting for the leaders, rank and file activists and reps need to make the start.
Labour Disconnected: Starmer’s strategy of non-opposition
Resist the return to Blairism.
Southern Rail: Aslef members back RMT over TUC
The long running dispute at Southern Rail has taken a further dramatic turn after drivers in the Aslef union voted down a deal recommended by their General Secretary Mick Whelan and the TUC by 54 per cent to 46 per cent. A successful and defiant strike by RMT drivers and conductors on the same day […]
Bureaucrats crawl away from the battlefield
Union leaders across the public services have called off many of their planned strikes in the run-up to the TUC’s “Britain needs a pay rise” demo. In a matter of just a few days, the union leaders managed to tear up their own flawed battleplan for smashing the pay freeze. First to tear up their […]
