Case Con: A Revolutionary Magazine for Social Workers
Most issues of Case Con: A Revolutionary Magazine for Social Workers from the 1970s. Most issues are complete and readable. A handful of the scans are not complete and clear.
Iron Bars on the House of Labour
Submitted by O Berkman on Mar 2 2018 23:26
How accepting surveillance officers and other parts of the repressive state into trade unions is a threat to organizers across so-called Canada...
The 1945 Nigerian General Strike
In 1945 a general strike involving tens of thousands of workers began with railway workers, then spread to other nationalised industries including dock and civil service workers, with workers at private firms supporting the strike and refusing to cross picket lines. Estimates of involvement range between 42,000 to 200,000 workers making it one of the largest strikes in colonial Africa up until that point.
The state takes advantage of the lack of autonomous workers struggles to revise the terms of capitalist exploitation in France - leaflet by Mouvement Communiste/Kolektivně proti Kapitălu
A leaflet about the recent "Executive Orders" signed by French President Emmanuel Macron which aim to "modernise" the labour laws.
2005: Tonga Public Servants General Strike
Submitted by Reddebrek on Feb 3 2017 01:37
In 2005 civil servants in Tonga began a wildcat strike for higher wages, the strike grew to include many other public sector workers and took on political reforms.
If a strike turns you into a Tory, you probably were one anyway
Submitted by Phil on Aug 5 2015 16:11
In the Guardian, Jonathan Jones laments that workers standing up for themselves is getting in the way of him looking at art. Here are five reasons why he’s talking out of his arse and you should support the strikers.
Fighting for #Justice4JohnPearson
Submitted by Phil on May 13 2015 21:01
Next week, the PCS union holds its annual delegate conference in Brighton. One of the most important issues on the agenda is that of whether the union will support its reps when they face victimisation. Unfortunately, the answer to that question remains uncertain.
The Civil Service Rank & File – a belated post-mortem
Submitted by Phil on Mar 17 2015 14:53
An analysis of the Civil Service Rank & File Network, which emerged in late 2012, and its impact during its brief existence.
The state and capitalist society - Ralph Miliband
Marxist academic Ralph Miliband's extensive and detailed analysis and critique of the role played by the state in advanced capitalist society. It examines each part of the state, including the government, civil service, legal system and armed forces and their relationships with business, the media, religion and trade unions. Written in 1969, most of the tendencies he points to are even further advanced today, so while there is little mention of race and gender this remains an invaluable text.
Government union busting and the PCS response
Submitted by Phil on Jan 22 2015 23:06
The PCS union is facing concerted union busting activity from the government. However, despite its rhetoric it has fallen into a retreat that helps nobody
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