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
Middlesborough review: Rapid development and workers’ struggle
29 Nov 2012
David Douglass reviews: Minoru Yasumoto, 'The rise of a Victorian ironopolis: Middlesbrough and regional industrialisation', Boydell Press, 2011, pp250, £60
Socialism 2012: Labour: for a ‘civil war’
08 Nov 2012
Is TUSC the new Labour Party? Mark Fischer reports from a Socialism 2012 session on Labour
TUC Demo: Union lefts rely on general strike strategy
25 Oct 2012
Saturdays TUC demonstration showed that there is a burning desire to fight, writes Peter Manson. But ending the age of austerity requires a governmental alternative not on offer from Ed Miliband
Progress: Capitalism’s Trojan horse
11 Oct 2012
Attacks on Progress should be welcomed, but should the left vote for Aslefs rule change? Stan Keable of Labour Party Marxists looks at the issues
One nation: Labour turns blue
04 Oct 2012
Ed Miliband invoked the legacy of Benjamin Disraeli in order to embrace the agenda of Blue Labour, argues Paul Demarty
Partly off one knee
13 Sep 2012
The Trade Union Congress decision to consider the option of a general strike represents a small step forward, writes Mike Macnair
Conspiracy, betrayal and flying pickets
05 Jul 2012
On the 40th anniversary of the 1972 building workers strike, Laurence Humphries, a supporter of the National Shop Stewards Network, gives his version of events
A bus drivers crisis
21 Jun 2012
On the eve of the June 22 London bus drivers strike Gerry Downing reports on the plight of one not so untypical worker
Reality behind the fighting talk
31 May 2012
The May 23-25 annual conference exposed the weaknesses of Britain's biggest civil service union, says Tina Becker
Vauxhall: defeat for all car workers
24 May 2012
Peter Manson reports on a deal that represents an attack on working conditions
Strikes are not the be-all and end-all
17 May 2012
What are stikes alone and where is the politics we need? Laurie Smith takes a look at the recent stikes and the response of the Left.
Refuting the latest smears against Warren
17 May 2012
Chris Corrigan sets the record straight about Des Warren
West coast rebound
29 Mar 2012
Oakland and Longview - Jim Creegan reports on two parallel struggles
Thin dividing line
29 Mar 2012
The 'cash for access' row has once again exposed the contradictions inherent in capitalism, writes Peter Manson
We can still win
22 Mar 2012
The executive of the Public and Commercial Services Union has decided that "PCS members will not be taking part in the March 28 strike" against the attack on pensions. Tina Becker spoke to Lee Rock (assistant branch secretary, department for work and pensions, Sheffield) about the decision