Broad lefts and rank-and-file groups

270 attend shop stewards' network conference

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The conference on 7 July of the Shop Stewards' Network attracted 270 activists - 190 delegates (people who ‘represented workers’ ie. reps, stewards etc...) with voting rights and 80 observers (union members and others). Of those attending, large portions were from the organised left, with members of the Socialist Party (SP) in preponderance.

Rail activists meet

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Supporters of the rank and file railworkers’ bulletin Off The Rails (OTR) met in Birmingham on May 5th. Under the title “Making our unions fit to fight”, the meeting brought together activists from various disputes to share experiences and discuss how what we learned from each other could be used to make the unions more effective and membership led.

Vote Independent Left!

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Members of the civil service union PCS will shortly receive ballot papers for the union’s national executive (NEC) and “group” (sector) executive elections. For the first time, members will have the chance to vote for a clear, class-struggle alternative to the Left Unity leadership in the form of PCS Independent Left.

Amicus left caves in

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By an Amicus member
The first issue of the Amicus Unity Gazette to appear since its takeover by the supporters of Amicus General Secretary Derek Simpson was published in April.
Amicus Unity Gazette (AUG) is simultaneously the name of the “Broad Left” in Amicus and also its (electronic and hard-copy) publication. At the AGM of the AUG, held in February of this year, Simpson’s supporters narrowly won the contested leading positions in the AUG.