Unions
United national action can derail Tory assault on train unions and safety
Workers have announced fresh strikes that will shut down the Southern rail network.
Reports round-up
Shorts reports from the week including industrial action, refugee solidarity, opposing Ukip and resisting council cuts
The Tory crisis creates an unmissable chance to end the public sector pay cap
Anger at the public sector pay cap has opened up rifts at the top of the Tory party.
Optimism over Corbyn and a mood to fight the Tories at the Durham Miners’ Gala
Thousands cheered Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn this afternoon, Saturday, as he encouraged the crowds at the Durham Miners' Gala to campaign to force the Tories out.
Unions will need to fight to beat the pay cap
Unions representing more than 1.6 million local government workers are demanding a 5 percent pay rise to break the Tory public sector pay cap.
Unions shouldn’t bemoan a lack of strikes—but get organising them
There were some grim statistics out last week about strikes and unions.
Hope for a Corbyn win is enthusing trade unionists - and can inspire a fightback
30 May 2017Kicking out the Tories on 8 June could make society better, people across Britain told Socialist Worker
Scottish TUC leader says, ‘Learn from the lecturers and fight back on pay’
24 May 2017Scottish TUC deputy general secretary Dave Moxham's call to “challenge the public sector pay freeze” comes as 70,000 council workers ballot for strikes over pay
Workers back Jeremy Corbyn’s bid to oust Theresa May's Tories
25 April 2017The snap general election on 8 June is an opportunity to kick the Tories out in favour of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party. And trade unionists are urging a fight to back Corbyn’s campaign.
After seven years of Tory rule—seven reasons to end it
21 April 2017Tory governments have waged war on ordinary people since 2010, helped until 2015 by their Lib Dem allies. Of the countless reasons to kick them out, Eleanor Claxton-Mayer and Alistair Farrow explain seven of the key ones
Rail strikes over safety aren't stopping
18 April 2017More coordinated rail strikes to defend the role of the train guard have been announced by the RMT rail union.
Reports round-up
18 April 2017Includes short reports from the latest strikes in manufacturing, IT services, higher education, local government, plus news from abortion rights, housing and climate change campaigns
'We need to take fight to the Tories', leading Unison union health worker speaks out
13 April 2017We talk about how terrible the crisis in the NHS and social care is, but it’s significantly worse now than it has ever been.
Public sector pay cap drives workers out of health service—time to fight back
04 April 2017Millions are worse off after the Tories’ latest ‘slap in the face’ to the people who keep our public services going. Activists told Alistair Farrow it’s time to strike against the pay cap
industrial reports round up
28 March 2017Fujitsu IT services workers struck last Friday and again on Monday to defend their jobs and livelihoods from the firm’s cost-cutting.
Ian Allinson for Unite—invite Ian to your workplace and help build the campaign
14 March 2017Ian Allinson is the left wing candidate for Unite general secretary, invite him to speak at your workplace and help with the campaign
Left winger set for election challenge to Unite union leader Len McCluskey
14 February 2017Unite union general secretary Len McCluskey looks set to face an election contested from the left as well as the right.
‘We’re here to stay,’ say EU migrant workers as Tories look to end freedom of movement
24 January 2017Nick Clark spoke to migrant workers about how they’re organising to defend their freedom of movement
The single market is no solution for workers
17 January 2017Theresa May’s programme for Brexit is steeped in toxic nationalism and xenophobia.
Trade unionists are taking the fight against racism into the workplaces
17 January 2017The Stand Up To Racism trade union conference is a chance to organise against racism, writes Eleanor Claxton-Mayer
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- GALLERY - Photographs of the Battle of Lewisham in 1977 against the Nazi National Front
- 'Scrap the cap!' - Royal College of Nursing begins protests over public sector pay cap
- Grenfell Tower survivors ask, ‘Can we trust the legal system?’
- Victory for unions and workers over fees that denied access to justice
- The horror of Passchendaele couldn’t stop rebellion
- Did police tasering cause Darren Cumberbatch to die?
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