Tag: strikes

‘Macron is attacking everyone, and everyone is fighting back’: Interview with a Union Organiser in France
Over past few months there's been an upsurge in worker resistance across multiple sectors in France. Joe Hayns spoke to union organiser Tiziri Kandi about the Clichy hotel strike, outsourcing, and the rail workers fighting Macron’s labour reforms.
4 Ways ’68 Was About So Much More Than the French May
This month marks the 50th anniversary of a mass uprising of students and workers in France. But as seismic as those events were, it’s important to view the French May as part of something much larger: a two-decade-long global upheaval which shook capitalism the world over.
WTF Is Going On in France?
Since the election of Emmanuel Macron last year, student and worker mobilisation in France has been difficult. But recent weeks have seen the emergence of multiple and simultaneous fronts of resistance to his neoliberal agenda.
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.
The Occupation Is Over, But Justice for SOAS Workers Must Still Be Fought For
Outsourced staff at SOAS have won their most pressing demands, but management's behaviour, and the ubiquity of outsourcing at UK universities, means the struggle cannot end here.
Debt, Markets and Pepe: The Reactionary Face of LSE’s Student Body
Universities were once a hotbed of radical politics, with on campus strikes enjoying broad support from students. But the markestisation of higher education, and the coercive power of debt, is quickly eroding this legacy, at LSE and beyond.
Serco vs Staff: Why Barts Health Cleaners Are Voting to Strike
Last year Barts Health NHS Trust awarded a £600m ten-year cleaning, portering and security contract to outsourcer Serco. But due to unmanageable workloads, poor pay and inadequate resources, hospital staff are now voting on taking strike action.
Organised Rage: The LSE Cleaners Strike
The LSE cleaners, represented by United Voices of the World, have staged a two day strike to fight for sick pay, maternity and paternity leave, and pensions. Led by migrants and women, the strike shows the potential for grassroots, fighting trade unions to win big victories.
From the Women’s March to the International Women’s Strike
Cinzia Arruzza, author of Dangerous Liaisons: the Marriages and Divorces of Marxism and Feminism, explains the potential of the Women's Marches against Trump to grow into a powerful mass movement linked to wider struggles against oppression and exploitation.
Why do Protesters Block Roads?
Each time a road is blocked by activists, we hear the same questions: 'Why make this a problem for everyday people? Aren't you undermining your cause?' But there's a reason protesters choose to take the streets.
UberEats Workers on Strike and Hungry for Fair Pay
This summer saw the London launch of UberEats - a new food delivery platform to rival Deliveroo. Yesterday UberEats drivers took their first strike action. Here’s a round-up.
5 Reasons the Tories Want to Take Away Our #RightToStrike
As the Tories are due to take the Trade Union Bill to parliament for its second reading, Gemma Short from the Right to Strike campaign explains why they want to further shackle trade union and workers' rights.
4 Reasons it’s Kicking Off on the London Underground
ASLEF - one of the four unions on the Tube - has voted to strike with 98% of ballots in favour on an 81% turnout. The other three Tube unions are expecting their ballots back shortly, leading to the possibility of a rare four-union mass strike in July.
5 Reasons the Strike in China is Terrifying! (to Transnational Capitalism)
As the unprecedented strikes at footwear factories in China near the two week mark, the 48,000 workers involved seem only to be escalating the activity. The demands for significant wage increases and structural change have resonated with local organizations which have called for global solidarity actions. As it all kicks off at this 'backbone shop', Ashok Kumar considers why it's not just Nike and Adidas who should be afraid.
Unions without a Cosa?
On this week's show Aaron Bastani and James Butler discuss the '3Cosas' campaign and forthcoming strikes throughout UK higher education. Can the larger incumbent unions adapt and remain relevant?