Willie Howard with Thurrock strikers. Photo: Justice for Refuse Workers & Cleansers / Facebook
Chris Nineham speaks to Unite organiser Willie Howard about the recent victory in Thurrock, how the fightback is spreading and what industrial strategy should look like
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Chris Nineham
Chris Nineham is a founder member of Stop the War and Counterfire, speaking regularly around the country on behalf of both. He is author of The People Versus Tony Blair and Capitalism and Class Consciousness: the ideas of Georg Lukacs.
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