What is the potential for rank-and-file organisation today?
There is renewed interest in rank-and-file organisation, but confusion about what this means and what is possible.
Fighting on for higher pay in the NHS
As junior doctors in the BMA prepare for three days of strike action this week, the pay fight isn’t over across the health service.
UCU dispute: members can win the marking and assessment boycott
As the UCU’s marking and assessment boycott gets underway, rs21 members in UCU underline the need for more rank-and-file initiatives and a commitment to genuine member-led democracy in the union. Even before the marking and assessment boycott (MAB) by UCU members in the higher education sector got underway, the union was racking up some successes. […]
NEU annual conference
Pay strikes, support staff, Ofsted, and Prevent: rs21 members cover the key debates.
What next after elections in Nigeria?
The new leadership does not herald change. Alex Batubo argues that a stronger workers’ movement is needed.
Reject the health pay deal!
What’s the deal? Rob M argues NHS workers have to keep fighting to win more.
Greek train crash sparks protests and general strike
Train crash in Greece sparks protests and strikes, with over 100,000 people on the streets, reports Kleanthis Antoniou.
Everyone to London on 15 March!
15 March will be the biggest day of action so far in the current strike wave – we urge everyone to join the London protests on that day.
South Korea: updates from recent struggles
A South Korean socialist talks about union struggles, parliamentary politics and Me Too
Care workers clap back: strikes, unions and the exodus from care
A care worker activist explains the issues they face and calls for solidarity
What future for Myanmar? Perspectives from the left
Students, workers, militants and Marxists offer tactics to resist the junta in Myanmar.
School staff: how we organised to win our dispute
NEU members united the staff group in their school and won a strike ballot
January 2023’s week of resistance
Photographs celebrating the wave of protests and industrial action that swept Britain last week.
50 shades of luminous: the Scottish teachers’ strikes
‘A win for the teachers will act as a beacon and galvanise the wider strike wave.’ Nick Cimini reports on the teachers’ strike in Scotland.
Trade unions in communities – how change can happen
A new project in Edinburgh is bringing community activists and rank-and-file trade unionists together.
Support the UCU strikes!
UCU workers are escalating industrial action in their disputes. Jaswinder Blackwell-Pal explains why this is a vital move and how to support.
Yet more anti-strike laws
As Britain’s strike wave continues to grow, Ian Allinson argues for a more serious response to the Tories’ latest repressive legislation.
Tories collapse amidst a growing strike wave
As strike votes multiply, we explains the growing revolt in the context of the weakness of British capitalism and the divisions among the Tories.
Money matters for strikes
Ian Allinson argues that both strikers and supporters need to get serious about fundraising, and explains how the process can help spread unionisation and resistance to more workers.
Model Motion: Solidarity with the Elbit 8
A template motion in solidarity with Palestine solidarity activists currently on trial.
What is happening this Saturday?
rs21 members have compiled a quick roundup of the strikes, protests and actions taking place on 1 October.
Agency workers have also had enough
As Tories threaten to use agency workers to break strikes, we argues for full union rights for all agency workers to overcome divisions.
How to visit a picket line
Nervous about visiting a picket line? A seasoned trade unionist has real-world tips.
1972: When unions defeated the courts and Tories
The “Pentonville Five” trade unionists were imprisoned but then released amid major strikes and protests.
Striking back against the Tories
As a strike wave grows over pay and working conditions, we analyse workplace struggles and how they can be built further.
Strike round-up: National strikes begin, local disputes winning
Local disputes are winning double-digit pay rises, with national strikes starting this week and public sector unions balloting for action.
When unions and LGBT people fought together in the 1970s
San Francisco gay activists joined a boycott of a union-breaking, racist and homophobic beer company
University workers strike against unequal pay, racism and union busting
Outsourced workers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine take strike action.
How a GMB ‘partnership’ deal undermines the union at Deliveroo
We talk to union activists on the ground and those studying the gig economy about the deal.