Tag: Trade union
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The Great Penrhyn Strike 1900-1903 and celebrating the Quarrymen today.
The fight of the Quarrymen of Bethesda at the beginning of the 20th Century was a struggle of the working class of North Wales against one of the most powerful landowners, not only in Wales, but in the whole of Britain. The strike came after series of clashes between the quarrymen and the owners. These…
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Burberry Clothing Castleford
An uneasy truce has settled over the Burberry clothing factory in Castleford, West Yorkshire. The job cuts, redundancies and wage cuts have been implemented and approximately 150 workers, friends, colleagues, workmates are now gone. Those who remain hunker down hoping the worst is over. But is it? The job losses and wage cuts leave deep…
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Rebuilding Class Consciousness in Britain
A May Day message from The Class Consciousness Project Happy May Day from all of us at The Class Consciousness Project. We are now into our second year. In that time, we’ve weathered many trials, tested different approaches, and continued refining our understanding of how best we can serve the working class. The project began…
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A Movement With No Heart
One of the central problems facing the British working class is that the leaders of the “labour movement” are wedded to the practice of class collaborationism. What we mean by this is that the (so called) trade union leaders have long embraced the idea of “partnership” with the employers and the government. Thus even when…
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Divided We Beg
Sharon Graham Grovels To Starmer (Yet Again) The recent comments by Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham, begging Keir Starmer to expand military production, shows yet again the limitations of trade unionism and the true role of the union leaders in Britain today. The likes of Graham sell themselves on the idea that they are either…
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Sharon Graham: The Illusion of Change at Unite the Union
We have been observing Sharon Graham’s stewardship of Unite the Union with some amusement. She ascended to the position of General Secretary amidst a plethora of strikes across the country, presenting herself as a woman with socialist leanings and a no-nonsense approach to union work, ostensibly advocating for a return to the core principles of…
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Scottish Water Workers Vote to Strike
Reposted with thanksfrom CPGB-ML The strike action announcement comes at a moment when Scottish Water’s new CEO, Alex Plant, is under fire for taking home annual ‘pay’ of £295,000 – in breach of the Scottish government’s own public-sector pay rules. Workers employed by Scottish Water have voted 89 percent to go on strike for decent pay. They plan to…
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