The Workers Party of Britain denounces the treatment meted out to workers on the Woolwich Ferry by Transport for London (TfL) and welcomes the decision by workers to press on with strike action in the New Year. TfL has only been back in charge of Woolwich Ferry since last January, taking over from an outsourcingContinue reading “Victory to the Woolwich Ferry strikers! Reinstate the Woolwich Seven!”
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Support the Clarks strikers!
We deplore the Clarks shoe company for its threat to “fire and rehire” workers at its Westway warehouse in Street, and commend the workers for their decision to resist, going out on strike since 4 October in defence of their pay, working conditions and livelihoods. Even before the pandemic the company’s fortunes were flagging. ShoppersContinue reading “Support the Clarks strikers!”
Victory to the Scottish local government strikers!
The Workers Party of Britain denounces the local government management body COSLA and Scottish ministers for their failure to deal with a pay claim tabled by unions over ten months ago on behalf of some 200,000 local government employees, and salutes the decision by workers across eleven authorities to embark on strike action to pressContinue reading “Victory to the Scottish local government strikers! “
Victory to the Glasgow strikers!
The Workers Party of Britain congratulates the rail workers, bin men, dinner ladies and janitors who have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action during the COP26 climate crisis talks in Glasgow, and calls on bosses to stop dragging their feet over long standing grievances over pay and conditions. Confronted by the obduracy of management, these workersContinue reading “Victory to the Glasgow strikers!”
Tesco workers dig in their heels
The Workers Party of Britain celebrates the refusal of Tesco lorry drivers and warehouse staff to accept an insulting below-inflation pay offer from management. The workers so far taking this stand are based at four Tesco distribution centres: Belfast, Didcot, Doncaster and Thurrock. Tesco, which last year made a profit of over £3 billion, isContinue reading “Tesco workers dig in their heels”
Support the GKN strikers!
The Workers Party of Britain applauds the decision of GKN Driveline workers at Chester Road plant in Birmingham to strike against management plans to shut the site down, wipe out over 500 jobs and transfer the work to sites in Europe. Strength of feeling is such that the strike ballot notched up 95% in favourContinue reading “Support the GKN strikers!”
Support the Yodel drivers!
The Workers Party of Britain welcomes the ballot on industrial action opened by the GMB union for over 250 of its members employed by the delivery company Yodel. Despite the national shortage of drivers, penny-pinching outfits like Yodel like to think that they can continue to fob workers off with low pay and poor conditions.Continue reading “Support the Yodel drivers!”
Oppose the government’s attack on railway workers: renationalisation now!
The Workers Party of Britain denounces the threat to rail workers and the travelling public that are contained in new government and industry proposals. Britain’s railways are facing job cuts and changes to terms and conditions in what is set to be the biggest shake-up since privatisation. This attack on working people is coming onContinue reading “Oppose the government’s attack on railway workers: renationalisation now!”
Support the Barnoldswick strikers!
The Workers Party of Britain denounces double-dealing by Rolls-Royce over the future of the crucial industrial hub at Barnoldswick and salutes the decision by seventeen engineers to strike at the end of July, with further action planned for 9 August.After a number of earlier strikes, management gave certain guarantees about the long term future ofContinue reading “Support the Barnoldswick strikers!”
Statement by WP TU Group on the Unite the Union elections
The Workers Party of Britain trade union group, having received requests from its members for direction in the forthcoming election inside Unite the Union, over the position of General Secretary of that union, makes the following observations. It is our opinion that each member of the Workers Party of Britain entitled to vote in theContinue reading “Statement by WP TU Group on the Unite the Union elections”