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Trade unions highlights

  • Disputes / Victory to the striking railworkers; defend the right to strike!

    In fighting to save jobs and defend pay, railworkers are in the front line of a desperately-needed push-back against the onslaught of capital.

    22 Jun 2022 ,
  • Pay and conditions / Sainsbury’s CEO in the money as workers feel the pinch

    As conditions for the mass of workers get rapidly worse, the obscene inequalities of the system come into ever-sharper relief.

    15 Jun 2022 ,
  • Disputes / Train strike: Britain could see the largest walk-out since the 1926 general strike

    Meanwhile, the government is considering adding to anti-trade-union legislation to try to outlaw the action before it begins.

    27 May 2022 , Reddit
  • Canada / Solidarity with the Freedom Convoy of Canada

    The arteries of the Canadian capital are clogged to the point where Canada’s whole rotten capitalist system is having a heart attack.

    23 Feb 2022 , Proletarian
  • India / The Indian farmers’ magnificent victory

    What lessons can workers everywhere learn from this historic struggle, and how is a decent future to be secured for India’s small farmers?

    5 Jan 2022 , Lalkar
  • Health / Derisory pay offer covers further cuts as NHS privatisation reaches new heights

    National clapping and a George Cross have left nurses empty handed as the new health chief helps US profiteers move in.

    2 Dec 2021 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Shrewsbury 24: Justice delayed is justice denied

    Workers must start to organise themselves so as to be able to demand justice now – social justice for all.

    30 Mar 2021 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Bringing Kaplan to book: time to get organised in the gig economy

    A reminder that the whole reason for having trade unions is to fight the workers’ corner everywhere.

    21 Feb 2021 ,
  • India / The largest strike the world has ever seen is taking place now in India

    But you wouldn’t know it from Britain’s corporate media and Labour-affiliated trade union leaderships.

    11 Jan 2021 , Lalkar
  • Industry / Government announces extra £16.5bn for military

    Government promises spending will protect 10,000 jobs, but at what cost to the working class?

    9 Dec 2020 ,
  • Economy / Bosses press on with sackings as crisis deepens

    As the furlough support scheme comes to an end, the true depth of the economic crisis is becoming ever clearer.

    7 Jul 2020 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Drivers resist Goldstar intimidation

    Union-busting haulier cowboys forcing extremely dangerous conditions onto workers.

    6 Jul 2020 ,
  • Lay-offs and closures / P&O takes the money and runs

    The shipping company is laying off a thousand workers on the very routes it is being paid public money to operate.

    29 Jun 2020 ,
  • Lay-offs and closures / Imperial College sacking vital IT workers

    University managers plan to axe more than half their IT staff, despite their heroic work in enabling vital pandemic research.

    27 Jun 2020 ,
  • Pay and conditions / Conditions at Yodel: report by a worker

    Workers in the logistics industry are being sweated at ever-more intense and unendurable rates.

    26 Jun 2020 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Covid couriers sacked for requesting PPE and social distancing

    Workers responsible for transporting covid test samples from hospitals to labs are being victimised for requesting basic safety measures.

    25 Jun 2020 ,
  • Pay and conditions / BA threatens to sack its entire workforce

    After rinsing the furlough scheme, the airline is now insisting that its staff should accept huge pay cuts or be sacked.

    16 Jun 2020 , Proletarian
  • Industry / ‘Back to work’ stampede – and may the devil take the hindmost

    Reopening schools and workplaces without proper safety measures highlights the government’s true priorities.

    20 May 2020 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Wirral’s binmen to strike?

    Outsourced waste collector Biffa is playing fast and loose with its workers’ pay.

    3 Mar 2020 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Offshore oil workers under threat

    Will trade unions now get off the back foot and start to mobilise their members into an active campaign of resistance?

    26 Feb 2020 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Firefighters victory forces government retreat on public sector pensions

    The FBU has won its case to get former pension rights restored, and the case has wide implications.

    19 Jan 2020 , Proletarian
  • Industry / Car industry crisis pushes Peugeot-Fiat merger

    Workers rightly fear for their jobs as another round of ‘cost-cutting’ looms.

    15 Jan 2020 , Proletarian
  • France / French class war continuing as neither side looks ready to back down

    Macron continues to push EU-backed pensions attack while unions have called for a general strike and total oil refinery blockade.

