“New” pensions deal: same as the old deal
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Public sector union committees, branches, and workplace groups should call emergency meetings to reject the sell-out on pensions outlined at the TUC public sector group meeting on 19 December.
Union democracy
Pensions: what's gone wrong?
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As Solidarity goes to press on 10 January, the public-sector pensions battle is in the balance.
Rank-and-file control on N30
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By Patrick Murphy, Leeds National Union of Teachers (pc), and Ira Berkovic
Organising for 30 November
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Trade unionists in Cambridgeshire have taken the first steps in coordinating the strike action taking place on 30 November by establishing a county-wide cross-union strike committee.
Sheffield Trades Council: this isn't what democracy looks like
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Numbers at the recent Sheffield Trades Council AGM were high — 50 delegates and plenty more observers. For me it was a little lesson in democracy — a negative lesson I think.
A Workers' Wage for Union Officers!
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As ammunition against our union movement, the recent Channel 4 ‘Dispatches’ program quoted the salaries of various General Secretaries, including RMT Bob Crow’s.
How to fight for trade union democracy
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The TUC responded to the arrival of a government determined to squeeze the working class even more than the Thatcher regime did, by deciding that the times are not now eventful enough to warrant the TUC holding annual congresses as it has done since 1869. Once every two years will now do.
New York subway workers: lessons in winning "reform from below"
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London Underground RMT activist Becky Crocker reviews Hell on Wheels: the Success and Failure of Reform in Transport Workers Union Local 100, by Steve Downs.
Union democracy needed to fight cuts
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Public sector workers in Germany will demonstrate against cuts on 12 June. Government employees in Spain struck on 8 June.
"UNISON four": stop this witch-hunt!
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Public sector union Unison stepped up its campaigning activity last month. Defending public services from privatisation and job cuts? No. Mobilising against hospital closures? No. Once again, the union’s resources were being ploughed into its seemingly inexhaustible campaign against four members of the Socialist Party.