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
Rolls closure deal
22 Jun 1995
Last month 600 Rolls Royce workers gave up the fight to save their jobs, and accepted the closure of the design and development and customer support sections in East Kilbride. The Weekly Worker spoke to the MSF union branch chair, Owen Thomas
College bosses on the attack
22 Jun 1995
Another stab in the union back
15 Jun 1995
Win the mass in the NUT
15 Jun 1995
Teachers need to build on the work of the Fight Against Cuts in Education and bypass the union bureaucracy
Answer ‘illegal’ ruling with action
15 Jun 1995
Healthworkers’ unity sabotaged
15 Jun 1995
The limitations of the ‘official’ trade union movement have been made obvious over the last few weeks. The RCN wants to go it alone, while the Unison leadership is now having cosy chats with Virginia Bottomley. We need a drastically different approach
RMT against poverty pay
08 Jun 1995
Other railworkers were not drawn into the signal workers’ strike. This time we need to make sure it is a united fight
Hobson’s choice
08 Jun 1995
Morris or Dromey, the left is reduced to choosing the butcher
Workers unite to smash pay divide
08 Jun 1995
This week both healthworkers and railworkers are demonstrating against the poverty pay which the bosses are trying to foist on them. The disgusting offers of one percent to healthworkers and three percent to railworkers come at the same time as the bosses are awarding themselves 65-75% pay rises. They will get away with this daylight robbery just as long as we let them
Rolls attacks meet with resistance
01 Jun 1995
Students say no to loans
01 Jun 1995
RCN declares UDI
01 Jun 1995
Health pay unity under threat
Neither fit for the job
01 Jun 1995
Bankworkers shut down Barclays
01 Jun 1995
Despite record profits Barclays wants to impose another round of pay cuts for bankworkers
Railworkers - Prepare for action!
01 Jun 1995
More and more workers are saying, ‘Enough is enough’. They want to put a stop to job losses, wage cuts and worse conditions. But we need much more than enthusiasm to win these battles