Solidarity with Verso workers
Verso Books describes itself as a radical publishing house; its “About” page cites a wide range of Marxist writers. In late 2020 its website prominently featured an extract from Len McCluskey’s Why you should be a trade unionist , extolling the virtues of unions, under the headline “Why you should join a union”. Yet Verso is effectively refusing to recognise its UK workers’ union, a section of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ). The Verso Books Union UK, part of NUJ Book Branch, says that the company announced its workers’ unionisation in February 2021, but a year and half on is still...