A discussion article by Janine Booth, Free Our Unions supporter.
Category Archives: Labour Party
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.
Renew the fight under the new government!
The election of a Labour government, committed to repealing at least the two most recent sets of anti-union legislation, is a step forward for union and workers’ rights. How much of a step forward depends substantially on how effectively the wider labour movement is able to organise to push Labour to go further, and faster.
RMT London Transport Region reaffirms stance on anti-strike laws
The London Transport Region of the RMT union, which organises workers employed by Transport for London, London Underground, and subsidiary/outsourced companies, has passed a new resolution on fighting the anti-union laws.
General election: organise to push Labour to repeal anti-strike laws
With Labour likely to form the next government, the wider labour movement must push the Labour Party to go further on repealing legal restrictions on the right to organise and strike.
Leeds Council opposes anti-strike laws
Leeds City Council has passed a resolution opposing the government’s “Minimum Service Levels” Act.
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.”
Sheffield City Council opposes MSL law
its 6 December, Sheffield City Council passed a resolution opposing the Tories’ new Minimum Service Levels Act.
We need to get serious about what “non-compliance” means
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Tories announce minimum service levels: prepare defiance!
The government has now set the minimum service levels in three of the sectors covered by the new Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act.
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