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
Organise the militant minority
06 Nov 2014
The attacks on the miners were aimed at breaking organised labour in general; but union bureaucrats failed to rise to the challenge of building mass solidarity. Jack Conrad argued for a rank-and-file movement in this Leninist reprint
Class struggle intensifies
06 Nov 2014
Toby Abse reports on both verbal and physical clashes, as workers resist the latest attacks from ‘Italy’s Tony Blair’
Jack Collins: We could swamp them
30 Oct 2014
In 1984 The Leninist interviewed Jack Collins, area secretary of Kent NUM who went on to become disillusioned with the CPGB leadership
Marching in defence of article 18
30 Oct 2014
Last weekend’s mass mobilisation in Rome was inspiring, writes Toby Abse. But will trade union militancy be enough?
TUC demo: Boost to confidence
23 Oct 2014
Looking to a Labour government for salvation is a hopeless perspective, argues Peter Manson
Unison left: Carry on regardless
16 Oct 2014
As the employers stood firm in the local government dispute, not unexpectedly the union leaders buckled. But the left has no answers, writes Will Pragnell
Show of defiance
16 Oct 2014
Peter Manson calls for fresh thinking to reinvigorate the unions
Employers attempt to outmanoeuvre unions
09 Oct 2014
Will Pragnell reports on developments in Unison
Preparing for 2015
25 Sep 2014
The LU national council agreed that there should be no electoral coalition with Tusc. NC member and Communist Platform supporter Yassamine Mather reports
Awakened to the class struggle
17 Jul 2014
Mark Fischer introduces another Leninist reprint; Rebecca Sachs on the political transformation of women involved in the miner's strike
Enough bluster and bullshit
17 Jul 2014
Last week saw a major strike of public-sector workers. Daniel Harvey looks at the aftermath
ANC hold on unions weakens
11 Jul 2014
The metalworkers are seeking to emulate the success of the platinum strikers, writes Peter Manson
Countering illusions
05 Jun 2014
During the 20th anniversary of the miner's Great Strike, we have been reprinting articles from The Leninist, forerunner of the paper you're reading now
The real price of coal
22 May 2014
Privatisation and intensified competition has driven the attack on mining safety standards everywhere, writes David Douglass of the National Union of Mineworkers
Miners: Crisis of leadership
22 May 2014
A reprint from the Leninist, forerunner of the WW, on the crucial need for politics