Full report from the Workers Summit event, filmed by WPB member Jon Maxted.
Category Archives: Trade Unions
TUC fringe meeting a success
The Workers Party held a fringe meeting across town on Monday night as the TUC Congress got under way in Liverpool.
Join us in Liverpool next week
We support calls to open up the discussion on disaffiliation, it is a call for trade union independence from Labour
Train drivers say no! – ASLEF union declares new wave of strike action
Aslef members to take strike action.
Book Review: Backbone of the Nation, Mining Communities in the Great Strike of 1984-5
The Workers Party has received a review of the book Backbone of the Nation which we are happy to reproduce below.
Teachers vote to accept pay offer of 6.5%
On 31st of July, Teachers from the NEU voted to accept the pay offer of 6.5%, with an increase in funding from 2.0 to 2.9 billion.
Our commitment to trade unionism
The Workers Party reaffirmed it’s commitment to our trade unions and the trade union movement.
Unite vote to remain with Labour (WP TU Group)
The link between Unite and Labour, as that between Labour and imperialism is a real thing and ending it is serious work that must be patiently organised.
Report from Unite Rules Conference
This week, Britain’s largest trade union Unite held its Rules conference in Brighton, this is our report.
July Conference: Jack Jones, the Bullock report & industrial democracy
The great power of the trade unions and sympathetic Governments in the late 1960s and the 1970s provided an opportunity for the working class in Britain to start becoming the ruling class.