Trade Union

By Swansea Socialist Party reporters Monday 10th October saw 100 or so trade unionists and community campaigners attend a rally jointly hosted by Swansea Trades Council and Wales TUC as part of the We Demand Better roadshow campaign. Chaired by WTUC GS Shav Taj, Speakers Included PCS GS Mark Serwotka,  Kevin Courtney GS of the NEU, John Leech AGS of ...

By a Cymru/Wales Unison Local Government member Many trade unions have been and will be taking industrial action in the near future, however based on the outcome of the pay consultation ballot announced this week it does not appear likely that Unison Local Government Workers will be joining them on masse this year. The vote in Wales was 66% to ...

By Dave Reid CWU members in Royal Mail were out on the picket lines across Wales today as part of a national stoppage for a decent pay rise without strings. Postal workers made newly-privatised Royal Mail £758 million profit in the last two years, essential workers who kept the service going through lock-down. £400 million has been paid to shareholders ...

By Dave Reid Over 200 attended a strike solidarity rally called by Cardiff Trades Union Council on August 20th. Called at short notice in the middle of the holiday period, the rally was an impressive show of the developing strength and confidence of organised workers taking action or preparing for action. As well as Brendan Kelly, regional organiser for the ...

Editorial of the Socialist issue 1190 As more rail and other strikes take place, Tory Transport Secretary Grant Shapps and would-be Tory prime ministers Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are threatening even more anti-union laws. On the campaign trail to the electorate of just 160,000 Conservative Party members, the candidates are trying to outdo each other in championing further restrictions ...

By John Williams BT and Openreach members took strike action on 29 July and 1 August. This is the first national strike in BT (formerly British Telecom) since 1987. It would have been in EE too if it wasn’t for the Tory anti-union laws, which meant the ballot failed to meet the turnout threshold by just eight votes. There is ...

By Alec Thraves (Socialist Party Wales) Storm clouds are a common feature in this part of South Wales but there has been a permanent economic dark cloud over Port Talbot for several years because of the constant threat of the closure of the Tata Steel plant which employs around 4000 workers and is the beating heart of the town and ...

By Jared Wood (RMT NEC member in a personal capacity) Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers Union (RMT) members are taking further strike action across train operating companies and Network Rail on 27 July, 18 August and 20 August. At the time of writing, the union is also considering further strike dates on London Underground. RMT is in the front line ...

As news broke of the Johnson government’s implosion, delegates at the annual general meeting (AGM – the annual conference) of the RMT transport workers’ union were discussing what political strategy the union should adopt to meet the tests ahead. A reshaping of capitalist political representation is under way in Britain, the outcome of which is far from predictable. As the ...

A BT worker 30,000 BT Openreach engineers and 9,000 BT call-centre workers in the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have voted by 95.8% and 91.5% respectively to take strike action over pay. “This was a vote of pure anger. BT workers across every part of the group have made it clear they are fed up with the rubbish pay offers, increasing ...