The trade unions and the "crisis of leadership" narrative The ongoing struggle against austerity have brought into focus the differences between the "left"…
Industry insight: a spark's view A SolFed member who has worked as an electrician since the late 1970s shares his experience of the electric supply industry, privatisation and…
Anarcho-syndicalism: history and action A pamplet by DAM about the organisation, the history of syndicalism in the UK and the rebirth of anarcho-syndicalism. Scanned by and gratefully…
Worker autonomy: debate on the trade unions The following presents a commentary on a three-part debate (part 1, part 2 and part 3) conducted, within the pages of ultra-left journal…
The workers against bureaucracy The final in a three-part debate conducted within the pages of Marxist ultra-left journal Socialisme ou Barbarie on the nature of the trade…
Self-organised strikes on the mines and farms in South Africa Two interesting new articles on the self-organised wave of strikes in South Africa that has now…
Participation in trade unions The second in a three-part debate conducted within the pages of Marxist ultra-left journal Socialisme ou Barbarie on the nature of the trade…
Union bureaucracy and the workers The first in a three-part debate conducted in 1954 within the pages of Marxist ultra-left journal Socialisme ou Barbarie on the nature of the…
DAM and the trade unions A DAM pamphlet from the 1980's outlining what is wrong with trade unionism, then a mass movement, and the anarcho-syndicalist alternative…
Labour law and order An article by Preston Clements for Freedom on the repeal of the Trades Dispute Act in 1946 and the reactionary nature of both the Labour Party…
"The fight of our lives": An analysis of the UK pensions dispute Steven Johns' detailed account of how Unison has handled the 2011-12 dispute over pensions. It sheds…
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…
