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
Class war and damned lies
05 Feb 2004
Dave Douglass (branch secretary Hatfield NUM) reviews: Janice Sutherland, 'Strike: when Britain went to war', Channel 4, Saturday January 24 Steven Condie, 'The miners' strike', BBC2, Tuesday January 27
SP on the rack after climbdown
05 Feb 2004
Pressure is mounting on the Socialist Party-dominated leadership of the Public and Commercial Services Union following the decision of the department of work and pensions (DWP) executive to suspend strike action last week reports Lee Rock
Break with yellow unions
11 Dec 2003
Houzan Mahmoud of the Worker-communist Party of Iraq reports on how one British left group continues to side with the Ba'athist oppressors who once ruled Iraq
Confusion reigns over union bosses' pay
20 Nov 2003
At a meeting of 40 Public and Civil Service Union London Left Unity members on November 11, Socialist Workers Party comrades voted against their organisations position with regards to the pay of rank and file candidates when elected as full-time trade union officials.
Poor tactics, useless strategy
06 Nov 2003
Unison's dispute over London weighting continues to suffer from serious underlying weaknesses, says Alan Stevens
An utter mess
06 Nov 2003
In June a rotten settlement gave management carte blanche to impose 'modernisation' on firefighters' working conditions. Now the promised seven percent rise is to be phased in. Fire Brigades Union London regional officer Matt Wrack spoke to Peter Manson about the background to the latest wave of unofficial action
Temporary climbdown
06 Nov 2003
John Keys reports on the latest of the postal dispute
Wildcat post strikes spread
30 Oct 2003
John Keys reports about the unofficial strikes by postal workers that have broken out all over London and nearby areas
London weighting dead end
23 Oct 2003
Alan Stevens reports about Unison's long-running, stop and go London weighting dispute
Anti-left witch-hunt
31 May 2001
Prelude to Blair?s second term
Witch hunt stymies fight
26 Apr 2001
RMT witch hunt
12 Apr 2001
Focus on action