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NHS workers take part in a march from St Thomas' Hospital to Trafalgar Square, London, as members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and the Unite union continue their strike action in a dispute over pay, May 1, 2023
WORKING-CLASS people in Britain and across the world demanded an end to the misery and instability of capitalism today as the labour movement marked International Workers’ Day 2023.
May Day marches and rallies were held in Sheffield, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Pakistan, Nigeria and elsewhere as workers remembered the struggles of the past and urged a fightback against corporate profiteering, neocolonialism and a resurgent far right.
In Chesterfield, Derbyshire, GMB president Barbara Plant praised the workers at Amazon in Coventry who are striking for recognition and better pay from the transnational online retail giant.
As delegates meet in Brighton this week, Unison faces pressing questions about pay, organising, workers’ rights and political representation, explains ANDY CHAFFER
One hundred years after 1.7m workers shut the country down in defence of the miners, the struggles that sparked the 1926 General Strike are still with us – and will be honoured on London’s May Day march this year, writes MARY ADOSSIDES
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people
From hunting rare pamphlets at book sales to online panels and courses on trade unionism and class politics, the MML continues connecting archive treasures with the movements fighting for a better world, writes director MEIRIAN JUMP