Camden council staff make a fight of it over local cuts does not exist, and we should be wary of those who overglamorise. We cannot just call struggle into existence - the movement will only respond when it is ready. But there will always be some struggle, and we need to encourage the green shoots that do exist.
On the one hand we continue to see a number of small local disputes breaking out. Often these have been led by groups of workers with little or no experience. It is vital that we build a system of solidarity which can rapidly respond to their needs with practical assistance in fighting their immediate bosses and with overcoming the dead hand of their own union bureaucracies. In this task both the Organising for Fighting Unions structure and the nascent National Shop Stewards Network have a role to play.
On the other hand we face, B gmb.org.uk
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