Ferry workers in Southampton and the Isle of Wight are currently taking action in a battle over pay. The employers are attempting to break the strike with scab labour. Union leaders must unite the struggles against the bosses and Tories.
Following months of bitter strike action, lorry drivers at Coventry city council have come out on top. Their dispute provides important lessons for the trade union movement. Through united, militant struggle, workers can beat back the bosses.
Reports from recent picket lines of striking CWU members at BT Group show how workers everywhere are gaining confidence. Pressure is building across the movement. And trade union leaders are responding with calls for militant united action.
Trade union leaders are talking about a ‘summer of discontent’, with workers on the railways, at Royal Mail, and in the public sector moving into action. These struggles must be brought together into a mass movement against the bosses and Tories.
Arriva bus drivers in the North West are undertaking indefinite strike action. Across the country, transport workers are fighting back against attacks on pay, jobs, and conditions. These struggles must be united behind demands for nationalisation.
Britain is set for a summer strikewave, with posties and rail workers taking strike action, and public sector unions rejecting the government’s latest pay offer. This poses the need for coordinated action and a bold socialist programme.
Activists are taking steps to organise workers at Apple stores in London – part of a global unionisation movement in the tech industry. The trade unions must throw their weight behind these efforts, and fight for workers’ control of Big Tech.
A deadly combo of austerity and inflation is pushing councils towards bankruptcy, fuelling further attacks on local government workers. With Starmer’s Labour doing nothing to oppose the cuts, it is up to the trade unions to lead the fightback.
Further rounds of strikes have been called by the RMT and other rail unions. The mood is there for coordinated action – across the railway sector and beyond. The trade union leaders must organise a mass campaign to bring down the Tories.
Tomorrow sees the return of the Durham Miners’ Gala – an annual celebration of the labour movement and its history. Today, with capitalism in crisis and workers on the move, it is vital we reclaim the militant traditions of the class struggle.
Strike action by doctors could be on the cards, as part of a British Medical Association campaign for a 30% pay rise. This struggle must be linked to those of other health workers and striking unions – and to the fight for socialist policies.
CWU members at Royal Mail and BT Group are mobilising to take action over pay, with posties balloting and telecoms workers voting to strike. Class struggle is spreading like wildfire across the country. The unions must unite and fight.