Organise and fight back!
Across our Manchester sky line, numerous tower cranes stand testimony to the billion pound construction industry. Yet behind the perimeter fencing is a world of rogue employers flourishing on PFI-financed and government-funded sites.
Steve Acheson, EPIU-Unite steward and branch secretary, personal capacity.
A huge £2 million theft of holiday entitlement has become the annual norm of employers. These companies freely work illegally without any redress.
Many workers are forced to work on an enforced self-employment basis. Bogus self-employment is especially prevalent in the electrical industry, consequently employers' National Insurance payments are evaded on a massive scale.
Union reps are thrown off site unlawfully, so removing any defence of workers' rights. This gives the employers carte blanche to arbitrarily sack any workers seeking justice in the workplace.
An aggressive nature is a better qualification than competence for supervision. So window cleaners, holiday reps, debt collectors, etc are taking charge of workforces on various electrical contracts. If a union representative is permitted he will be under the control of the employer and will not be representative of workers' interests.
The last 12 months has seen an acceleration of attacks by employers on workers' rights. Contracts have been torn up and new detrimental working conditions have been imposed with scant regard for national agreements. This is happening in nearly every industry and will continue until we organise and fight back.
The usual rhetoric from the trade union leaders needs to be backed with action, and these leaders need to lead. The unions are so preoccupied with avoiding the sequestration of funds and assets, they have forgotten their biggest asset is the membership.
Membership is secured on the back of union victories and strong representation, not the present capitulation with too much reliance placed on the legal system.
We intend to bring an end to the 40 years of interference by the Electrical Contractors' Association in our unions. We reserve the right to elect our representatives and want no more cosy alliances between stooge representatives and the employers.
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Defend abortion rights
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Union calls ballot over health pay
Unions:
Unions must fight to defend Ford jobs
Manchester:
Protesting against Bush and Brown's wars
Welcome to the real Manchester
Fighting city needs a fighting party
Unions:
Trades Union Congress: Building a real leadership against the bosses
Building a new workers' party: trade unionist initiative needed
Unite:
Argos workers strike against insulting pay offer
Vote 'no' to Unite's new rule book
Manchester:
Ex-Foley-ated! Union bashing NHS boss resigns as staff defeat pay cuts
Unions:
The working class needs its own party
PFI:
Feature: 60 years of the NHS
Unions:
Fighting, democratic unions not witch hunts
Manchester:
Greater Manchester - save your post office
PFI:
PFI - a very bad deal for the NHS
Banking on NHS profits
Unite:
Brighton bus drivers strike
Union members reject pay insult
Belfast Airport workers: The long battle for justice
Unions:
'Counter-terrorism' legislation threatens our democratic rights
Reasons to be cheerful about the trade unions
Unite:
Belfast airport workers: Union leaders' broken promises
Hunger Strike by Belfast airport workers
Manchester:
Why Labour lost Bury
Students 'study-in' in Manchester
North west shop stewards
Unite:
Grangemouth refinery: Oil strike wins concessions
Manchester:
May Day marches
Students stage occupation
PFI:
Stop PFI pirates wrecking our NHS
Unions:
A week of strikes shakes government
Unite:
Grangemouth oil refinery strike
Manchester:
Reports of the 24 April strikes
300 students occupied Manchester University building against cuts
Unions:
Campaign to unionise migrant workers
Editorial: 24 April strikes: step forward in pay battle
Manchester:
Elections 2008
Standing up for socialism: candidate list
Unite:
UNITE seeks injunction to remove protesting sacked Belfast airport workers from Transport House
PFI:
Perks for MPs - Bonuses for the bosses - Cutbacks for us!
Save our hospitals!
Manchester:
Salford campaign reprieves women's centre
End the blacklist!
Support for Shelter staff
PFI:
Derby nurses fight PFI pay cuts
Manchester:
Hospital trusts... who makes the decisions?
PFI:
Cuts continue despite financial surpluses
Unions:
The PCS, the CWU dispute, and the struggle for public sector workers' unity
Unite:
Socialist Party member stands for Unite (T&G) general executive
Unions:
Trade union bureaucracy
PFI:
Building the Campaign for a New Workers' Party
Manchester:
Student feature: Fighting fees
PFI:
Don't let our hospital pay the price for PFI
London's health care under further attack
Manchester:
Socialist gains in Unison branch elections
Unite:
Victory for council street wardens
Unions:
No wage cuts! Fund equal pay
PFI:
Stop NHS privatisation now!
