"We have achieved a fantastic result with a massive average Yes vote for industrial action across the areas balloted of 86.2%, the highest percentage vote in the union’s history" - PCS Union.
Tag: Trade Unionism
Get involved and get active – Young Workers’ Month
"We need more young people getting actively involved in trade unions so we can continue to be the force for good in the world of work and beyond."
Ambulance workers in England in strike vote – Unite
Strike ballots for nearly 3,000 ambulance workers have opened this week. Paramedics, ambulance drivers and emergency call handlers are voicing their anger over unfair pay.
“Solidarity & unity can bring us through” – John McDonnell at #TUC2022
The "Striking Back Together" event at TUC Conference was a good illustration of the wave of Trade union militancy sweeping through the movement.
Campaigning for Free Trade Unions – a Vital Fight Against Truss #TUC2022
"We are at a turning point. We are at a moment when everything could change… when victories for union members can become victories for us all."
‘We will strike no matter what the hurdles they put in front of us’ – Mick Lynch & fellow union leaders condemn Tory attacks at #TUC2022
"The only thing that will be left out of that budget apart from the bankers' caps are anti-trade union laws they will bring in against us."
Our Determination to Stand Together is Our Strength – Daniel Kebede, NEU, #TUC22
“It is a fight to build a strong & militant trade union movement, capable of winning back what has been taken from us over the past 40 years. It is a fight we must wage together & win together.”
The Tories have to go – Simon Fletcher
"The Tory party is not only in chaos, its policies are a disaster for millions of the people... as they seek to hang on, there will inevitably be arguments for a caretaker figure who can replace Liz Truss and keep their party in power for as long as possible."
Resisting the Tory Offensive – and Popularising Socialist Solutions.
This is a vital time for the Left to come together, organise, and fight for socialist solutions to the crisis - writes Matt Willgress, Arise Festival.
Resist the Tory attacks and campaign for free trade unions
Amid the deepest cost-of-living crisis in generations, our trade union rights – already some of the most limited in Europe – are under fresh assault from the Tories.