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RMT votes to strike: The biggest rail dispute of a generation

Kieran Crowe explains the context and the significance of the overwhelming vote for strike action by RMT members nationally
'If they have £1bn for the Jubilee, they can afford to pay workers': why tube workers are striking - video

Glen Hart, RMT Southern Region organiser, spoke to Counterfire's Yonas Makoni about why tube workers are striking to resist the Tories and TfL's attempt to put the cost of the pandemic onto the workers
Asda: fuming retail workers prepare to strike - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
North West FE colleges 'organised, prepared and ready' to strike against poor pay

Jayne Gillies, UCU rep at Bury College, reports on the upcoming strike action at FE colleges in the North West after UCU members roundly rejected insulting pay offers
CWU anger persists: Post Office workers strike across the country - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Inflation at 9.9%: strike for better pay! - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
'Euphoric' Chep striker on their victory after 20 weeks of strike - Interview

Counterfire's Chris Neville speaks to Unite rep Gary Walker on the fantastic victory for Chep workers after 20 weeks of strike action
'This is a good strike': Hackney Council's strike-breaking efforts rebuffed

Hackney Council's attempt to break strike action by its workers was thwarted by a solid picket line that successfully blocked Millfields depot on the first day of strike, reports Carole Vincent
RMT ballot: will it capture workers’ anger? - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Hacked off Hackney council workers prepare to strike

Unite members working for Hackney Council have rejected a measly 1.75% pay offer and rallied at the Town Hall ahead of their planned strike action, reports Carole Vincent
The very greedy Caterpillar - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Manchester stands with the Chep strikers

Trade unionists and community activists in Manchester marched in solidarity with Chep strikers who remain determined to fight till they win, reports Martin Hall
Svitzer Marine dispute: Teesside tugboat crews win!

Tugboat workers who went on strike have overturned a pay freeze and won an effective 7.5% pay increase, reports John Westmoreland
Exxon marks the spot: Workers at the UK's biggest oil refinery walk out

Outsourced workers at Fawley refinery in Southampton began strike action on Friday in response to a real-terms pay cut, reports Julie Hope from the picket line
Manx teachers have had enough - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
General strike shuts down Greece: Collective working-class action has great power

Greek workers shutdown the country in a national 24-hour general strike calling for higher wages in the face of rising costs and in clear opposition to war and militarism, reports Kevin Ovenden
In a cost of living crisis, Croydon Hospital workers show how to win - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
All solidarity to Chep workers on the longest-running strike in Unite history

After 17 weeks of continuous strike, Chep workers are determined to keep fighting until they win and they need all of our solidarity, writes Chris Neville
'Full support' for striking teachers in Walthamstow

Carole Vincent reports from the NEU picket line at Walthamstow Primary Academy where teachers are taking action over pay, workloads and bullying
The cost of living crisis: all out this Saturday!

The People’s Assembly and the RMT are coming together to fight attacks on working people, outlines Chris Neville
Pay the rate! Coventry bin workers refuse attacks on their pay

HGV bin drivers of the Unite union in Coventry vow to bring their employers to their knees in strike rally to demand fair pay, reports Kieran Crowe
Keep up the pressure: stop the P&O jobs massacre

Time to step up the resistance in solidarity with P&O workers, writes John McGrath
Unite in Northern Ireland: all eleven councils on strike - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
All hands on deck. Stop the P&O jobs massacre - leaflet

Counterfire's leaflet on the outrageous attack on P&O ferry workers
Hull solidarity with P&O workers shows the way

Rank and file workers urgently need to organise to deliver industrial action in the face of P&O’s disgraceful sackings, argues John Westmoreland
University strikes: collectivise our anger

Employers in higher education have plenty of money but won’t spend it on their workforce. Only mass action will force them to concede, argue Counterfire UCU members
P&O Ferries: this is war - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
No to imperialism East or West - Counterfire freesheet March 2022

The war in Ukraine, the cost of living crisis, Nationality and Borders Bill, the emerging global militarism, wins for strikers and more in this month's Counterfire freesheet
Svitzer Marine Dispute: Teesside tugboat crews take action over pay freeze

After working through the pandemic, making the bosses a fortune, and not getting a rise, tugboat crews are up for the fight, finds Mick Rafferty
No union-busting on our watch: Liverpool factory workers hit back - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Winning recognition: a plaque for the matchwomen’s strike – Interview with Louise Raw