Unions:
How can an alternative to the main political parties be developed?
Young workers get organised
PFI:
SNP 'trusts' are PFI in disguise
Unions:
New threats to abortion rights
NUT national executive: Left fighter stopped from standing
Editorial: Fight three year low pay tie-ins
Unite:
Feature: Building the shop stewards' movement
Manchester:
Building workers fight for real union representation
Manchester: Karen Reissmann sacked - and cuts still loom
Unite:
Action can beat Cadbury closure threat
PFI:
How New Labour got hooked
Manchester:
Manchester's striking mental health workers: Defending trade union rights
PFI:
NHS - new 'surplus' but problems continue
Manchester:
Demo shows support for victimised nurse
Defend Karen Reissman: Defend free speech and trade union rights
Unions:
Socialism 2007: Inspired by past victories, preparing for future struggles
Manchester:
Anger on the building sites
Manchester health workers
Unions:
Build the left in the public-sector trade unions
Manchester:
Health workers strike against sacking
PFI:
Feature: NHS - Time to fight for a national strike
Unions:
Editorial: NHS campaigning - national strategy needed
Manchester:
Countering the race to the bottom
Journalists: Fight low pay and long hours
Unions:
Why workers need a new party
Manchester:
Scrap fees for all students
Unions:
Trade Union Freedom Bill: Banishing Thatcher's anti-union legacy?
PFI:
Scrap PFI!
Manchester:
University freshers fairs
PFI:
NHS: Our message to Labour
Unions:
TUC conference: Workers defy Brown
Manchester:
Manchester cuts maternity services
Unions:
Fighting Unions Need a New party
Needed: a combative trade union movement
Manchester:
Nurses strike
PFI:
Leeds - no more deficits and cuts
Unions:
TUC conference resolutions need to lead to action
Solidarity with postal workers
PFI:
Metronet walks away from trouble...
Unions:
Boost our pay: Organising for our rights at work
Build a new workers' party
Unite:
TGWU/Unite conference delegates cheer call for action on anti-trade union laws
PFI:
Wales Assembly coalition no answer to workers' problems
Unions:
South Africa: union leaders call off biggest-ever strike
Manchester:
Postal workers' strike gets solid support across the country
Surplus cash yet cutbacks continue
Victory over bullying management
Unions:
Unison leadership launches a witch-hunt
Manchester:
Outside Manchester's Gordonville 'bubble'
Manchester council swings the axe
Unite:
Workers must fight Ford sell-off plans
Manchester:
Blood centre workers fight job cuts plan
Unite:
Amicus conference: Unite and New Labour
PFI:
PFI - a licence to print money
Manchester:
Fight Brown's agenda of war, cuts & privatisation
Unions:
Come to the Shop Stewards' Network conference
Manchester:
Young people: a bright future... or different shades of grey
PFI:
A double bonanza for big businesss
Manchester:
Protesters cleared
Unions:
Conference for a working class political alternative
Manchester:
Baguley: Socialists are left opposition to New Labour
Unions:
Conference for a working class alternative
Manchester:
Salford: Tenants oppose stock transfer
Unions:
One big rail union?
Manchester:
PCS: Fighting for jobs, pay and services
Campaign to Defeat Fees
Manchester Wythenshawe: NHS cuts threaten lives
Unions:
RMT victory: Union militancy pays
Manchester:
Campaigning for a £26,000 minimum wage
Fighting for the right to walk in the countryside
PFI:
Fight for a socialist alternative
Unions:
UNISON and PCS: Vote for fighting, democratic unions
Manchester:
We shall not be moved!
Unions:
British government and local parties retreat on water charges
Manchester:
Manchester Unity Stewards and activists group
Sacked electricians win tribunal ruling
Unions:
Council unions reject 2% pay offer
Manchester:
Fight university job cuts
NHS: First priority - a national demonstration
Unions:
Egypt: Strikewave shakes regime and state-run unions
United action needed to defend Airbus jobs
Manchester:
Uniting the battle against cuts and privatisation
PFI:
NHS: No more delays - for a mass demo!
