The escalating dispute at Grangemouth is indicative of an alarming heavy-handedness among major employers
The biggest company you’ve probably never heard of is engaged in a titanic battle with…Read more…
Postal workers’ strike: Royal Mail should expect a battle royal | Gregor Gall
The CWU may have lost the battle on privatisation, but industrial action will send a powerful message on pay and conditions
It’s been a case of third time unlucky for the postal workers’ union (CWU)….Read more…
Firefighters’ strike: a smart, strategic move by the union | Gregor Gall
The way the FBU has gone about calling its four-hour strike provides a lesson for other unions preparing industrial action
The announcement by the firefighters’ union of a four-hour strike next week…Read more…
Ed Miliband’s plan to reform Labour’s link with the unions – panel verdict
Miliband has given a speech outlining how he’d like the relation between Labour and the unions to change. Did he get it right?
It is normally sensible to check the small print beneath politicians’…Read more…
Workers recognise the importance of unions in protecting their rights | Gregor Gall
Despite a rise in unemployment, union membership has also increased, reflecting the need for collective action
Against all the odds, union membership rose in Britain last year for the first time in a…Read more…
Tory equality policy is a sick tribute to the memory of Stephen Lawrence | Mark Serwotka
Twenty years on from Lawrence’s murder, government plans to remove a key equality law would roll back years of progress
Our Tory-led government will today mark the 20th anniversary of the racist…Read more…
Forget Europe – the markets hold the real unaccountable power | Mark Serwotka
An unholy matrimony between finance and politics has undermined democracy: it’s time it was reinforced
Listening to economics being discussed in the media is like being read a fairy story. In any…Read more…
Autumn statement 2012: expert verdict
Our experts give their reaction to George Osborne’s autumn statement on the economy
George Osborne has spoken. But what he said on tax will disappoint most people who listened. Continue reading…Read more…
Slashing and privatising public services: David Cameron’s ‘aspiration nation’ | Mark Serwotka
The Tories’ ideological cuts will hit us all, not just public servants’ jobs. Join the new coalition of the dispossessed to protest
Earlier this week civil servants learned – through a combination of…Read more…
2012: a chance to fight and win on public sector pensions | Mark Serwotka
We must continue to reject the principle that those least culpable should pay the highest price to sustain a broken financial system
With the public sector pensions dispute at a pivotal point, the…Read more…
Why revisit the working time directive? | Gregor Gall
The coalition has carefully chosen to reassess this bugbear of the Tory right in exchange for changes to the Lisbon treaty
Every crisis also provides an opportunity. In exchange for agreeing to the…Read more…
30 November: who’s striking and why | Gregor Gall
Unions are voting in favour of strike action on pension reforms, but is the government right to shout ‘Never mind the ballots’?
A grand total of 19 unions have in last few weeks secured yes votes for…Read more…
Electricians’ protests show the real ‘big society’ in action | Gregor Gall
By taking action against unfair pay cuts, electricians are proving it is possible for workers to unite and fight back
A titanic battle in the electrical contracting sector of the construction…Read more…
Southampton shows ‘smart’ strike is no silver bullet | Gregor Gall
The tactic of Southampton’s union members of striking at different times has been heroic, but it has failed to gain leverage
Council workers in Southampton have been engaged in “smart” striking since…Read more…
Will Britain face a new ‘winter of discontent’? | Gregor Gall
Public sector unions are calling for action over pensions, but there are choices to be made before we see mass strike action
It seems that the much trailed “winter of discontent” over public sector…Read more…
Which unions have the stomach for the fight? | Gregor Gall
Union leaders must galvanise members and join forces in deed as well as in word if they are to challenge the government
What a difference a year makes, and not for the better. The preliminary agenda…Read more…
The fight against sneaky pay cuts | Gregor Gall
Shropshire council has sacked all its workers, then re-employed them on lower wages. What can unions do to prevent this?
The move by Shropshire county council to sack all its workers and re-employ…Read more…
Why public sector strike deserves your support
The real danger to ‘hardworking taxpayers’ is not our strike, but the attack on pensions
Tomorrow’s strike by three-quarters of a million public sector workers has opened up a national debate on…Read more…
5 facts about the 30 June pension strike| Gregor Gall
Exaggerating the scale of industrial action is politically foolhardy – it gives the right the opportunity to go on the offensive
It seems just about everybody has an interest in exaggerating the…Read more…
Public sector pensions are facing a highly political attack | Mark Serwotka
This is a redistribution from poor to rich, dressed up as a battle between public and private. Our members will not let it stand
When we in the PCS union announced the result of our strike vote on…Read more…