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

Could Steve Hedley have kept his job?

26 Aug 1999

In July 1998 over 100 maintenance workers took strike action in defence of sacked RMT shop steward Steve Hedley. The strike was defeated and Hedley remained sacked. With trade union struggles at an all-time low and strike figures at the lowest level ever recorded, it would seem that, at the moment, the employers are ‘too strong’. The case of Steve Hedley would appear to back such views. But did it? Mark Metcalf gives his opinion

Unison witch hunt

01 Jul 1999

What kind of unity?

17 Jun 1999

Reclaim Our Rights

Unison pulls plug

03 Jun 1999

Tameside careworkers

Socialist Party split - Merseyside’s view, part 2

25 Mar 1999

The Merseyside Socialists, who recently left or were suspended from the Socialist Party in England and Wales, continue their critique of the leadership

Devoted to his class

04 Feb 1999

Obituary: Mick McGahey 1925-1999

Millbank in control

08 Oct 1998

Labour Party conference

TUC on its knees

24 Sep 1998

Blair may have sent a batch of his ministers to last week’s TUC. But his plans for the realignment of British politics include the complete marginalisation of the unions

SWP in practice

30 Jul 1998

Bosses’ dirty tricks

23 Jul 1998

Bosses are attempting to intimidate RMT activists. As part of this campaign, they have singled out Steve Hedley, a longstanding RMT militant, for intimidation. The Railworkers Rank and File Campaign reports