Unison officials sabotage democracy
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A worker involved with the “3 Cosas” campaign spoke to Solidarity about their fight for equal rights and union democracy.
Union democracy
Lessons of the Queensland Children's Hospital strike
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Construction workers recently won an eight-week strike at the Queensland Children’s Hospital in Brisbane.
NUJ votes for two-yearly delegate meetings - to save money
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Media workers voted today at their union’s conference to make policy and instruct its executive only every two years.
Unison bullies members over pensions
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I am in a local government Unison branch which has a firm branch position of opposition to the pension offer currently on the table.
Sites of struggle: organising in construction
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On 4 March 2012, the long-held suspicions of hundreds of trade union activists in the construction industry were confirmed when it was revealed that the British state had been colluding with construction contractors to prevent union activists from getting work.
Pensions: time for a reckoning
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To turn round the public sector pensions campaign now will need not much less than a miracle.
Why “default Stalinism” is still a problem
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A Tory councillor in Redbridge recently described calls to limit tweeting in Town Hall meetings as “Stalinist”.
Attacks ahead in lecturers' union
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Sally Hunt, the right-wing incumbent, has been re-elected general secretary of the University and College Union.
“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.
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.