Ahead of International Women’s Day, historian Louise Raw spoke to Katherine Connelly about why it is so important that the 1888 matchwomen’s strike is remembered
Still fighting: 33 days of strike later, Gosh workers keep up the struggle

Gary Griffiths reports from a vibrant and defiant rally of striking security guards from Great Ormond Street Hospital
Barts victory: another bloody nose for the outsourcers - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Strikes loom in Croydon University Hospital

Ancillary workers at Croydon University Hospital are preparing to ballot to strike against serial exploiter G4S, reports GMB organiser Helen O'Connor
Serco beaten back by Barts strikers in huge victory against outsourcing

Outsourced hospital workers in Barts Trust who went on strike and were prepared to strike again have won their dispute, reports Cici Washburn
Glasgow students stand with UCU strikers

During a nationally-coordinated student strike, Glasgow University students picketed with striking staff in a show of resolute solidarity, reports Sophie Johnson
First they came for Stop the War, now they're coming for tube workers

Unjum Mirza, Aslef Equalities Officer, Victoria Line, writing in a personal capacity, responds to The Telegraph's attack on striking tube workers
Ground to a halt: Solid tube strike shuts down London

Thousands of tube workers have brought London to a standstill with strike action against TfL cuts. Counterfire members report from the picket lines
On strike: Don't cross the picket lines - Tunnel Vision March 2022

The latest issue of the London transport Rank & File bulletin Tunnel Vision
London strikes back: The 1 March shutdown

Thousands of workers in London will be striking in what is likely to be the highest level of industrial action in the capital in a decade, writes Cici Washburn
How to beat inflation: Hastings bin workers win 'whopping' 19.5% pay rise - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
'Money-hungry bosses have united the cleaners': RMT Churchill cleaners strike for pay justice

Cleaners from across London and south east trains employed by outsourcing company Churchill went on strike to demand £15 an hour and better conditions. John McGrath reports from their rally in Parliament Square
"They want to break us, but we're not broken": why UCU strikers are stepping up the fight

Alistair Cartwright reports from a vibrant rally of London UCU strikers in the second week of their renewed industrial action
GOSH guards protest court ruling - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Actavo mass picket postponement is a mistake

The striking scaffolders have led a heroic struggle and won the solidarity of thousands of trade unionists, and the mass picket would have strengthened their hand, argues John Westmoreland
GOSH strikers and UVW challenge draconian court injunction

John McGrath reports on the rally outside the Royal Courts of Justice which saw trade unionists and activists bring solidarity to the strikers as they try to overturn the court injunction
When love strikes: Universities hit with Valentine's day picket lines

University workers are back on the picket lines for a second round of strike action to fight against pay and pension cuts, casualisation and inequality
Why students must support the UCU strikes

Glasgow University students Sophie Johnson and Doncho Atanassov argue that it’s more important than ever for students to show university managements that they are united with striking staff
‘We deserve equality’: Barts strikers will keep fighting Serco

As Barts hospital workers finish two weeks of strike action, they have vowed to keep fighting if they aren’t brought in house
Why the Actavo scaffolders strike might make history

The actions of the Scunthorpe scaffolders have been the key in advancing their cause, and the whole movement must support them in challenging draconian anti-trade union laws, writes John Westmoreland
Our anger is everywhere: posh schools feel the heat - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Hands off our pensions! GDST Teachers strike against fire and rehire

On Thursday morning, 1,500 teachers, members of the National Education Union, began the first of six days of strike action to defend their pensions. Counterfire members report from the picket lines
News from the Frontline: The Strikers Speak - video

News from the Frontline's second rally bringing together striking workers and workers in dispute
1972: When workers turned the lights out

On the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Saltley Gate, John Westmoreland recounts the tremendous events of 1972, when rank-and-file militancy and widespread solidarity struck a huge blow to the ruling class
The Battle of Saltley Gate: 'It was sheer, massive solidarity' - video

To commemorate the 50 year anniversary of the Battle of Saltley Gate, Unjum Mirza spoke to Granville Williams who was there about a pivotal moment in the 1972 miners' strike
GOSH strikers remain defiant against injunction threat

Security guards striking for sick pay at Great Ormond Street Hospital are being met with shameful legal threats, reports Yonas Makoni
Universities aren't corporations: Goldsmiths back on the picket lines

