Trades Union Congress (TUC)

Content on Libcom by or about the Trades Union Congress - a federation in England and Wales, representing the majority of trade unions, founded in the 1860s.

Towards a general strike?

A follow on to my post Lobbying for the limited yet impossible, now that the Trades Union Congress has voted in favour of a motion on calling a…

Neither nationalisation nor privatisation 1945-1950: An anarchist approach

This volume is one of a set which celebrates the Freedom Press Centenary by reprinting articles from…

Lobbying for the limited yet impossible

From the 9th to the 12th September, Brighton will play host to the 144th TUC Congress. As is the norm lately, this will be preceded by a "lobby"…

Smash the wage freeze! (1966)

A pamphlet by the Syndicalist Workers' Federation denouncing the wage freeze implemented by the first Wilson government (1964-70),

The TUC collaborate with the Met to sew up October 20

On October 20 2012, the TUC is hosting another national march and rally in London. Like the one on…

Better than we know ourselves: a ruling class view of the trade unions

An article adapted from the May 2012 article of Black Flag magazine which examines the trade unions…

Flagrant Self-Promotion

Seven-hundred words discussing an article I wrote a for the Black Flag magazine. It's not super exciting, but helps me clarify the writing…

I'm striking on N30 because...

...the ruling class is attacking all of us, not just our pensions but our jobs, benefits, public services and communities. It's about time we…

Marching for whose alternative? - Escalate Collective

An April 2011 piece by Escalate Collective on the March 26 TUC demonstration against public sector…

TUC March for the Alternative photo gallery

Pictures from the day of the Trade Union Congress-organised 'March for the Alternative' against cuts on 26 March 2011.

Jobs, Growth, Justice: an alternative that isn’t - Junge Linke

With its economy in recession, the British government plans to cut a sizeable chunk of its subject’s…

Training and the union bureaucrats

When the TUC gets training it makes a bundle - and the bureaucrats it teaches probably aren't doing us many favours.