Greens must back striking British Airways workers to build the coalition we need for a just transition
A quiet revolution is underway. Across two weeks and through three days of industrial action by the RMT trade union, the British public may have rediscovered what it feels like…
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…
Strike actions planned at Heathrow Airport
Plane at Heathrow Airport. Image Credits via osde8info under CC BY-SA Amidst a dispute over plans to fire and rehire much of the workforce at Heathrow Airport, the trade union…
Strikes against low pay at Leeds-based bus manufacturer Optare to extend into 2021
Optare bus. Image credit via charles cars, CC BY On Monday 14th December, Unite announced that strike action at bus manufacturer Optare, which began in October 2020 over ‘broken promises’…
With culture in crisis, workers like me are paying the price
Last month, executives at Southbank Centre told me and my colleagues that at least 365 jobs - including my own - were at risk of redundancy. After weeks of uncertainty…
An open letter to the labour movement: support the strike, don’t cross the climate picket line
On 15th March 2019, from Scotland to South Africa, an estimated million children and teenagers skipped school to participate in the global youth climate strikes. As the world’s youth gear…
NHS strike postponed
UNISON members on strike at Salford Royal hospital (Matt Hanley) With less than 48 hours before today's planned 12 hour nationwide strike of NHS nurses, porters, cleaners, ambulance staff, secretaries…