UCU members at Goldsmiths University of London are back on strike to reject planned redundancies and restructuring, reports John McGrath
Why 1,500 teachers in 23 schools are going on strike this week

For the first time in 149 years, teachers at Girls Day School Trust schools nationally will be walking out. An NEU member in one of the schools tells us why
'Serco have got to go': Barts strikers are taking a stand

Striking Barts hospital workers are determined to win, reports Carole Vincent
London's hospital workers are leading the way - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
We can't afford the Tories: It's time to fight - Counterfire Freesheet February 2022

The cost of living crisis, institutionally sexist police, the victories for the working class in 1972, stopping war in Ukraine and more in this month's Counterfire Freesheet
Coventry bin drivers escalate strike in face of council dirty tricks

Bin workers in Coventry remain defiant against the Labour Council's underhanded tactics, report Kieran Crowe and Jack Sherwood
Determined to win: GOSH security guards launch six-week strike

Great Ormond Street Hospital security guards began six weeks of strike action with an energetic and defiant rally, reports Gary Griffiths
'Serco will not divide us, we will win': Barts hospitals strikers speak out

Striking workers at Royal London and Whipps Cross hospitals spoke to Counterfire's Sian Barrett about why they are striking and the confidence on the picket lines
Serco out: London hospital workers strike against outsourcing

Outsourced workers in London Barts hospitals are striking for two weeks for fair pay. Yonas Makoni reports from a vibrant strike rally kicking off the industrial action
No champagne for Actavo: Scunthorpe scaffolders' surprise protest at bosses party

Striking Actavo scaffolders and London community activists protested outside the Festival Supplier Awards ceremony to ensure the bosses got the message, reports Cici Washburn
This is not a drill: fire and rehire resisted in schools - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
UCU: The battle ahead in higher education

Counterfire UCU members analyse the state of the struggle in higher education ahead of a second round of strike action
Cost of living crisis: We need a pay revolt! - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Workers unite! B&Q strikers and Scunthorpe scaffolders rally together

Actavo scaffolders due to resume their strike action next week showed their solidarity with B&Q Wincanton strikers at a rally this week, reports John Westmoreland
Stagecoach's wheels fall off: Victory for South Yorkshire bus drivers - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
'Beat the council and get what you deserve': Eastbourne stands with striking refuse workers

Lucette Davies reports on the high morale among refuse workers striking in Eastbourne and the support they have from the community
Scunthorpe scaffs fight on with a renewed strike ballot

Despite Actavo's dirty war against the strikers, scaffolders have voted 83% in favour of continuing to strike, reports John Westmoreland
“It’s a full-blown attack on the union”: Why Coventry bin workers are striking

Kieran Crowe reports from a lively picket line of bin workers at Coventry Whitley depot
B&Q strikers are out to win!

As the B&Q strike in Worksop enters its seventh week, the strikers have every reason to be optimistic writes John Westmoreland
The 1972 miners’ strike: a rank-and-file strike

An excerpt from Tony Cliff's Patterns of Mass Strike which describes the impact of the 1972 miners’ strike and the background to a wave of rank-and-file militancy and solidarity from across the working class
1972: A great year for the workers - Tony Cliff

As part of a series of articles marking the 50thanniversary of a tremendous year for the British working class, we republish Tony Cliff’s overview of the decisive events of 1972
Chep strike: Manchester unites for a solidarity rally - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Low pay at Luton Airport: strike action to take off on NYE - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
'The government is literally laughing in our face': why Unison workers are balloting to strike - video

Cici Washburn speaks to Kridos Pavlou, Assistant Branch Secretary of Tower Hamlets Unison, about his union's national strike ballot of local government workers
Universities challenged as strikes escalate

Counterfire members in UCU argue the next steps for escalation in the UCU dispute and the need for political trade unionism
It’s all stacking up for the bosses: Chep pallet strikers escalate action - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Scunthorpe scaffolders raise their game against Actavo

Now in the eleventh week of their strike, Scunthorpe scaffolders are escalating their action and building solidarity across the labour movement, reports John Westmoreland
'The bosses never expected this level of determination': B&Q strikers go big

