This weekend sees the PCS Left Unity conference. In advance of this, we publish here the introduction from the latest bulletin of PCS Marxists. We must transform our unions and arm the movement with a bold socialist programme.
Security staff at the University of Greenwich, represented by the IWGB union, are in a dispute with ruthless outsourcing employers Sodexo. Workers and students should support their fight against outsourcing, threats, and victimisation.
There are only a few days left to vote in the Unison general secretary elections. The results could go either way. A win for the left would transform the labour movement. Push forward and elect Paul Holmes, the socialist candidate!
Faced with rising debts and deficits due to the coronavirus crisis and the last decade of Tory austerity, Croydon Council has declared bankruptcy. In response, the labour movement must launch a mass campaign against the cuts.
The Unison general secretary contest is entering its final furlong. A win for Paul Holmes would be an enormous achievement for the left, transforming the whole of the labour movement. All out for a left victory!
Vital support staff in HE have been presented with an insulting zero percent pay offer by management. Meanwhile, university bosses are bleeding students dry through fees and rents. Workers and students must unite and fight!
Rolls Royce workers in Lancashire have begun a three-week strike against redundancies and outsourcing. The labour movement must demand nationalisation and workers’ control in order to defend jobs and plan production for society’s needs.
Voting begins today for the Unison general secretary election. Union members need a leadership that will fight to defend jobs, conditions, and public services. Socialist Appeal calls for a vote for Paul Holmes – the members’ candidate.
Amongst their many attacks on workers, the Tory government are attempting to undermine public sector pensions. The labour movement leaders must organise a coordinated militant campaign to force a retreat.
A tsunami of job cuts and austerity looms for workers. But instead of organising a militant response, the TUC are pleading with the Tories for a deal. In place of class collaboration, the trade union movement needs a socialist fightback.
Refuse workers in Bexley, London, are fighting for decent pay and conditions, in a struggle against parasitic Serco bosses. Public sector and outsourced workers must unite and wage a mass campaign against council cuts and privatisation.
The ‘McStrike’ campaign at the infamous fast food chain has helped organise workers against low pay and precarious conditions. Socialist Appeal activists recently spoke to one McDonald’s worker about their experiences of unionisation.