Strike
Train strikers force a retreat
04 September 2018Merseyrail workers were celebrating last week after bosses backed off from a plan to slash their jobs.
Prisoners join strikes and protest across the US
28 August 2018A wave of action in prisons and detention centres is hitting back at dire conditions, says Alistair Farrow
How a general strike in the Isle of Man shook the British state in 1918
10 July 2018The 1918 Isle of Man general strike showed the power of organised workers, says John Callow
Postal workers strike back against bullying management
29 June 2018Postal workers at a Royal Mail delivery office in Ferndale, South Wales, staged an unofficial strike on Tuesday and Wednesday over problems with management.
Resistance as French strikers take to the streets
12 June 2018Workers need to heap pressure on the Macron government and build the fightback, says?Charlie Kimber
What’s the answer to grim strike stats?
05 June 2018The strike figures for 2017, released last week, make depressing reading.
Biggest strike against privatisation in years—Road to Wigan Cheer
29 May 2018The NHS is threatened with a new form of privatisation. The rise of the wholly-owned subsidiary is bosses’ latest wheeze to sell off hospitals in England through the back door. But hundreds of workers in Lancashire are striking back. Tomáš Tengely-Evans joined the picket line in Wigan
Staring reality in the face
28 May 2018The working class movement is not in rude health. But, argues Simon Basketter, change can happen quickly. Socialists must be ready when it does and start organising now
France - fury on the streets as strikers are united against President Macron
22 May 2018A wave of revolt has swept France with unions, students and the left uniting, reports Charlie Kimber
Paris in spring 1968 - fifty years on from a working class revolt that shook the state
01 May 2018The story of what happened in France in May 1968 is a reminder to never despair about the potential of workers to resist. Fifty years ago this month workers in France waged a struggle that shook the government and the state.
Keep up the fight after university workers vote to accept pensions deal
13 April 2018UCU union members have voted by 64 percent to accept a deal in a long running dispute over pensions. It follows 14 days of strikes at over 60 universities against a plan to turn workers’ defined benefit scheme into a defined contribution one.
Day of massive strikes planned in France
12 April 2018The seven French trade union federations that called the massive day of public sector strikes and demonstrations on 22 March have called for another day of general action on 22 May.
Aberdeen bus workers back an indefinite strike
10 April 2018Bus drivers at First Aberdeen have voted to reject the company’s “final” offer and were set to begin an indefinite strike on Wednesday this week.
Vote No in the UCU university pensions ballot
05 April 2018After 14 days of strikes, many UCU union members are organising to reject the latest offer
Rail strikes in France are sparking a broader workers’ revolt
30 March 2018National rail strikes in France which began on Tuesday are becoming a focus for a broader revolt by workers.
Revolt grows against proposed universities pensions deal
29 March 2018An e-ballot on the offer begins on 4 April. It's urgent to fight for a No vote.
College workers reject bosses’ money lies and strike to demand higher pay
27 March 2018Workers across six further education colleges began a three-day strike on Tuesday in an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions
New pay strikes to hit a dozen colleges
20 March 2018Workers at 12 colleges are set to strike next Tuesday in a row over pay.
The universities struggle is changing workers
20 March 2018The strike has infused new life into semi-moribund UCU branches
Parents and teachers slam governors’ drive to make schools academies in east London
15 March 2018Strikers, parents and supporters rallied in east London on Thursday as NEU union members at three schools struck against academies.
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