workplace activity

Workers' accounts and experiences of organising in their workplaces.

May Hai factory staff is in working hours. © ILO

May Hai factory staff is in working hours. © ILO

Has PCS been outflanked to the left by a bosses’ union?

A look at two of many attacks faced by workers in HM Revenue & Customs. The contrasting responses…

Standing still at the starter's pistol: lacklustre resistance in the TEFL industry

A good while back, I wrote a blog post about contract issues at the English language school I work…

Strategy for Industrial Struggle

Strategy for industrial struggle - Mark Fore

The years 1970-72 saw industrial struggle in the UK reach levels which hadn't been seen since the 1920s. This pamphlet by "Mark Fore", a…

A New Workers Movement in the US: A proposal for a refoundation through the intermediate level

Using the concept of the intermediate level, an exploration of what a new workers…

Thrown off balance: workers struggles against equilibrium

A response to a debate on unions in the United States today started between a number of groups and…

Working at Artistry Bakery and Cafe - Madaline Dreyfus

In this article, Madaline tells the story of how she fell into organizing and the IWW – pushed both…

A moving story: with afterword - Jocelyn Cohn and James Frey

In 2012, workers at a small moving company in New York City rose up against bad pay and dangerous…

Punching out - Martin Glaberman

Seminal text by Marty Glaberman detailing his experiences of wildcat strikes and union policing of the workforce during the heyday of the UAW in…

An injury to one – fighting the victimisation of workplace organisers

Victimisation, by bosses and the state, of those who try to organise in the workplace is nothing new…

Staff show their opposition to outsourcing

‘Silent grinding, bit by bit’: in the occupation at the University of Sussex

An interview with Maia Pal, a tutor and member of the 2012-13 anti-privatisation campaign at the…

Manifesto of the fast food worker - Socialist Alternative (U.S.)

The U.S. organization Socialist Alternative's text on the fast food industry, written in the wake of…

An open letter to rank-and-file education workers from the Civil Service Rank & File Network

Open letter from the Civil Service Rank & File Network to workers in the education…