Unions:
Students can defeat fees
Manchester:
Living in debt - with no advice
Manchester nurses strike against health cuts
Has Manchester struck it lucky?
Unions:
Trade unions must give a lead
NHS still needs national demo
Manchester:
'Single status' battle in Manchester
Unions:
Union action can defend the NHS
Manchester:
Manchester NHS: "Making it better" means making it worse
Unions:
Fighting the bosses' offensive
TWGU merger: Build a fighting union
PFI:
QEH Hospital - a victim of privatisation
Manchester:
Blood service staff prepared to fight job losses
Unions:
Glasgow council workers prepare to strike
Thatcher's monetarist guru dies
Manchester:
Save mental health services
PFI:
West Midlands says 'Save our hospitals'
Manchester:
Thousands join fees demonstration
PFI:
A socialist programme for the NHS
Protests force partial retreat from cuts
Unions:
How can the trade unions regain their strength?
PFI:
March to save the NHS
Unions:
A 'race to the bottom' for workers' rights and a disaster for the
environment
Action is the only answer to NHS cuts
Manchester:
Manchester's hostile welcome to Blair
Unions:
TUC papers over the cracks
Public sector workers' anger gets a hearing
Workers yearn for fighting leadership
PFI:
PFI - Labour's binge profiteering
PFI scams exposed
Protests in Nuneaton
Manchester:
Schools victory scored in Bury
Unions:
Hope and desperation
John McDonnell's leadership bid
Activists organise for action
Manchester:
Manchester marches to defend the NHS
Save our baby unit!
Unions:
What the Socialist Party says:
SWP / Respect conference: Flawed perspectives
Not just: " Lie back and Think of England"
Manchester:
NHS cuts... closures... privatisation... We're fighting back!
Unions:
2,000 sign up to Campaign for New Workers' Party
Unity needed to fight exploitation
PCS conference: The record of a campaigning union
Unite:
Unite against sectarianism in Northern ireland
PFI:
Save jobs and services
Unions:
Rail unions battle over pensions
Fighting strategy needed to save jobs
Manchester:
Stop the threats to the NHS
Unions:
Taking the profits and running
Rail unions unite to defend pensions
Rail pensions in crisis
Manchester:
Fight for jobs at Manchester Airport
Unions:
Why socialists oppose state funding of political parties
How to win the battle to defend pensions
University staff strike for pay
Unite:
Unite Save pensions, jobs and services
Strike for pension rights
Unions:
United mass action can defeat Blair's pensions plans
Building a new shop stewards' movement
Unite:
Unite to save our NHS
Unions:
Time for a political alternative
Are 'super unions' the solution?
'Reforms' destroying the National Health Service
Manchester:
Demo opposes deportations
PFI:
Blair staggers on... but 'PFI' Brown is no alternative
Unions:
How the Labour Party was formed
Belgium: massive resistance to pension cuts
Pensions battle not over - but Labour in retreat
PFI:
Courts fail to tackle rail dangers
Manchester:
Students are searching for a socialist alternative
Unions:
Kick the fat cats out of the NHS
United action needed to defend pensions
Why this year's Labour Party conference poses the need for a new workers' party
Manchester:
Campaign stops health closure plan
Unions:
Trade unions must mobilise against terrorism, racism and war
Union split reflects crisis in US labour
Unions prepare for new pension attacks
Manchester:
National finance meeting success
Unions:
Distribution staff fight for pay and conditions
Workers bring Melbourne to a halt
Heathrow workers fight pay and job cuts
Manchester:
BBC offer must be rejected
Job losses expose Manchester's 'boom'
Unions:
BBC workers striking back at job cuts
Manchester:
Kick the fat cats out of football
Unions:
Telecom workers' strike against privatisation
Left victory in PCS union
Manchester:
Football: Fans protest at billionaire’s takeover
Unions:
Firefighters urge union to face up to challenges
Manchester:
Everyone has a right to education
Unions:
Amicus conference: Size isn't everything
Strike ballot at the BBC
PFI:
Private hands off public services!
