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Rockstar workers assembled on the pavement outside the Rockstar building on Holyrood Road

Support the sacked Rockstar workers

Rockstar workers are fighting for their jobs after 31 were sacked by the video games company

Living rent rally outside the Scottish parliament

Interview | Tenant organising with Living Rent

rs21 interviews a Living Rent member on tenant and community organising in Scotland

Photograph of a crowd of people, at the front is a red and white sign reading in block capitals 'STOP GENOCIDE'

How Italian dockers disrupted the Israeli war machine

In September, Italian dockers refused to work on ships in the Israeli supply lines

Cover of the book showing image of a migrating swallow

The precarious migrant worker

This new book digs deep into how migrant workers see their place in work and society

Crowd of bus strikers at Rochdale interchange

Strikes hit Greater Manchester buses

Most buses in Greater Manchester have been cancelled as coordinated strikes have hit eight depots of three bus companies.

Block everything: the struggle in France

The Bloquons tout movement in France has brought students, workers and activists together in blockades and strikes

A chance to defeat Starmer’s most important union backer

The UNISON General Secretary election is a key battle for the whole of the left

Review | The Arcana of Reproduction

Kika Hendry reviews the new translation of Leopoldina Fortunati’s The Arcana of Reproduction.

Village Hotel workers on strike

A report and audio track from an interview with strikers at the Glasgow Village Hotel

The battle behind Unite’s belated action on Palestine

Unite members, including many employed in arms factories, have successfully challenged their leadership’s refusal to support action against Britain’s supply of arms to Israel.

Workers for a Free Palestine: organising against the genocide 

Worker outreach is an essential part of anti-militarist strategy, confronting Zionism and rebuilding the left

Striking workers, 1926

Red Friday – why workplace organising outdoes left union officials

The build-up to the 1926 General Strike highlights the dangers of a strategy based on left-wing union leaders.

5 sites, 1 day - 6am, 25 July - Birmingham - B'ham Bin Workers Megapicket 2

Birmingham bin strike: show your support against Labour’s austerity

The bin workers are standing up to Labour’s austerity policies – support this crucial strike.

Reflections on organising in the retail sector

A look back at a 2022 dispute involving USDAW staff who were members of the GMB union

Corey Blake with CTU comrades

Chicago teachers – winning against the US right

Chicago teachers have won a new contract which improves pay and conditions but also defends school communities including migrants and LGBTQ+ people.

Person holds a placard in trans flag colours reading "respect my existence or or expect my resistance"

Fighting for trans people at work and in unions – and winning

How Unite and trans union members fought back against transphobia in a Scottish aerospace factory.

Trans protest, Parliament Square, April 2024

Trans liberation is worker liberation – resource bank

Trade unions are getting involved in the fight against transphobia. We’ve put together resources to help activists organise.

PCS conference gutted by risk management

An rs21 member in PCS reflects on this year’s conference, where a key motion on trans rights was struck off the agenda.

Educators’ pay 2025: painting over the rot

The case for a ballot, a strike and a different vision of education.

Bin workers on the picket line

Interview | On strike with Birmingham bin workers

A striking bin worker speaks about their fight to protect their pay.

Struggle and Strategy in the Platform Economy

As workers in the platform economy fight back how can sporadic, dispersed strikes be turned into a sustainable movement?

Striking drivers hold a banner that says Fair Pay Now

May Day private hire drivers strike

Private hire drivers around Britain and internationally took strike action on 1 May

Scottish water Van parked by the Joppa Pumping Station

Interview with Scottish Water strikers

Some of the women on the Glasgow picket line spoke to rs21 about their strike

It’s Time for Real Change in UNISON

Elections for UNISON’s leading body are under way – vote for Time for Real Change

Crowd of thousands in Parliament Square

Huge protests condemn Supreme Court attack on trans people

Protests have shown huge support for trans people this weekend – we can fight and we can win!

NEU conference 2025

Three articles produced by rs21 NEU members for distribution at the education union annual conference

Fighting for union recognition in Sheffield

Unite members at the Veolia waste plant in Sheffield have been on strike for eight months for union recognition

UCU pickets outside an entrance to Dundee University

University crisis – Dundee UCU fights back

How the UCU strike in the face of the threat of massive job losses at Dundee University has shifted the agenda

black and white photo of a puppet keir starmer with a sign on him saying "I

Labour – war hawks

Trumpeting the military is a distraction from Labour’s policies to deepen oppression and exploitation.

NHS workers on strike in London. Placard with an acrostic poem reads: 'Needed Undervalued Resigning Short-staffed Exhausted Still saving lives!'

How do we democratise and invigorate our unions?

“Every worker should feel empowered with the tools and confidence to organise.”