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
Unhealthy consensus
06 Jul 1995
Health secretary: new face, same attacks
Lesser evil wins
29 Jun 1995
Rival buses hit home
29 Jun 1995
Bus drivers in Chelmsford, sacked in November 1994, forced Badgerline into a settlement after running their own rival buses. Steve Argent, one of the sacked drivers, talked to us about the lessons of the dispute
Building solidarity
29 Jun 1995
Islington walkout
29 Jun 1995
Euston railworkers defend safety
29 Jun 1995
BR launches pay attack
22 Jun 1995
Bottomley’s dole queue
22 Jun 1995
... but resistance continues
22 Jun 1995
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