Debate – Free Our Unions

After Hendy’s amendment: campaign to legalise solidarity

A discussion article by a Free Our Unions supporter.

Secondary action: a briefing for union activists

We’re sharing this briefing, written by rank-and-file activists in the British Medical Assocation (BMA), about the fight for the right to take secondary (solidarity) action.

Who decides if we can go on strike?

A discussion article by a supporter of Free Our Unions. We welcome responses and debate.

Anti-union laws bar striking on crucial working-class issues

A discussion article by Janine Booth, Free Our Unions supporter.

Don’t just celebrate, mobilise! Hold Labour to repealing the TU Act

We must fight to win repeal of all anti-union laws – but more immediately, to hold Labour to its commitments on repealing the most recent ones.

After Cheltenham demo: keep up campaigning, build for open defiance

Thousands of trade unionists marched in Cheltenham today (27 January), to mark the 40th anniversary of the Thatcher government’s ban on unions at Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), and protest contemporary anti-strike laws, including the new Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act.

Online meeting – Thursday 15 February, 7pm: The fight for the right to strike, with Matt Wrack (FBU)

After the TUC Special Congress of 9 December, and the demonstration in Cheltenham on 27 January, what are the next steps in the fight against anti-strike laws – not only the most recent, but all existing restrictions on our right to strike?

After TUC special congress: defiance needs action, not just words

Perhaps the most significant sentence in the resolution passed by the TUC special congress, held on 9 December to discuss the Tories’ latest anti-strike laws, is a commitment that unions will “refuse to tell [their] members to cross a picket line.”

We need to get serious about what “non-compliance” means

This is a discussion article written by a Free Our Unions supporter. To respond, please email freeourunions@gmail.com.

Report from the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom AGM

Attending the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom AGM, on 21 September, underscored that the CTUF contains many people who are extremely knowledgeable on the anti-union laws, workers’ rights more generally and trade unionism, and well connected in the broad labour movement.