    10 Jan 2020 ,
  • France / French strikes expand and deepen as more workers join the fray

    A class war is underway in France and the workers show no sign of backing down. Victoire aux grévistes!

    19 Dec 2019 , Proletarian
  • France / Support the French strikers!

    France’s militant unions are joining forces with yellow vest activists in a serious challenge to Macron’s EU-backed assault on living standards.

    10 Dec 2019 ,
  • France / France goes on strike: can Macron survive?

    As militant trade unionists prepare to join yellow vests on the streets, the class struggle in France is moving into a new gear.

    30 Nov 2019 ,
  • Disputes / Royal Mail: high court bans the strike

    For how long will we accept the right of bosses’ courts to decide how workers’ organisations are run?

    26 Nov 2019 , Proletarian
  • Working-class history / Avtar Jouhl: lifelong class fighter against racism

    Comrade Avtar reflects on a life of struggle in the IWA and the trade unions from the 1950s to the 1990s.

    10 Nov 2019 , International Socialist
  • Trade unions / Stifling criticism of Israel in the British trade-union movement

    TUC votes in support of Palestine, but decision is ignored by the media, including those on the left.

    1 Nov 2019 , Lalkar
  • Disputes / Royal Mail workers vote overwhelmingly to strike

    Mail workers are ready to fight for their pay and conditions, but is their union prepared to back them?

    24 Oct 2019 , Proletarian
  • Climate change / The TUC and climate change: don’t mention the wars

    Unions tail-end middle-class eco protests and stoke illusions in ‘green’ capitalism.

    28 Sep 2019 , Proletarian
  • Iran / Unions call on British government to send in the gunboats

    What would Bob Crow have said to the ITF’s blindly acquiescing in the war games of our imperial masters?

    30 Jul 2019 , Proletarian
  • Italy / Italian dockers obstruct Saudi’s criminal war on Yemen

    Dockworkers in Genoa have given a vital lesson to workers everywhere in how to harness our collective strength.

    30 May 2019 , Proletarian
  • Lay-offs and closures / Interserve: another outsourcing giant hits the wall

    In the pursuit of monopoly profits, another building corporation turned ‘public service provider’ has gone bust – and the public will be picking up the tab.

    6 Apr 2019 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Brum bin strike concludes with a payout

    A new deal was concluded in March to appease workers’ anger at secret payouts to GMB members during the 2017 strike.

    24 Mar 2019 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Deliveroo strikes spread

    Increasing numbers of workers in the gig economy are fighting for basic rights at work.

    17 Mar 2019 ,
  • Disputes / South Western railworkers win battle to keep the guard on the train

    Safe and affordable public transport for all. Support our rail workers!

    19 Feb 2019 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Deliveroo strike in Bristol: gig economy workers fight back

    Resistance to the poverty pay and union-busting tactics of so many zero-hour and gig economy employers is gathering momentum.

    23 Jan 2019 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Refuse, resist! Brum rubbish collectors ready to strike as council talks fail

    Brummie binmen are days away from an all-out strike, clashing once again with a Labour council that has rewarded scabs and blacklisted strikers.

    20 Jan 2019 , Sputnik
  • Pay and conditions / Support the workers against Condor and the ships of shame!

    Defend Brexit and fight for better working conditions for all.

    12 Jan 2019 ,
  • Disputes / Cammell Laird strike suspended for now

    Workers’ resistance has led to a stay of execution at the Merseyside shipyard.

    3 Jan 2019 , Lalkar
  • Lay-offs and closures / Cammell Laird shipyard strikes

    Overproduction is hitting industry after industry, proving once more that capitalism cannot solve the problems of the masses.

    27 Dec 2018 ,
  • Disputes / Birmingham: Two-faced council breaks promises to binmen and residents

    Birmingham’s militant binmen deserve our full support as their dispute looks set to break out again this Christmas.

    1 Dec 2018 , Proletarian
  • British politics / Venezuela solidarity falling short

    British workers have the power to give real solidarity to Venezuela, which is in the front line of the struggle against the imperialist enemy.

    17 Nov 2018 , Lalkar
  • Pay and conditions / University of Manchester support staff to strike against pension attacks

    Cleaners, caterers, security and admin staff are fighting to defend their right to a dignified retirement.

