The threat of new anti-strike laws
There are more strikes in the UK than for a long time. This tremendous fact, of workers asserting our rights and ourselves, has potential to change many things for the better. But to win, the strikes need to accelerate, spread, and coordinate. If we let the relatively favourable conditions now pass, then by 2023 we will probably face even tighter anti-strike laws from Truss or Sunak, as well as reduced real wages and outright poverty for many. In response to menacing social regression and a rising spirit of revolt among many workers, some unions are doing much better than for many years. But...