Architecture is often considered a well-to-do profession. But the industry is plagued by burnout and unpaid overtime. Architects are getting organised. The unions must fight for public ownership and workers’ control across the construction sector.
With workers on the move, the Tories are tightening anti-union restrictions and curbing the right to strike with new minimum service laws. The TUC is meeting this weekend to discuss its response. The trade unions must mobilise to defy the bosses.
Having been strung along for months by the government, junior doctors have announced a new wave of winter walkouts. This determined action must be linked to a mass campaign across the trade union movement to kick out the Tories and save our NHS.
The recent conference for young members in Unison showed the appetite that exists for organising around burning class issues. To channel this enthusiasm, a transformation is required across the union, putting grassroots activists in control.
Long-running action on Go-Ahead’s bus routes in the North East has won significant gains for striking drivers. Fresh layers of militant workers have shown their will and determination, providing confidence for future battles against the bosses.
Rail workers organised in the RMT and employed by UK train operating companies have accepted a pay deal that halts cuts to jobs and conditions. But further attacks are coming from the Tories and bosses. The trade unions must prepare for battle.
Drivers working on bus routes operated by London Transit are out on strike tomorrow, in a dispute over pay and conditions, following previous days of action this month. Victory to the bus drivers! Fight for nationalisation and workers’ control!
Next month, on 9 December, the TUC will meet for a special congress to decide its response to the government’s latest draconian anti-strike legislation. The trade union movement must mobilise to defy the Tories, and to smash the bosses’ laws.
Today is ‘Black Friday’ – the busiest day of the year for the retail sector. Staff at the Amazon distribution centre in Coventry marked this occasion by taking the latest day of strike action in their long-running dispute. Victory to the workers!
Further education staff at multiple colleges have been out on the picket lines this month, fighting over pay, workload, and conditions. As our comrade reports, new layers of workers are being drawn into activity through this struggle.
Thousands of engineering construction workers employed on the NAECI agreement have voted to strike, in a dispute over pay. These workers hold enormous power in their hands. They must use this to deliver a militant blow against the bosses.
Thousands of jobs are on the line in the UK steel industry, with the threat of cuts at Tata in Port Talbot and British Steel in Scunthorpe. The unions must launch a militant fightback, and demand immediate nationalisation and workers’ control.