Trade Unions
8 March 2020 · · Black struggles, Britain, Trade Unions, Women · 1 comment
Fifty years of feminist organising in Britain – challenges for the future
It’s just over 50 years ago since the first women’s liberation conference in Britain took place at Ruskin on 27 February 1970 so International Women’s Day 2020 seems an appropriate time to l…
8 August 2019 · · Ireland, Trade Unions
Harland and Wolff: bitter present, ugly past
Belfast shipyard Harland and Wolff once employed 35,000 people writes Barney Cassidy . Its workforce was the aristocracy of the city's working class. They were heavily unionised and well pai…
16 February 2019 · · Climate Change, Trade Unions
Are energy trade unions ‘playing fast and loose’ with climate change?
On 15 th January the Scottish Parliament debated a motion from Roseanna Cunningham SNP MSP, on securing a just transition to a carbon-neutral economy, writes Sam Mason . Remarkable in this i…
8 March 2018 · · Britain, Education, Trade Unions, USA, Women
Education strikes are women's strikes
"The struggle for gender justice has always been and remains today crucial for the struggle for labour and social justice in general" - Sara Farris Two of the most significant labour dispute…
16 December 2016 · Trade Unions, Ukraine
Support the Ukranian railworkers' union
The Ukrainian transport workers at the “Kyivpastrans” bus and trolleybus workplaces of Kyiv are facing increasing pressure to break their union. Management have engaged in violence, bullying…