Ahead of an educational course from the General Federation of Trade Unions, Ann Field looks at the Wapping dispute and the history of organisation in the printing industry.
Tag: GFTU
Unity is Key in an Age of Crises – Gawain Little, #MayDay2025
GFTU General Secretary Gawain Little on why the spirit of unity & determination that May Day symbolises is so important today.
History is all around us – celebrating the 100 anniversary of the General Strike
In partnership with the trade union movement, national museums, libraries, archives, and history groups are collaborating together to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the General Strike of 1926.
This election we are campaigning to make austerity unlawful – GFTU
With the launch of the Make Equality Real campaign, the GFTU are campaigning to make austerity illegal. So future communities will not suffer as we have over 14 years.
The Levellers, Labour and defending democracy under threat – by Beth Winter MP
"The period saw an explosion of political discussion in inns and taverns of the growing towns. The rise of the printing press and production of political pamphlets tell us much of the development of Leveller ideas."
Palestine is a trade union issue
The General Secretary of the GFTU, Gawain Little, argues that we cannot stand by as Palestinian workers are murdered & driven from their homes
The trade union movement set out its key priorities at TUC Congress, let’s listen to them – Gawain Little, GFTU
"Working people need a government which is committed to the repeal of all anti-union legislation and to the introduction of a positive new deal for workers in its place."
Strikewave – Building on a year of industrial militancy #TUC23
At Trades Union Congress 2023, leading trade unionists came together at The Morning Star fringe event, building on an inspiring year of industrial action.
The Cost of Living Crisis (And how to get out of it) – GFTU and SOAS book launch
"The true causes of the crisis have nothing to do with workers asking for pay rises."