Review | Harry Wicks: The General Strike
A century on, the ‘thunderclap without warning’ of 1926 still carries a lesson: the greatest threat to a militant working class is the leadership standing above it
One hundred years since the General Strike
The 1926 General Strike began one hundred years ago today.
Making use of the Employment Rights Act
A workplace activist’s guide on how to use the new Employment Rights Act 2025 to build worker power beyond the legislation itself.
The Unite officers dispute
The issues that lie behind the imminent strike of Unite Regional Officers.
Winning a Generational Settlement for Education
rs21 Educators put forward their view that every educator in the NEU should help build the biggest yes vote for action.
Review | How to win a strike
How to Win a Strike, is a rough guide for activists and striking workers.
Minneapolis: Resistance surges amid crackdown
Joe Allen examines the violence in Minneapolis and the burgeoning to resistance to it
Support the sacked Rockstar workers
Rockstar workers are fighting for their jobs after 31 were sacked by the video games company
How Italian dockers disrupted the Israeli war machine
In September, Italian dockers refused to work on ships in the Israeli supply lines
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
Village Hotel workers on strike
A report and audio track from an interview with strikers at the Glasgow Village Hotel
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
Educators’ pay 2025: painting over the rot
The case for a ballot, a strike and a different vision of education.
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?
May Day private hire drivers strike
Private hire drivers around Britain and internationally took strike action on 1 May
Interview with Scottish Water strikers
Some of the women on the Glasgow picket line spoke to rs21 about their strike
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
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
Higher education in crisis – what now for UCU?
As massive cuts and redundancies are threatened across the university sector – how can we build the fightback?
What trade unionism? A transport strike case study
A case study of a dispute which illustrates the impact of different models of trade unionism and some of the challenges facing workplace activists.
Greater Manchester mental health early intervention service strike
Video report from the Greater Manchester mental health early intervention service strike picket line
Nigerian government unleashes massive repression after #EndHunger protests
Mass arrests in Nigeria target those involved in #EndHunger protests.
Ireland today: interview with Goretti Horgan and Eamonn McCann
Pat Stack talks to Derry based socialists Goretti Horgan and Eamonn McCann
Sussex Academy Trust faces strike from angry workforce – UBAT strike report
Lou Hayton reports from one of the picket lines where Sussex NEU members are fighting back against the University of Brighton Academies Trust