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, by ALI Taj, SERWOTKA Mark
Mark Serwotka has been general secretary of PCS union for 23 years. Set to retire at the end of the year, he discusses the recent wave of strikes involving 133,000 civil servants and reflects on what he has learnt in his time in the role.
Mark Serwotka has served as the general secretary of (…)
, by A Unison activist
UNISON conference in Liverpool in June 2023 was not as bad as last year’s (see the reports here). Then there was a concerted move by some elements within the union to dislodge the left leadership of the NEC and even drive them out of the union. In the interim, the Time For Real Change left group (…)
, by CONWAY Terry
This article, by Terry Conway, discusses the recent surge in industrial action in Britain, led by multiple trade unions, in response to a substantial decline in living standards, and analyses the opportunities, challenges, and obstacles faced by these movements in their fight for better pay and (…)
, by Anti*Capitalist Resistance, J CWU member)
In an exclusive interview with a Communication Workers Union (CWU) member, anti*capitalist resistance delve into the heart of the ongoing strike by Royal Mail employees and the union’s battle for fair wages and job security. The activist (J) discusses the union’s response to pay cuts, job (…)
, by CONWAY Terry
It has been another mixed week for the industrial struggle in Britain, writes Terry Conway.
After the university lecturers’ union, the UCU, called off strike action for ‘intensive negotiations’ there has been very little information about the content of those talks. It is certainly the case (…)
, by CONWAY Terry
It has been a contradictory time for strikes in Britain.
Some ballots for strike action have been won. Postal workers needed to reballot after their six-month mandate ran out; 95.9% of those voting said yes to further strike action with a turnout of 77.3%. The latter is down on the first (…)
, par CONWAY Terry
Around half a million workers took strike action across Britain on 1 February in the biggest wave of strikes for over a decade.
This not only involved people withdrawing their labour and mounting picket lines at their own place of work, but often participating in vibrant demonstrations and (…)
, by CONWAY Terry
On 1 February more trade unionists in Britain will be on strike than have done so on any single day for many decades.
The civil service union, PCS, was the first to call out over 100,000 members across 124 government departments – all those members in departments who had met the ridiculously (…)
, by DANIELS Steven
Rishi Sunak’s attempted introduction of new anti-strike laws isn’t the first time we’ve seen a Conservative government seek to limit workers’ rights to take industrial action. This timeline of the past five decades explains how the UK got to where it is today. Workers have gradually lost all (…)
, by Anti*Capitalist Resistance
Anti*capitalist Resistance call for international solidarity on 1 February as the trade union movement resists Tory anti Trade Union legislation.
The working class of Britain have suffered over a decade of austerity and low wages. Pay for many workers has reduced by over 20% in real terms (…)
, by CONWAY Terry
Terry Conway reports on the latest developments in the ongoing strike wave in the United Kingdom, as workers fight for higher pay while the Conservatives prepare new anti-union legislation.
The battle of working class organisations in Britain against the reactionary Tory government has a new (…)
, by CONWAY Terry
I spent part of Xmas morning with strikers. I don’t remember this happening before in all my decades of political activity. I didn’t actually have to leave the house as this was a zoom meeting organised by the civil service union PCS to bring solidarity to their members in different sectors (…)
On August 22, 2022, coinciding with the 231st anniversary of the start of the Haitian Revolution, the most recent wave of popular mobilizations against the pro-imperialist regime of the Haitian Baldhead Party (PHTK) began.
High inflation—29 percent annualized as of June—and economic (…)
, by FIRMIN Pete
CWU members at Royal Mail have now taken strike action on 11 days since August over pay and conditions writes Pete Firmin. The union won massive majorities for strike action and turnout by organising gate meetings at every workplace around the country.
Thousands of members also went to gate (…)
, by LABICA Thierry
The death of Queen Elizabeth II and the ensuing national mourning resulted in the suspension of strike movements which had remained dynamic since the beginning of the summer of 2022. Would the struggles manage to recover, once the moment of national genuflection was past?
And what was to (…)
, by UNGOED-THOMAS Jon
Exclusive: walkout over pay due to take place before Christmas
The biggest nursing strike in NHS history is set to take place before Christmas after union officials said that “large swathes of the country” had voted for industrial action.
Patients who are already facing record waiting lists (…)
Terry Conway reports on the biggest strike of the summer so far, as over 115,000 CWU members take action over the pitiful wage increase made by their employer Royal Mail.
Friday 26 July saw the biggest strike yet of this summer of struggle when over 115,000 postal workers took action to demand (…)
, by TOPPING Alexandra
As the cost of living crisis bites, leaders of barristers to bin collectors are becoming a force to be reckoned with
As Britain heads into an autumn of strikes – and the Labour party comes under pressure to come up with ideas to tackle the cost of living crisis – and support stoppages – we (…)
, by WILLIAMS Zoe
With the cost of living soaring and wages falling further behind, the union boss has become the face of resistance. He talks about the rail dispute, the stereotyping of working-class people and his clash with Piers Morgan
It is rare, these days, for the general secretary of a trade union, let (…)
, by HEARSE Phil
Phil Hearse looks ahead to a bleak Autumn and argues the left must mobilise and shout together ’Enough is Enough’
Last week the Mirror newspaper exposed the case of an 87-year-old man, a sufferer of prostate cancer, who waited 15 hours for an ambulance after falling outside his house in (…)
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