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trade unions
45 posts
Starbucks workers have a golden opportunity
This article by Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant was originally published with Jacobin. Starbucks workers in Buffalo, New…
United States: Starbucks has busted unions since 1987 – How can we win this time?
By Matt Smith, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the United States) The most important unionization campaign in…
Striketober in the US: Workers Rediscover Their Power
By Stephen Edwards, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the United States) After 18 months of working conditions…
Adding insult to injury- Ex-Debenhams workers denied access to training fund
By Mick Barry TD It has been three months since the former Debenhams workers voted to end their…
Pathways to Precarity – new government scheme announced
By Catherine Finnegan The government announced a new Pathways to Work strategy this week aiming to get 75,000…
Review: Reeling in the Years (2010)
Reviewed by Manus Lenihan Just gonna stand there and watch me burn […] Just gonna stand there and…
North: Unison members’ backlash – how should trade unionists respond?
One hundred and ten British Army medics have been deployed to Northern Ireland hospitals to assist with the…
The “Our” in “Our Shared Future” doesn’t include workers!
By Michael O’Brien The programme for government now approved by the Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Green parliamentary…
Britain/North: Lockdown, Covid-19 Bill and defending democratic rights
By Kevin Henry “Herd immunity, protect the economy, and if that means some pensioners die, too bad” –…
Put lives before profit – For a workers’ shutdown of non-essential services
It’s very important that the advice about social distancing is adhered to. The more we do this, the…