Democracy & State > Trade unions

Anarchist origins of the 'general strike' slogan

17 Mar 2011

We set up this debate in response to widespread calls from the Trotskyist left for the TUC to call a general strike against the cuts. This is Mike Macnair's opening

June 30: Bigger, better, more coordinated

07 Jul 2011

Rank and file pressure must be brought to bear not only within the unions, writes Michael Copestake, but on the Labour leadership too

London: Grounds for optimism

07 Jul 2011

Hopefully it will be a rather hot autumn, writes Ben Lewis

Milton Keynes: Important step forward

07 Jul 2011

Next time, coordinated strike action by millions, writes Dave Isaacson

Southampton: All in it together

07 Jul 2011

Callum Williamson witnessed an encouraging appetite to fight on

Plymouth: Bigger picture

07 Jul 2011

Daniel Trevenna saw a newly discovered radicalism and workers' solidarity

Take the battle into Labour

30 Jun 2011

Unions must reject the terms of debate established by government, media, and Labour opposition, argues Michael Copestake

Victory claimed as GMB rejects workfare

02 Jun 2011

What was a union's logo doing on a report recommending the privatisation of the employment and benefit service? Tony Greenstein reports

PCS conference: Don't rush, make sure we can win

12 May 2011

Dave Vincent calls for the ballot to be held later

Can the left win over the members?

05 May 2011

National executive candidate Dave Vincent looks forward to the conference of the civil service union

Push for anticuts candidates

21 Apr 2011

PCS executive candidate Dave Vincent explains the main issues in the union's elections

Mysteries and controversies

17 Mar 2011

David Douglass continues the debate about the miners' Great Strike