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Opinion: Teachers Are Rediscovering Their Collective Power

James McAsh

Across the country, in meetings ranging from dozens to thousands, teachers and teaching assistants are standing up for safety and learning that there is power in a union, writes primary school teacher James McAsh.

The Burner: The Burner Episode #236: Tick, Tick, Tick – and Technocracy

Sunak softens his economic instincts: so what does that say about what’s coming? Is organised labour really in a position of strength? Plus – what does the pandemic mean for the future of technocracy?

Report: Tim Roache Resigned Amid Allegations of Sexual Assault, Cover up and a ‘Casting Couch’ Culture at GMB

Charlotte England

Britain’s third largest trade union is accused of having a "longstanding culture of cover up" in a letter detailing an allegation of "serious sexual assault" by former boss Tim Roache.

Long Read: Bernie 2020 and the Challenges of Big Organising

Calum Jacobs

The tactics used in Bernie Sanders' 2020 election campaign have yielded some big wins and a string of losses. In this week's long read, Calum Jacobs looks at Sanders' use of so-called big organising and how it has helped - and hurt - his chances at the Democratic win.

Opinion: From Despair to Where? #McStrike Shows Us Where Labour’s Rebuilding Must Start

Alex Wood

Alex Wood argues that Labour's declining support in former industrial areas should be understood alongside the decline of the trade union movement. Revitalising Labour, he argues, will require a labour movement rooted in post-industrial realities.

Novara FM: The Debrief

James Butler is joined by James Meadway and Adrienne Buller to break down the outcome of Labour Conference: will radical policy translate to radical action?

‘Tantamount to bullying’: Asda Workers March Against ‘Flexible’ Contract Imposition

Craig Gent

Today Asda workers gathered in Leeds for a national demonstration against the imposition of 'flexible' new employment conditions, which they argue will have devastating consequences for workers' lives. Craig Gent reports.

No Shortcuts: Meet UCU’s Radical New General Secretary

Craig Gent

"The idea that we just tolerate a managed decline because we can’t expect any better has just been entirely rejected." Jo Grady, an outsider, rank-and-file candidate, has achieved an unprecedented landslide in the UCU general secretary race. Craig Gent caught up with her at the union's annual congress.

Novara FM: The All-Seeing Algorithm?

James Butler is joined by Novara Media’s own Craig Gent to discuss the rise of the algorithm, the new workplace under algorithmic management, and the scope and practice of workers’ resistance to new techniques of domination.

4 Reasons to Support Kurdish Hunger Strikers

Elif Sarican and Iida Käyhkö

Since November 2018, thousands of Kurdish people across the world have joined an indefinite hunger strike to demand an end to the isolation of imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan. Elif Sarican and Iida Käyhkö lay out the reasons for supporting them.

Novara FM: After Work?

James Butler is joined by Will Stronge, director of the think tank Autonomy, to discuss the future of work.

The UK Needs a Green New Deal, And It Stands Within Our Grasp

Clare Hymer

Since Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez danced her way onto the political stage, interest in plans for a ‘Green New Deal’ to move the US away from fossil fuels while tackling economic inequality has skyrocketed. If we’re to see something similar in the UK, we’re going to have to fight for it ourselves, argues Clare Hymer.

Fast Food Shutdown!

Callum Cant on why it’s all kicking off everywhere (for fast food workers).

Explainers: Four Day Working Week

The robots are coming for your jobs – and that’s a good thing. Eleanor Penny responds to the TUC’s call for a four day working week.

Long Read: #OurUCU: The Real Culmination of the UCU’s ‘Turnaround Year’

Craig Gent

Attempts to avert any discussion of Sally Hunt's leadership of the University and College Union at its annual congress have exposed a schism between two models of trade unionism.

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.

Labour’s Next General Secretary Must Be Elected

Aaron Bastani

Iain McNicol's resignation immediately raises the question of his successor. McNicol's term became defined by opposition to internal democracy where it involved new members, which is why the next general secretary needs to be elected.

‘We’re talking about billions stolen from workers’: Organising in the Construction Industry

Joe Hayns

Workers in London's construction industry have just won around £250k in unpaid holiday pay following a six-week campaign by Unite members. Joe Hayns caught up with Willie Howard to talk about the state of the industry.

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