Published 3rd April 2019 Despite some important developments in workplace struggle, and despite the political framework of the growth of the Labour Left, strikes are at a historic low and trade unions face a historic crisis. Professor Gregor Gall, an affiliated research associate at the University of Glasgow and Visiting Professor at the University ofContinue reading “Corbynism and the drought of workers’ struggles”
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Free Our Unions motion to RMT conference 2019
Published 3rd April 2019 The following motion passed at RMT annual conference (23-27 June, 2019) after being submitted by East Ham branch.
FBU wins LRC to back ‘Free Our Unions’ campaign
Published 3rd April 2019. The following motion was proposed by the Fire Brigades Union to the Labour Representation Committee conference on 9 February 2019, and passed unanimously.
CWU: free our unions to tackle low pay and precariousness
The following motion was passed at London Labour Party conference (2-3 March 2019) after being submitted by the London region of the Communication Workers’ Union.
“Our unions must free themselves from their chains” – speech by Justine Canady
Published 25th January 2018 On 23 January Bakers’ Union member Justine Canady led a workshop at a Fire Brigades Union training event for new reps on fighting the anti-trade union laws. This is what she said in her speech.
Firefighters support Free Our Unions campaign
Published 23rd January 2019 Eastern region FBU have voted to back the Free Our Unions statement. Firefighter and FBU regional secretary Riccardo La Torre said: In an industry that has faced over a decade of austerity and cuts, firefighters and fire control staff understand all to well the shackles that the anti-union laws place on us,Continue reading “Firefighters support Free Our Unions campaign”
“We must ensure the next Labour government acts quickly and decisively”
Published on 18th December 2018. On 7 December Region 7 of the Fire Brigades Union (West Midlands) passed the following motion.
Green Party backs call to free our unions
Published 7th December 2018 The Green Party has sent us the following statement: We seek a strong legal charter of workers rights because workers need an effective right to strike. We concur with the Labour Party 2017 conference demand to repeal the 2016 Trade Union Act and the anti-union laws introduced under Conservative Governments inContinue reading “Green Party backs call to free our unions”
What’s in the Institute of Employment Rights manifestos and what does Labour say about them?
Published in November 2018 John McDonnell has said in several recent interviews that one of a Corbyn government’s priorities in its first hundred days will be to “restore” trade union rights. What rights are we talking about?
Angela Rayner was right about the anti-union laws
In September 2014, Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner (then a UNISON official, not yet an MP) spoke at a Manchester Trades Council public meeting about the need to repeal the anti-trade union laws introduced by the Tories in the 1980s and 90s. She wrote a summary of her speech for Unison North West, expressing the case brieflyContinue reading “Angela Rayner was right about the anti-union laws”
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