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"…
Trade unionism or syndicalism? – Tom Brown A 1942 pamphlet by Tom Brown on trade unions, why they let us down, and why syndicalism is the best method for building a society of workers'…
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…
The CIO: from reform to reaction - E. Jones In popular mythology, the CIO was a revolutionary union in the tradition of the IWW. In actuality, the CIO was created by those opposed to the…
“Just and peaceful labor relations”: Why the U.S. government supported collective bargaining This post gives a brief account of some of the history of the capitalist state’s…
Workers' control A pamphlet by the Syndicalist Workers' Federation on the meaning of workers' control, its incompatability with the state and its history (1959).
Serwotka sellout sets seal on Olympic exploitation Adam Ford on the PCS' aborted strike action, and the unions' Olympic failures.
The rise of Egypt’s workers Joel Beinin on strikes, the labour movement and workers' organizing before, during and after the Egyptian intifada.
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…
How to intervene in the class struggle? An article from the ICC/Internationalism USA about their participation in the 2011 Verizon strike. It investigates how to present a message…
The union makes us strong? A critical analysis of the theory and practice of syndicalism published as a series of three articles in the Anarchist Federation's Organise! magazine, nos. 46, 47 & 48 (published 1997-98).
Why does the union bureaucracy exist? A 1988 article by Tom Wetzel on the the development of the union bureaucracy and how that changed the nature of unions.
