Unions
Almost four million people face low pay and insecure work
Around 3.7 million people in Britain face low-paid insecure work, according to new research by the Living Wage Foundation.
Occupy! The Clyde work-in
Fifty years ago shipbuilders in Scotland led a battle to save their jobs. Sam Ord looks at how workers fought back against a brutal Tory government
Thousands join protest to reclaim Pride and call for LGBT+ liberation
A few thousand joined the Reclaim Pride protest in central London. It marched from Parliament Square to Hyde Park to return to the radical roots of pride.
Sharon Graham offers more as Unite general secretary than the others
Responses to the call from the Communist Party's Andy Bain that Unite union members should vote for Steve Turner simply to keep the right out. Socialist Worker backs Sharon Graham for Unite general secretary.
New bill will let Tories hand millions to their mates
The Tories have announced a new way to shower private businesses with huge handouts from public funds.
Back Sharon Graham in Unite vote, say workers
Unite members speak to Isabel Ringrose on why backing Sharon Graham for Unite general secretary is linked to the fight for workplace organising
Union round up: Unison local government conference pledges to fight cuts
15 June 2021Around 400 delegates from across local government in Unison met last Saturday for the union’s first virtual sectoral conference since the start of the pandemic.
Volvo strike in US has lessons for everyone
11 June 2021How can workers fight back as bosses and politicians seek to impose a regime of austerity and profits before people?
Labour right cheers GMB union result
08 June 2021“Two down, one to go,” was how a Labour MP greeted the news last week that Gary Smith has been elected to lead the GMB union.
Trade union membership rises in pandemic—but no room for complacency
27 May 2021More workers are getting organised against bosses’ attacks. The number in trade unions in Britain rose by 118,000 last year to 6.56 million.
State statisticians lose a whole year’s strike days
18 April 2021How many workers went on strike in 2020? One good answer might be “not enough”.
Here are the Kill The Bill protests this weekend
15 April 2021These are protests that have been advertised for Saturday and Sunday against the police bill.
After British Gas sackings, unions must shift now
13 April 2021This week saw the final sacking of British Gas workers who had refused a 15 percent pay cut and other assaults.
The Troublemaker—Deadly chemicals buried across Wales
12 April 2021Toxic waste including mustard gas is buried among more than 1,500 disused landfill sites across Wales.
We need ‘serious disruption’ to kill Tory police bill
17 March 2021MPs have taken another step towards making it much harder for people to protest in Britain.
LETTERS—Smash the capitalist system that causes women’s oppression
13 March 2021I was not shocked to discover that recent research has found almost all young women in Britain have experienced sexual harassment.
Shrewsbury Colleges strikers say it’s right to resist
09 March 2021NEU union members at the group are fighting to defend victimised union rep John Boken
Union leaders’ compromises leave workers behind
28 February 2021Organised workers have the power to tackle the bosses. Nick Clark explains why union leaders often fear strikes.
Shrewsbury Colleges strike for victimised union rep John Boken
24 February 2021Strikers stressed that the fight to defend John is part of a much bigger battle
Battle is on to stop unsafe schools return on 8 March
22 February 2021Boris Johnson’s plan to fully reopen all schools in England on 8 March will put many more lives at risk.
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