Anti-union laws

Features

Stockport Messenger 1983: strikers vs the state

When Thatcher went on the offensive
24 November 2023
News

Tories could use new anti-union laws against train drivers’ strikes

Escalate action, defy the law
16 November 2023
The Topres want to stop strikes such as this one by nurses earlier in the year Picture: Guy Smallman
News

After TUC vote —strike to stop the anti-union laws

Time to turn words into action
12 September 2023
News

Fight punishment for rail strikers

Network Rail wants to deny strikers a bonus
30 August 2023
News

Time for new rail strike strategy as RMT members walk out for 24th time

Rail workers have shown repeatedly they are ready to fight
26 August 2023
London protest against the anti-strike bill
What We Think

Resist new Tory anti-union law

The Tories anti-strike bill is now law
25 July 2023
News

Nurses vote for strikes—but are blocked by Tory anti-union laws

84 percent backed action
27 June 2023
News

Jeremy Hunt outlines new Tory attacks at Margaret Thatcher Conference

Strike to stop the plans
14 June 2023
News

Starmer’s Labour refuses to vote against Tory anti-protest law

Labour Lords abstain in Public Order Bill vote
14 June 2023
A crowd shot from the Unison union conference
News

‘We want to strike’ say Unison union conference delegates

Resist Tories, don’t rely on Labour
14 June 2023
London protest against the anti-strike bill
News

Protesters rage against Tory attack on the right to strike

Tories want to discipline workers and unions
22 May 2023
Defending the right to strike
News

Workers must resist the anti-union laws

The Minimum Service Levels Bill is pro-boss
16 May 2023
Letters

Tube rescue showed that most people aren’t selfish

Cuts will make the Tube less safe
09 May 2023
News

Was Heathrow strike picket called off for coronation?

Mixed messages from different levels of Unite union
06 May 2023
News

Tories admit anti-union bill could clamp down on strikes that have already begun

Unions must defy the law
12 April 2023
News

Firefighters’ leader calls on unions to defy Tories’ new anti-union law

We need mass strikes and resistance
25 March 2023
International

Strikes hit Sri Lanka against new austerity drive

Some workers defied a government strike ban
01 March 2023
News

Strike committees—what are they and what can they do?

An opportunity to push for militant action
08 February 2023
News

Strikers’ fury at Tories hits streets of London

Over 40,000 strikers and supporters demonstrated
01 February 2023
A sea of thousands of Royal Mail strikers in pink hi-vis jackets
News

1 February strike rallies—when and where are they?

A diary of rallies
26 January 2023
A crowd of members of the NEU union - one of the unions striking on 1 February - cheers and wave flags on a TUC march in central London on 18 June 2022
News

Think big, bold and militant on 1 February

Everyone needs to be part of the action
23 January 2023
A woman on a protest over anti-strike laws holds a placard reading resist, fight, strike, protest, Tories out
News

Labour opposes anti-strike laws—but leaders shun protest

Keir Starmer didn’t even show up to debate
17 January 2023
News

100,000 civil service workers get ready to strike on 1 February

Make it a day of mass resistance
12 January 2023
News

University workers resist UCU union leaders’ attempts to squash strikes

The fight isn’t over yet
11 January 2023