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Why we need to organise to defeat the anti-union laws
By Bernie McAdam 14 September 2015 Britain’s anti union laws are already the most repressive in the European Union. Thanks to the new Tory Trade Union Bill, they are now…
Tory anti-union attack – organise to kill the bill
July 15 witnessed the first reading of the Tories’ new anti-union bill – effectively a series of amendments to the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act (1992). The Trade…
Tory anti-strike law aims to break the unions
By Jeremy Dewar 28 May 2015 Tory Business Secretary Sajid Javid’s anti-democratic measures to restrict strikes and legalise scabbing have the aim of breaking resistance to austerity. As TUC General…
PCS ‘left’ ditches democracy
By Rebecca Anderson, 30 January 2015 The National Executive Committee of the Public and Commercial Services union has made the outrageous decision to cancel annual elections for both their own…
London buses: 80 different rates – one solid strike
By Bernie McAdam 14 January On 13 January over 20,000 London striking bus drivers in Unite paralysed services. Pickets were held outside every bus garage in the capital. Boris Johnson’s…
NHS strike bulletin: escalate the pay fight to win
Bulletin for the NHS pay strike 24 November 2014 Click here to read as pdf by a Unite health member Nine NHS unions and staff associations including midwives and nurses…
£10 minimum an hour – now!
By Joy Macready The campaign for a £10 an hour minimum wage is gaining momentum – and it’s about time. Everyone deserves a decent wage. Following a unanimous vote at…
Which way forward for the unions?
As the Autumn’s coordinated strike action stalls, Jeremy Dewar reviews the unions’ record and asks how we can stop the retreat Up to 150,000 marched in London, Glasgow and Belfast…
Bureaucrats crawl away from the battlefield
Union leaders across the public services have called off many of their planned strikes in the run-up to the TUC’s “Britain needs a pay rise” demo. In a matter of…
Hot autumn or winter freeze?
Britain’s public sector unions launched a coordinated strike on 10 July to break the pay freeze. With a further strike due on 14 October and the TUC organising a national…
