Unison director of organising KEVIN LUCAS explains the Organising to Win strategy, its successes to date and key tests on the union’s horizon
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Back the Amazon strikers
ANDY BAIN explains why every trade unionist should join Amazon strikers in Coventry on August 5
Members of the GMB union on the picket line outside the Amazon fulfilment centre in Coventry as Amazon workers take strike action in a dispute over pay, February 28, 2023
Young workers do want to get involved in Unison, and where that is enabled we see growth in workplace power, argue Unison North West Young Members co-chairs ZAIHERA CHAUDHRY and IAN CAULFIELD
British military spending is among the highest in the world, diverts scarce resources from far better causes and fuels international conflict. It’s time we made different choices, argues LIZ PAYNE
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Animal metaphors are testament to delight in the non-human world and what we hope and wish for human freedom, argue ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT"
Economists estimate extreme poverty could be drastically reduced for a fraction of global defence spending, yet military budgets continue to expand year on year, says JON TRICKETT MP, ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
THERE has been a chaotic and bewildering year of national strikes, ballots and actions all over the labour movement. The scale of it has left many of us excited and exhausted.
While many of the national disputes continue to dominate the activity of the movement — in universities and railways the strikes continue — there is one dispute that is most firmly about the future of trade unions than any. It is the Amazon strike at Coventry.
This is classic non-union territory against a global powerhouse. The workforce is casualised, it is in the private sector and the company is determined not to tolerate any unions in its workplaces.
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