The RMT is gearing up for strike action across Britain’s railways, in response to proposed cuts by the Tories and bosses. Meanwhile, fat-cat owners are making a mint. The unions must fight for nationalisation and workers’ control.
Frances O’Grady is set to retire from her role as TUC general secretary. Under her direction, the TUC has been characterised by compromise and cosying up to the bosses. Instead, with workers under attack, the trade unions need militant leadership.
NEU members at a Catholic school in Croydon have voted to strike against the scandalous decision to ban a gay author from speaking to students. This shows the way forward in the fight against oppression: through united class struggle.
With schools and teachers facing a barrage of cuts and attacks, this year’s conference of the National Education Union saw impassioned debates over a range of issues. The task for left activists is to mobilise members for a militant fightback.
Across Britain, the bosses are going on the offensive, attacking workers’ jobs, pay, and conditions in order to boost their profits. The gloves are off. The time for compromise is over. The unions must fight back with militant action.
As education activists gather in Bournemouth this week for the annual conference of the NEU, Socialist Appeal supporters in the union examine the crisis brewing in schools, and point the way forward – with militant, united action.
London Arriva bus drivers staged a 48 hr strike at three garages in south London, to fight for better pay. They are an inspiration to workers everywhere in how to combat the cost of living crisis. The time has come for united action across the unions.
The strike of bin lorry drivers at Coventry city council continues to intensify, with the employers digging their heels in and the union upping the ante. Support is growing for the workers. To win, the strike must now escalate and spread.
UCU members in higher education are in the middle of their latest round of strike action. But without any clear strategy from the leadership, frustration is setting in. We say: let the rank and file decide! All out to defeat marketisation!
There is considerable anger at the City of Liverpool College following the sacking of Nina Doran, a local UCU union rep. The whole labour movement must demand her reinstatement.
PCS members in the public sector have returned a decisive endorsement for the union’s pay campaign, including backing industrial action. The union must seize the opportunity to go on the offensive, in conjunction with other public sector unions.
Last week, P&O Ferries sacked hundreds of workers, replacing them with agency labour. With this savage attack, the bosses have thrown down the gauntlet to the working class. The trade unions must respond with a call to arms – and prepare for battle.