Published 13th November 2019. The High Court injunction granted to Royal Mail to prevent postal workers from striking, despite their overwhelming vote to do so, highlights the profoundly undemocratic nature of Britain’s anti-trade union laws, and the urgent need for the whole labour movement to renew our fight for their abolition – including by demanding that theContinue reading “Royal Mail’s anti-strike injunction is an affront to democracy”
Category Archives: Trade Unions
What TUC Congress just called for on union rights goes much further than Labour’s proposals
At TUC Congress in Brighton, on 9 September 2019, the following composite motion was passed unanimously.
“We need to change the balance of forces in this country” – Kevin Courtney on repealing the anti-union laws
The first conference of the merged National Education Union in 2019 passed policy on repealing all anti-union laws. Free Our Unions supporters held a fringe meeting at which joint-NEU General Secretary Kevin Courtney spoke. This is a slightly abridged version of his speech.
Fight to free our unions
This article, by Riccardo La Torre and Sacha Ismail, was orginally published on the FBU website on 19th June 2019. Find it here. Anti-union laws, severely restricting the right to organise and take industrial action, are a barrier to workers defending their interests and building up the labour movement’s strength. All of them – fromContinue reading “Fight to free our unions”
UNISON national conference 2019: ‘Free Our Unions’ motion
Published June 2019. The following motion was passed at the national conference of public sector union Unison in June 2019, after being submitted by the Free Our Union campaign‘s founder-branch, Lambeth Unison. A similar motion was also submitted by Newcastle City Unison.
GMB Congress 2019: Free Our Unions!
Published 10th June 2019 The following motion was passed at GMB Congress 2019 by GMB London Central General, one of the first branches to sign the Free Our Unions statement when it was launched in early 2018.
Disabled workers and the anti-union laws
Published 3rd June 2019. At the recent TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference, civil service union PCS submitted a motion about electronic balloting for industrial disputes, with the RMT adding text, calling for campaigning to repeal all anti-trade union laws. Janine Booth, who was a member of the RMT delegation, explains why this is crucial for theContinue reading “Disabled workers and the anti-union laws”
Firefighters call for a Socialist Green New Deal
By Riccardo la Torre, Eastern Region FBU Secretary. Published 18th May 2019. The 2019 Fire Brigades Union conference has voted for a strong emergency motion of solidarity with the recent movements in response to the climate crisis and for a radical ‘Socialist Green New Deal’, in Britain and internationally.
PCS: Free Our Unions!
Originally published 27th April 2019 The following motion was submitted to the annual conference of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) – 21-23 May, Brighton. It wasn’t heard, but was later passed by the union’s National Executive Committee.
National Education Union annual conference 2019: Free Our Unions!
The following motion was passed at the 2019 National Education Union annual conference:
Free Our Unions 