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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Trade unions in the lead
Communist Party industrial organiser ANDY BAIN explains how union-led mass resistance campaigns have become a key strategy in fighting back against neoliberalism since the pandemic
RMT and other transport unions have been at the forefront of resisting the cuts
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
AROUND 5.5 million workers in Britain are organised in trade unions which are affiliated to the TUC and there are a few thousand more non-affiliated.
This is the largest democratic body of people in the country, but, more importantly, all these workers are organised in a structure that is designed to play a role in the class struggle.
Trade unions are of central importance in the unavoidable conflict between the two main classes in capitalist society — between the class which owns most of industry and commerce and the class whose labour is essential for our economy and society to function.
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