“The revolution starts in the ATOS smoking area” - on welfare, addiction, and dependency A blog about welfare reform from a social care worker's perspective, and the…
The “war on the unions” - its meaning and the response we need Stories about the government threatening a “crack down” on trade union power emerge almost on a loop…
Unity and solidarity with claimants should be practical, not just theoretical With attacks on claimants and the unemployed escalating, campaigners and trade unions have made…
Civil Service Rank & File Network conference - a report On Saturday 2 February, the Civil Service Rank & File (CSRF) Network held its inaugural national…
A post-mortem on the workplace committee that never was A look at my recent experiences organising at work, and in particular how they've been undermined by…
Debt in the banana republic An exploration of the reasons for austerity in Queensland, Australia and a critique of those arguments that would reduce the cause to one of …
Lights in the dark: CNT and CGT members on indefinite strike against redundancies in Catalunya Members of the anarcho-syndicalist CNT union and CGT union have gone on indefinite…
The beginnings of a rank-and-file rebellion in the Civil Service? A look at recent developments within the civil service. The government's latest attacks, the…
More leaks expose depth of attack on civil service terms and conditions On September 28, the Cabinet Office wrote to all HR directors across the Civil Service, instructing…
PCS blinks first in dispute with HM Revenue & Customs Yesterday, the Public and Commercial Services union announced that strike action due to be taken by…
Sacked Remploy workers occupy the company head office Earlier today a group of sacked Remploy workers occupied the companies head offices in Leicester
Between a rock and a hard place: thoughts on militant workers as reps Of late, I've been doing a lot of thinking on my role in the workplace. As many who read my blogs…