    17 Nov 2018 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Support the Glasgow women’s strike for equal pay

    But beware the Labour wolf in sheep's clothing!

    23 Oct 2018 ,
  • Disputes / FE lecturers ballot over derisory pay offer

    It is not the job of workers to square the accounts of their employers.

    17 Oct 2018 ,
  • Pay and conditions / Bosses’ pay soars

    While Labour business rep worries over ‘undermining public trust in business’!

    9 Oct 2018 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Support the fast food strikers!

    Fast food workers across Britain are organising to demand decent pay and conditions.

    3 Oct 2018 ,
  • Pay and conditions / University of London workers strike a blow against the outsourcing racket

    A simple demand for a basic rights is causing consternation in the camp of the class enemy.

    20 Sep 2018 , Lalkar
  • Disputes / Support Birmingham’s homecare workers

    Before Labour councillors privatise the service completely.

    19 Sep 2018 , Birmingham Worker
  • Disputes / West Midlands firefighters threat of strike causes employer to retreat?

    Long live workers’ militant unity.

    11 Aug 2018 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / French rail workers lead the fight to defend pay and conditions

    Macron's government hopes to use divide-and-rule tactics to break the resistance of the French working class.

    22 Jun 2018 ,
  • Trade unions / Universities union leader Sally Hunt sidesteps members’ censure motion

    Trade union 'democracy' in action.

    19 Jun 2018 ,
  • Industry / GKN takeover brings mayhem to thousands of working-class lives

    Unelected shareholders and executives continue to make decisions affecting thousands of families, revealing the true nature of the capitalist system.

    26 May 2018 , Lalkar
  • Disputes / University workers sold down the river

    With friends like the University and College Union leadership, who needs enemies?

    14 May 2018 , Proletarian
  • France / France fights back against Thatcherite ‘reforms’

    French workers have only to see what has been done to the British working class in recent decades to understand the ramifications of their present fight.

    3 May 2018 , Lalkar
  • Leaflets / Hands off lecturers’ pensions

    A decent pension for all workers is a right, not a privilege.

    1 Mar 2018 ,
  • Trade unions / Postal union caves in on pensions

    The CWU's failure to stand up to the marketisation of pensions will affect more than just postal workers.

    15 Feb 2018 ,
  • Disputes / Support the McWorkers: class against class!

    Organisation is a vital weapon in the fight for our rights.

    12 Feb 2018 ,
  • Disputes / Crossrail electricians walk out

    Blacklisting Balfour Beatty manager dismisses union members in an attept to avert strike action.

    1 Feb 2018 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Migrant workers in London: We are not the dirt we clean

    New unions are championing London's invisible workforce.

    1 Feb 2018 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Rail strikes multiplying

    The government and rail operators are continuing to force unsafe driver only operation onto staff and passengers.

    1 Feb 2018 , Proletarian
  • Trade unions / Super Puma helicopter still flying despite multiple fatal crashes

    The government continues to prioritise private profit over public safety.

    1 Dec 2017 , Proletarian
  • Cote d’Ivoire / Draconian response to customs officers’ strike in Cote d’Ivoire

    Behind Ouattara’s comprador regime lies the not-so-hidden hand of French and US imperialism.

    1 Dec 2017 , Proletarian
  • Trade unions / Aslef’s ‘shabby deal’

    Rail bosses use divide and rule tactics to weaken resistance to safety-cutting measures.

    1 Dec 2017 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Editorial: Message to Birmingham’s bin workers

    1 Dec 2017 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Birmingham’s binmen conclude their strike … for now

    A ‘new’ deal has been offered that appears to make some concessions, but which demands more work for the same money.

    1 Dec 2017 , Proletarian
  • Trade unions / Derek Robinson: the passing of a working-class hero

    A staunch and fearless union leader, one of an increasingly rare breed.

    1 Dec 2017 , Proletarian
  • Industry / Industry matters: Fighting the trade war harder

    1 Dec 2017 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Binmen on strike in Birmingham

    More council cuts = more rats! Birmingham’s refuse workers are mounting strong resistance to the latest austerity plans of the city’s Labour-led council.

