By Sue Denham Audrey White’s dispute with Lady at Lord John Liverpool, 1983 Forty years ago, a clothing shop manager in Liverpool, Audrey White, took
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By William F. Ward Elections for the EC of Unite, the UKs second largest union, are underway and nominations have just closed. Unite is important
By Michael Roberts “The theories of John Maynard Keynes provide the sound intellectual framework for the views which trade unionists had always instinctively held and
By John Pickard Last week, on the day when more than half a million workers were on strike to defend their living standards, when hundreds
By John Pickard, member of Central Essex District NEU The London demonstration may have been the largest, somewhere between 40,000 and 50,000, but there were
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Editorial: an important milestone in modern British politics
Wednesday sees an important milestone in modern UK politics. With a one-day strike coordinated by the TUC, involving several unions whose members have already balloted
Steve McKenzie (UNITE Community – Greenwich, Lewisham, Bexley) It should be becoming crystal clear to all socialists, that an effective shop stewards’ movement is absolutely
Andy Ford, Unite Rep, NHS There has been a lot of discussion in the press about the formerly obscure NHS Pay Review Body. Government ministers
By Andy Ford, Unite NHS rep The nursing strikes called by the Royal College of Nursing on December 15 and 20 were a tremendous success.
Interview by Andy Ford, Unite NHS rep On the first day of their strike, Andy Ford interviewed GMB ambulance pickets in Warrington. Can you describe
