The terminal decline of the TUC
Submitted by Phil on Aug 1 2017 18:25
In 2016 trade union membership dipped to an all time low. Analysis by TUC officials suggests that the situation is even starker – younger workers aren’t joining unions, causing a membership crisis that could come to a head within fifteen years.
Electoralism or class struggle? - Phil Dickens
Submitted by Phil on Mar 1 2015 10:55
While there are many pieces talking generally about the problems and limitations of representative democracy, this series looks at and debunks specific 'tactical voting' strategies and election narratives from an anti-electoral, working class perspective.
The 10 July public sector strike and going beyond formula
Submitted by Phil on Jul 9 2014 17:11
Tomorrow's coordinated strike by public sector workers looks set to be larger than the one on 30 Novermber 2011 that was billed as a public sector 'general strike.' But what does that mean, and are we in any better position now, industrially, than we were then?
10 July: a ‘season of struggle’?
Submitted by Phil on May 13 2014 17:26
An initial response to the announcement from the People’s Assembly that there will be a ‘mass strike’ on 10 July this year.
Leadership and the myth of apathy
Submitted by Phil on Apr 4 2014 20:42
Why aren't we rising up? Whether the 'we' in question is young people, the British people, or the poor, this is a question asked an awful lot by both mainstream and leftist commentators. Austerity, job cuts, pay freezes, workfare, poverty, food banks, police brutality, political corruption - it's all the rage, so why aren't we all enraged?
Nothing in common: unions as bosses
Submitted by Phil on Mar 31 2014 18:25
Some cursory thoughts on the contradictions created by trade unions, as the collective voice of organised workers, also being employers.
On union scabbing
Submitted by Phil on Feb 13 2014 22:19
Some quick thoughts on the need to respect picket lines and the challenge of the anti-strike laws and multi-union workplaces.
PCS hangs militant rep out to dry in HP dispute
Submitted by Phil on Jan 24 2014 17:14
The Public and Commercial Services Union has in the past year worked to sabotage a dispute between its members at Hewlett Packard and their employer. This has culminated in the betrayal of one of their own reps, John Pearson, after he was unjustly sacked by the company.
People died for your right, not your obligation
Submitted by Phil on Jan 22 2014 20:49
2014 and 2015 are, in a row, two big years for electoralism. I'm already fed up with it.
Resolutions
Submitted by Phil on Dec 31 2013 19:55
If there’s one thing, politically, that I want to happen in 2014 it’s for leftists to drop the demand for a 24 hour general strike from above and start building for an all out general strike from below.
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