Feature: Novara Media’s Losers of the Year 2024
Simon Childs
From graceless losers to pathetic fence-sitters, here are the public servants who made Britain what it was in 2024.
Tag: labour movement
Feature: A South London Council Is Firing Its Two Key Union Organisers, Before Making £25m of Cuts
Michael Chessum
27-year-old Justine Canady revived Lewisham council’s dormant union. Now the local authority is firing her and a fellow rep, leaving 3,000 employees facing major cuts without their support.
Report: Swedish Mechanics Are Fighting Tesla for Union Rights
Polly Smythe
The Swedish labour movement is taking on the American car giant in a dispute that could have global implications.
Obituary: Mario Tronti Helped Us See Class Struggle
Craig Gent
With the passing of Mario Tronti, we’ve lost a thinker who showed us that working-class struggle isn’t capital’s remainder, but its impetus, writes Craig Gent.
Opinion: The Culture War Doesn’t Exist
Amardeep Singh Dhillon
Why, asks Amardeep Singh Dhillon, do we reduce trans and minority rights to questions of culture as if their impacts weren't grimly material?
Analysis: Tory Blunders Give Striking Workers a Chance to Win
Michael Chessum
The government has chosen to pursue a policy of outright confrontation with the labour movement. As a political strategy, this could be a big mistake, argues Michael Chessum.
Report: Delivery Riders Are Striking All Over the Place
Polly Smythe
In Luton, Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, Harlow, Slough and Basingstoke, riders are striking against abysmal pay and long hours.
Analysis: Liz Truss Isn’t Going to Ban Strikes, but She Could Make Them Futile
Gregor Gall
Freshly minted prime minister Liz Truss has promised new anti-strike legislation within 30 days of taking office. But her plan is not to outlaw industrial action – just to make it toothless.
Report: Daily Mirror Journalists Striking Over Low Pay Were Offered Advice on ‘Side Hustles’ At Publishing Giant
Moya Lothian-McLean
Ahead of walkouts, editorial staff at Reach PLC, Britain’s biggest regional publisher, were given advice on second jobs in lieu of a meaningful pay rise, while top bosses doubled their salaries.
Analysis: The Government Has Quietly Stopped Sharing Strike Data
Gregor Gall
The government has never before held such thorough information on industrial action in Britain. So why have they stopped sharing it?
Opinion: Keir Starmer’s Betrayal of Workers is Nothing New for Labour
Jodie Collins
Revisionist history has the public dreaming of a time when the Labour party stood up for organised labour. It’s a myth.
Report: Caterpillar to Ship In Back-Office Scabs to Crush Factory Strike
Steven Methven
EXCLUSIVE: Emails seen by Novara Media show the multibillion-dollar construction and mining company is offering management staff free flights, hotels and security to work in its Northern Ireland factories during next week’s strike.
Report: Workplace Strikes in the US Are Surging – But Workers Have a Difficult Path to Victory
Luis Feliz Leon and Maximillian Alvarez
Discontent fuelled a notable uptick in strikes in the US last month, dubbed ‘Striketober’. Rather than simply celebrating this increase in worker militancy, the left must focus on turning this moment into a movement.
Analysis: Forget Party Politics. For Unite’s New Boss, Organising Is the Top Priority
Conrad Landin
Sharon Graham's shock victory in the Unite leadership election signals the union is moving away from party politics to embrace workplace organising - a move that could truly transform labour relations in Britain.
Report: Cleaners Are Having to Fight for Their Own Protection in the Fight Against Covid-19
Joe Hayns
Poorly equipped, lumped with poor working conditions and facing ever-greater occupational dangers, cleaners are simultaneously at the forefront of the fight against coronavirus and among those who stand to be worst affected by its social consequences, writes Joe Hayns.
4 Ways the Labour Movement Must Move Forward on Palestine
Aliya Yule
Following an ugly and protracted battle over Labour’s adoption of the full IHRA definition of antisemitism during the summer, at party conference this year Palestinian solidarity was stronger than ever. Here are four ways the labour movement must move forward in demanding justice for Palestine.
Want to Save the Climate Justice Movement? Join a Union
Chris Saltmarsh
The climate justice movement has for too long been confined to the fringes of political discourse because there’s been a clear split between climate and labour organising. This urgently needs to change, argues Chris Saltmarsh.
Novara FM: Notes From Below: No Politics Without Inquiry!
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by three editors from Notes From Below – Jessica Thorne, Callum Cant and Seth Wheeler – to discuss the history and theory of Workers' Inquiry and current strike action.