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Class Struggle Update – 23rd July 2023
In this Class Struggle Update, Jason talks about the doctor’s strikes, trouble at St Mungo’s, but this time with Unite the Union, RMT strike and call off strikes, teachers look to rebel against their leaders, missile makers take strike action and writers and actors go on strike in America. Click on the photo to go
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Ukraine – Nato War & Class War
The Ukraine topic has divided the British left for over a year now. If anyone subscribes to the mainstream media, they will have you believe that Ukraine is a liberal paradise which belongs in the EU, Ukrainian President Zelensky is an angel, and Russian President Putin is the devil incarnate, alongside anyone who sounds even
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The Failure of the Royal Mail Dispute
The Communications Workers Union announced on Tuesday 11th July that its members had voted, with a majority of over 75%, to accept the ‘offer’ made to them by Royal Mail, and so ending a dispute that will serve as a lesson to every trade union activist in the movement on both the inherent limitations of
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Statement on the Unite Policy Conference – Affiliation to Labour
By voting to remain affiliated Unite and their leadership have written Keir Starmer a blank cheque The decision by the Unite policy conference to back continuing affiliation to the Labour Party is a rotten decision for the members of Unite and a terrible one for the working class movement as a whole. It must also
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The Collapse of the Nurses’ Strike
The news on 27th June that the Royal College of Nursing’s ballot of its members had failed to meet the 50% turnout threshold required by anti-trade union laws effectively brought to an end the union’s long-running dispute with the Government over pay and staffing shortages. Activists within the RCN and the wider trade union movement
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Statement on the Unite Policy Conference – Invitation of Sir Keir Starmer
The decision by the leadership of Unite to invite Sir Keir Starmer to address their policy conference is a slap in the face for workers across the country. Sir Keir Starmer and the party he leads have made it absolutely clear that they will do nothing to improve the lives of working class people, in
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The Collapse of Thames Water
The impending collapse of Thames Water, Britain’s largest water company, should serve as an example of the utter moral and political bankruptcy of the privatisation of our utilities. In fact, the only surprise should be that it has taken as long as it has for this to happen. Thames Water is currently stuck in a
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The Capitulating Left
Another week and another exasperating capitulation by so-called leaders of the left. It seems like a never-ending conveyer belt of promise that always falls into the waste bin that is the Labour Party. Mick Lynch was bellowing his support for Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party and Sharon Graham has been towing the Labour line by
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Terry’s Tales of a Union Man
For the best part of forty years, I was a Trade Union Representative. I was a rep in many different workplaces and have witnessed many hilarious incidents and, unfortunately, some tragic situations too. These memories are all part of my great career as a trade unionist. Part 2: The Quality Circle In the 60s and
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Class Struggle Update 2
This week, Jason looks at strike action at the homeless charity St Mungo’s, teachers’ union NEU announce further strike action, ASLEF and RMT step up their industrial action, strife at the Church of England and the disgraceful decision by the AFL-CIO to back Biden, even after his crushing of the US rail workers’ strike. You
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– Harry Braverman
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