This week saw the latest TUC congress, with delegates debating the demands that the trade union movement should make of the new Labour government. Rather than placing hopes in Starmer, the union leaders must prepare members for battle.
The film and television industry has been in deep crisis since the summer of 2023, with workers across the sector being made to pay for capitalism’s failures. In order to save jobs, and ensure the flourishing of culture, we need workers’ control!
This year’s TUC congress starts on Sunday, with trade union leaders gathering in Brighton to discuss their demands on Starmer’s new government. Instead of preparing the movement for battle, however, they are sowing illusions in Labour’s programme.
Social care support staff in Lancashire are striking over pay and conditions, in a long-running dispute with their council employers. This action is yet another symptom of the sorry state of Britain’s public services, and a sign of things to come.
Workers providing logistical support to the Royal Navy are striking today and tomorrow in a dispute over pay and conditions, with picket lines in Merseyside, Plymouth, Portsmouth, and Dorset. This reveals how frail the British state has become.
The labour movement has the power – and responsibility – to lead the fight against racism and fascism. In these letters, trade union readers discuss how, with militant leadership, the organised working class could easily quash the far right menace.
Across the country, university jobs and courses are facing the chop, as education bosses look to balance their books at the expense of workers and students. Here, readers of The Communist explain why we need to kick capitalism out of education.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced that public sector workers will receive an above-inflation pay rise this year. Union leaders are relieved at the prospect of calm on the industrial front. Instead, they should be preparing members for battle.
In the new issue of The Communist, our comrades report on the latest developments taking place on the industrial front: from the junior doctors’ pay dispute, to strikes by G4S security guards, to unscrupulous bosses in Wales.
As with other key sectors like water and steel, UK supermarkets are facing a deepening crisis, as costs rise and debts mount. While fat-cat bosses and shareholders line their pockets, retail workers are footing the bill. We need nationalisation.
In the current issue of The Communist, our comrades report on the latest developments taking place on the industrial front: from the junior doctors’ pay dispute, to strikes by G4S security guards; to the proposed billionaire takeover of Royal Mail.
This year’s Big Meeting provided an early opportunity for the trade union leaders to present their perspectives and strategy for the labour movement. But instead of preparing workers for a period of struggle, they are sowing illusions in Starmer.