Unions:
Stop the BBC jobs slaughter
Pensions: No concessions by 'negotiation'
PFI:
No PFI or hospital closures in Bristol!
Manchester:
Stop these deportations
Unions:
Blair's pensions climbdown
Why we voted to strike to defend pensions
Anger turns to action over pensions
Manchester:
Stop the deportation of Mansoor Hassan
Unions:
Coventry council: Single status - poisoned chalice
Time to make a stand on pensions
NUT leadership wriggle over pension action
PFI:
Private contractors rip off public services
Unions:
Italy stops in fifth general strike against Berlusconi
PFI:
Private hands off public services
Manchester:
Reggae and gay rights
Civil Servants Strike
Unite:
Unite Against Homophobia
Unite And Fight
Manchester:
Wythenshawe: Young People Need Decent
Facilities
Manchester Evening News Strike
Unions:
Don't Let The Fat Cats Bury The Big Cat
Union Leaders' Rebellion Fizzles Out
Unite:
Unite Against The Jobs Massacre
Unions:
Uniting To Fight New Labour's Cuts
New Labour - It's Big 'Business As Usual'
Manchester:
Young People Demand Proper Facilities
Unions:
TUC Delegates Give Thumbs Down To Blair
Strength In Numbers
Action needed across the public sector
Manchester:
Europride Manchester: Stop bullying and discrimination
Unions:
Teamster Rebellion
Strike Against Jobs Carnage
Brown's Jobs Cull - Unions Must Strike Back
Manchester:
Greater Manchester Firefighters Stand Firm
Unions:
Workers' Unity Can Win
Manchester:
Eleven Months On Strike - Sacked Electricians Fight On
Unions:
The New Satanic Mills
Defending trade union rights in Newham
Building An Alternative To Blair And Capitalism
Manchester:
We've Had Enough!
Socialist Students "Empire Defeated" Book Tour
Fighting The Bosses And The BNP
Unions:
When Workers Beat The Heath Government
Unions Mobilise Against BNP
RMT Expulsion Signals Time For A New Workers' Party
PFI:
Save Our Health Service
Unions:
Union Leaders On The Wrong Track
Manchester:
Foundation Hospitals: An Attack on the Heart of the NHS
Unions:
Model resolution
Interviews with London postal workers
Workers' Anger Begins To Show At TUC
PFI:
London blackout: Chaos shows up failure to invest
Unions:
TUC conference: Opportunities for the Left
Italy - a 'hot autumn' awaits Berlusconi
Manchester:
Kick big business out of football
Unions:
Bosses' Attacks Meet Shopfloor Anger
Socialist Party National trade Union meeting
Victory For The Socialist Party And The Left In PCS
Manchester:
Tameside Day Centre Users Protest Against Cuts
Unions:
Tony Woodley Speaks To The Socialist
Manchester:
Manchester: Electricians Fight De-Skilling
Unions:
'Awkward Squad' Gains Another Member
Manchester:
Unite Against The Racists
The Rising Of The Youth
PFI:
PFI Doesn't Work
Save The NHS: No to private sector vultures
Unions:
Anti-Privatisation Conference: 'We're Determined To Fight Back And Win'
A 'Call To Arms' Against Privatisation
Unite:
Northern Ireland: Working Class Must Unite Against Sectarianism
Unions:
Action not words to defeat privatisation
Unite:
Expose Asylum Lies: Unite Against Bosses' Racism
Unions:
Irish Trade Union Democracy Under Attack
Unite:
Unite And Fight Racism
Unite Against Racism
Unions:
Deeds Not Words Needed To Stop Privatisation
Stop Privatisation
PFI:
Unison Leaders Under Pressure
Unions:
Union Leaders Belated Warnings To Labour
PFI:
Kick The Private Profiteers Out Of The NHS
Keep The Private Vultures Out
Unions:
Tube workers: If we stick together, we can win
Teachers must stand firm
Manchester:
Students mobilise to stop tuition fees
Unions:
He who pays the piper...
Fight the Job Cuts
New Labour and the Trade Unions
PFI:
Revolt grows at Labour's health plans
Unions:
Will the unions break with Labour?
Capitalist restoration and the struggles of the Russian workers
Rover: Where did all the money go?
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