Anti-strike bill: Enough is Enough petition passes 150k signatures
Efforts to stop government plans to further restrict the right strike have stepped up a gear. Enough is Enough's petition calling for the proposals to be dropped has surpassed 150,000…
Momentum should play a leading role in advancing the cause of the working class in our age of crisis
The prerequisite to building left power within the Labour Party is building a fighting socialist movement outside of it. Protecting the internal power the left currently possesses is important. However,…
Mick Lynch perfectly sums up the damage of rail privatisation on Peston
RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch has been getting support from across the political spectrum for his broadcast appearances in recent days. In clashes with Piers Morgan, Kay Burley, Richard Madeley…
Green Party Trade Union Group urges Greens to back RMT strikes
The chair of the Green Party Trade Union Group has called on party members to show their solidarity and support for the RMT trade union. RMT - which represents workers…
Greens join chorus of condemnation for anti-trade union laws
This weekend, government plans to restrict strike action yet further were trailed in the Sunday Telegraph. The plans would see requirements for minimum service requirements on railways in the event of…
Why we all need to resist the Tories’ latest anti-trade union laws
Another Tory parliament, another anti-union law? Last Sunday’s issue of the Telegraph carried briefings from government ministers threatening to impose ever tighter restrictions on trade unions in some of the…
An injury to one is an injury to all – support the RMT strikes
Last week the tube union, the RMT, announced a series of strike dates over an ongoing campaign of victimisation against two union activists - Eamonn Lynch and Arwyn Thomas. Phil,…
Union News
UCU We'll start with my own union, UCU, who's annual congress happened recently. I couldn't make it myself but as well as attacking the government's points based immigration system and…