    1 Aug 2017 , Proletarian
  • Trade unions / The fight-back of the low-paid

    ‘Precarious’ workers are doing it for themselves.

    1 Jun 2017 , Proletarian
  • Health / Cloak and dagger: the operation to kill the NHS

    The campaign to destroy the NHS is reaching its final stages: how did we get here and what can we do?

    1 Apr 2017 , Proletarian
  • British politics / Birmingham council in financial crisis

    A strike by binmen and other workers is inevitable.

    1 Apr 2017 , Proletarian
  • Palestine / What more can we do for Palestine?

    “In our thousands, in our millions, we are all Palestinians.”

    1 Dec 2016 , Proletarian
  • British politics / How the scabs were ditched, and other dirty laundry of 1989-90

    The latest release of cabinet papers gives us a further insight into the secret doings of our ruling class.

    1 Dec 2016 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Shrewsbury 24: Amnesty International shows its true colours

    Even forty years later, the ‘human rights’ champions are still not prepared to tell the full story of their collusion with Labour in keeping Des Warren locked up.

    1 Aug 2016 , Proletarian
  • France / Strike wave hits France

    Workers are vigorously opposing their government’s attempt to rip up the French labour code.

    1 Aug 2016 , Proletarian
  • Lay-offs and closures / Tata: the vultures circle

    While the capitalist crisis continues to destroy workers' lives, our union leaders are still trying to push us down the blind alley of support for British imperialism.

    1 Jun 2016 , Proletarian
  • Trade unions / Blacklisters cough up but justice still denied

    Construction monopolies pay out token amounts to their victims in the hope of avoiding further exposure in the courts and media.

    1 Jun 2016 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Union-busting at Topshop

    Retail giant's outsourced cleaners protest against victimisation of activists.

    1 Jun 2016 , Proletarian
  • Trade unions / Unite says no to Brexit

    Britain's biggest trade union backs monopoly capital's view on the imperialist exploiters' club.

    1 Jun 2016 , Proletarian
  • Health / Sudden death of the ‘weekend effect’

    One of the key planks in the government's propaganda offensive against junior doctors has been exposed as a total nonsense.

    1 Jun 2016 , Proletarian
  • Industry / Industry matters: TUC touts for the EU

    1 Apr 2016 , Proletarian
  • Industry / Industry matters: pay ‘rises’ belied by decline in real wages

    1 Feb 2016 , Proletarian
  • Trade unions / Industry matters: Blacklisting rampant

    There is increasing evidence that the practice of blacklisting has never gone away – and has been quietly condoned by governments of all parties.

    1 Jun 2015 , Proletarian
  • Theatre / Shrewsbury 24: United We Stand review

    Culture, education and entertainment are brilliantly combined in Neil Gore's moving and insightful play.

    1 Jun 2015 , Proletarian
  • Ukraine / Anglo-US imperialism ratchets up its bellicose stand against Russia

    As inter-imperialist contradictions sharpen, some trade unionists are already campaigning for a defence of the imperialist fatherland.

    1 Jun 2015 , Proletarian
  • Working-class history / Downton Abbey, the Jolly George and Stop the War

    Please, if we ask you nicely, will you? Pretty please?

    1 Oct 2011 , Proletarian
  • Working-class history / Book review: Striking a Light, the Bryant and May Matchwomen

    Louise Raw reveals the connection of these militant young East End strikers to new unionism, socialism and Irish republicanism.

    1 Apr 2011 , Proletarian
  • Working-class history / The matchgirls’ strike of 1888

    A landmark victory in working-class history, with much relevance to the many workers today who are once more unorganised and unrepresented by any union.

    1 Jun 2008 , Proletarian

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Trade unions video

  • Divide and rule / Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: Capitalism and immigration

    The first condition for success in the struggle for socialism is working-class unity. No wonder the imperialists work so hard to sow division in our ranks.

    9 Jan 2022, Proletarian TV
  • Britain TV / Stop the War’s campaign for a Labour ‘anti-war’ government

    Stop the War has been transformed into an electoral vehicle for Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party. Could he stop the wars?

    1 Mar 2018, Proletarian TV

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  • Leaflets / How can we stop imperialist war?

    If our unions take principled positions against British war crimes, we will have the backing we need to refuse to cooperate as individuals.

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