Management at Cambridge University recently decided to outsource the institution’s entire estates department to a single private contractor, threatening jobs, pay, and conditions. But staff and students are uniting and fighting back.
Unite members at Weetabix are striking for four days a week over fire-and-rehire attacks. The whole labour movement must resist the bosses’ offensive. Only militant action and bold socialist policies can offer a way forward.
Following a recent ballot, UCU members in higher education are set to take strike action once again. A debate has opened up in the union about how to best achieve a victory. As part of this, UCU Marxists present here a strategy for winning.
The recent Unite policy conference saw a unanimous vote in support of a new Clause 4, calling on Labour to fight for common ownership and democratic workers’ control. This is the bold socialist programme that the labour movement needs.
World leaders assembling in Glasgow for the latest UN climate summit will be met with a wave of strikes by the city’s workers, who are protesting over pay and services. This militant action shows who really has the power to transform society.
The victory of CityClean workers in Brighton and Hove shows the way forward in the fight for decent pay and conditions. Trade union leaders should use this militancy and momentum to build for united strike action across the public sector.
The recent Unite policy conference gave a glimpse of the changes that lie in store for the union and its members. With the bosses going on the offensive, and major industrial battles looming, the stage is set for militant action.
In their attempts to block the new left-wing leadership in Unison, the right-wing bureaucracy are looking to tie the left up in legal wrangles. The only way forward is to mobilise the rank and file. Defend the union! Let the members decide!
Scaffolders at the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe, organised in Unite, are on strike over pay. The union should escalate this action by bringing out all members on the site, and demanding nationalisation of the industry.
Former PCS vice-president John McInally looks back at the struggle waged by the left against the right wing within the union – a struggle that has enormous lessons for today, as activists fight to transform their unions.
Railway bosses are going on the offensive against workers, with an onslaught of attacks planned across the network. Rail unions must link up and wage a militant fightback against these cuts, demanding nationalisation and workers’ control.
Union activists from across industry are meeting in Liverpool this week for the Unite policy conference. One of the key items on the agenda is the fight against the brutal fire-and-rehire tactics of the bosses. Workers need a militant response.