By Steve McKenzie, Unite Community member The civil war in Unite, between the General Secretary, Sharon Graham and her supporters, and the so called ‘United
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Amazon workers stand firm against management dirty tricks
By Birmingham Left Horizons supporters The workers at Amazon took further strike action in the last week of March, in their fight for £15 an
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Miners’ Strike 1984-5 – Week three update
Throughout this 40-year anniversary of the miners’ strike, Left Horizons will publish regular updates on how the strike developed around the country, as it happened,
Letter from Dave Putson, Unite Community member When Sharon Graham was very new as General Secretary of Unite I sent her an e mail, I
By Steve McKenzie, Unite Community member Many Unite activists are becoming increasingly angry and frustrated, with the continuing failure of our union leadership to vigorously
Lobby report from Dave Putson, Unite Community member Well, I went to the George the 5th Monument opposite Parliament today to show some solidarity with
By William F Warde The recently announced elections to the USDAW (Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers) national executive committee give a snapshot of
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Letter: The role of the trade union bureaucracy.
By Steve McKenzie (Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley Unite Community)[Photo Credit AP/Matt Dunham] In the Bulletin of the Left Opposition, November/December 1929, Leon Trotsky wrote, “The
By Maureen Wade Chair, Birmingham UNISON Retired Members Section March 8 marks International Working Women’s Day, and as it is the 40th anniversary of the
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The Miners’ Strike of 1984-5: a heroic struggle – a bitter defeat.
Ray Goodspeed provides an overview which sets the scene for the strike that became a defining experience for a generation of socialists and trade unionists.
