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Thousands take part in a ‘Right to Strike’ demonstration on the 40th anniversary of GCHQ dispute, January 27, 2024
PUBLIC services union PCS announced legal action against the government’s minimum services levels legislation at the TUC’s historic Right To Strike rally this weekend.
The union’s general secretary Mark Serwotka made the announcement before thousands of trade unionists who gathered in Cheltenham for the 40th anniversary of the Tory ban on GCHQ workers joining a union.
In his last major speech before handing over the reins to Fran Heathcote, he said: “Here we are 40 years on and the Tories are trying to make it illegal for public-sector workers and others to take strike action in defence of their own living standards.
CWU leader DAVE WARD tells Ben Chacko a strategy to unite workers on class lines is needed – and sectoral collective bargaining must be at its heart
Our members face serious violence, crumbling workplaces and exposure to dangerous drugs — it is outrageous we still cannot legally use our industrial muscle to fight back and defend ourselves, writes STEVE GILLAN
It is only trade union power at work that will materially improve the lot of working people as a class but without sector-wide collective bargaining and a right to take sympathetic strike action, we are hamstrung in the fight to tilt back the balance of power, argues ADRIAN WEIR