IWW statements on language school organising in Dublin
Group-best-860x375.jpg Workers in Dublin's English language schools have been getting organised! With Dublin teachers showing the way, we can all work together to make TEFL an industry that respects us...
View ArticleIran: Call for demonstrations from the striking workers of the Haft Tappeh...
7tappeh-dec2017.jpg Striking workers at the Haft Tappeh Sugar Cane Co. on Friday called for demonstrations across Iran tomorrow under the slogan "Bread. Jobs. Freedom." We have translated their...
View ArticleThe Development of Trade Unions in Uganda
development-trade-unions-uganda.png Roger Scotts history of the development of Trade Unions in Uganda, published 1966.
View ArticleThe Rise and Falll and Insurrection of Trade Unionism in Tanzania
csl.JPG An overview of the development of trade unions in Tanzania between the 1920s and 1990s by Tanzanian sociologist Chachage Seithy L. Chachage. read more
View Article'Change the Rules': reifying labour under capital
rally-with-sally-mcmanus.jpg A critique of Sally McManus, the Australian Council of Trade Unions, and the 'Change the Rules' campaign from a communist perspective. read more
View ArticleWildcat Roars in West Virginia: Teachers to Stay Out on Strike
WV roars.jpg Thousands of teachers, bus drivers, and other school employees across West Virginia defied union and government orders for a “cooling off” period and returned to the state capitol on...
View ArticleNo Promises: Insurgent Teachers Strike in West Virginia
wvteachers.jpg An analysis of the teachers’ strike in West Virginia from Whither Appalachia?, a new project based in the area. The strike is over. Though some may see it as a return to normalcy,...
View ArticleAnti-Shorten: The ALP is still selling bullshit
1427303431154.jpg A critique of the rehashed social democracy of the Australian Labor Party. Republished from The Word From Struggle Street - an anticapitalist blog from Brisbane read more
View ArticleThe Hobbit- The Desolation of Warners
hobbit-rally.jpg I think the Hobbit Law was one of the most dangerously iniquitous pieces of legislation to pass through our parliament. John Callen, actor and NZAE member read more
View ArticleUnion officials walk out - against their own members
ucu.jpg Officials of the education union UCU have downed tools and walked out - from their own annual congress. I've never heard of full-time union officials walking out on conference on these sorts of...
View ArticleUSA: The Role of the Union in the Teachers Strikes
books.jpg It should be common sense that workers can only use their collective strength if united in some body which includes them all. But that assumes that the unions today are representative of the...
View ArticleSNCF: The unions and the parties on the left of capital have sabotaged the...
CGTdemoSNCF2018.jpg A translation of a leaflet distributed to striking rail workers in France. Produced by Mouvement Communiste. Original French version provided as a PDF. While the strike sticks to...
View ArticleShut it Down! On The Recent AT&T Strikes
ATT_2-300x225.jpgWhat the AT&T strike wave means – and the next steps in developing a direct action workers movement in North America But what will it take to win against this Death Star of a...
View ArticleOrganising the Unorganised: 'Race', Poor Work and Trade Unions
burnsall-strike.jpg John Wrench and Satnam Virdee discuss the relationship between mostly South Asian women workers at Heathrow and Burnsall (Smethwick), their relationships with the TGWU and GMB trade...
View ArticleA serious public transport strike in the Netherlands
images1.persgroep.net_.jpg There is some serious strike action going on in the Netherlands in regional public transport. This is like a breath of fresh air in a country where the Right is on the...
View ArticleThe Black Ball - Ralph Ellison
pullmanporter.jpg A short story about an attempt to build an integrated union in the American south. Contains racial slurs, and references to racial motivated assault and sexual assault, among other...
View ArticleHistory and role of the Trade Union movement
PETER TURNER, born 1935 at Battersea, is a carpenter, an ASW steward, and a member of the Committee of 100. read more
View ArticleAnarchism and Trade Unionism
GASTON GERARD is a lecturer in political science whose valuable discussion of an anarchist approach to trade unionism first appeared in the University Libertarian in 1957. read more
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