'Infectious and inspiring' B&Q picket lines in Worksop see big turnouts from striking workers determined to win, reports John Westmoreland
The bosses know we’re serious: Unite strike suspended as Tesco floats new deal - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Oh my, GOSH: Security guards strike against outsourcing

Great Ormond Street Hospital security guards have begun strike action and rallied against outsourcing and pay inequality, reports Cici Washburn
Spread the action: A striking scaffolder speaks

Scunthorpe scaffolders entering their tenth week of strike send a strong message to greedy bosses everywhere
Manchester marches with striking lecturers

Hundreds rallied and marched through Manchester on the last day of the UCU strike in a big show of solidarity, reports Chris Neville
The fight has just begun: Day 3 of #UCUstrike

Counterfire reports on the third day of UCU strikes from university picket lines around the country
Clarks victory: workers bring bosses to heel - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Picket lines and picket signs: Day 2 of #UCUstrike

Counterfire reports on the second day of UCU strikes from university picket lines around the country
Nothing to Lose but Our Chains: Work and Resistance in Twenty-First-Century Britain - book review

Nothing to Lose but Our Chains is a historically informed and wide-ranging discussion of work and resistance in the present day, finds Lindsey German
Why we strike, how we win

Counterfire UCU members on the university strikes this week and the battle ahead
The other shoe dropped: Clarks strikers defeat fire-and-rehire

Warehouse workers employed by Clarks have won after striking for eight weeks to stop the company’s fire-and-rehire plans, reports Shabbir Lakha
'We're at breaking point': University strikes kick off across the country

Counterfire reports on the first day of UCU strikes from university picket lines around the country
'We're already strike-ready': London transport workers rally against planned TfL cuts

TfL workers sent a clear message to the Tories and Sadiq Khan that they are prepared to fight against cuts and attacks on their pay and conditions, reports Cici Washburn
EU mining troubles: what unites striking coal miners and protesting anti-mining activists in the Balkans?

Vladimir Unkovski-Korica joins up the dots as mass struggles from below kick off in the Balkans
Going for gold: Striking staff and students stand strong at Goldsmiths

Goldsmiths strikers rallied defiantly as their strike entered its second week
Goldsmiths strikers: 'We're not going to let them destroy this university' - video

Striking staff at Goldsmiths, University of London tell Counterfire why they're striking and how you can support them
University workers prepare for battle - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
RMT strikers don't go gently into the night tube relaunch

RMT drivers on the London Underground picketed outside tube stations in response to night-tube relaunch plans that will 'wreck' work-life balance, reports Unjum Mirza
‘My last lunch break was five months ago’: An ambulance service on the brink of collapse

Counterfire spoke to a paramedic in the London Ambulance Service, who asked to remain anonymous, about the crisis in the ambulance service and hospitals
'We're fighting for the soul of Goldsmiths': three-week #GoldStrike starts with a bang

Goldsmiths UCU members started three weeks of strike action with a huge rally showing an overwhelming amount of support, reports Shabbir Lakha
Support striking Scunthorpe scaffolders

After eight weeks of picketing, the Actavo scaffolders’ strike is at a critical point and they need our solidarity, reports John Westmoreland
Better pay en route: Arriva bus drivers pause strike to consider new deal

Arriva bus drivers in North Wales have suspended their strike while they consider an improved pay offer after striking for four days. Ben Alofs reports
Are the wheels coming off the bus operators’ race to the bottom? - News from the Frontline

The 50th edition of Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Weetabix takes the biscuit: help put them back in the box

As Weetabix workers continue to strike against the assault on their pay and conditions, community activists stand with the strikers. Margery Thorogood reports from Windsor
UCU strikes are go: The battle in universities continues

UCU members at 58 universities are set to strike for three days in December. This is a pivotal moment in what has become an unprecedented conflict in UK higher education
Fire and rehire at Clarks: march and rally sees big turnout

Clarks staff enter the seventh week of strike and are growing stronger by the day, reports Sean Coote
Why NHS strikes are necessary

The NHS is in crisis, and clinical staff must join other NHS workers in strike action to save the health service, argues Helen O’Connor
Goldsmiths: London lecturers steal the march on HE anger - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
'We are the catalyst for all low-paid workers in social care': Sage Nursing Home striker speaks out

Cici Washburn spoke to a senior care worker at Sage Nursing Home who went on strike in October, demanding fair pay and sick pay
Time for action: The next steps in the UCU dispute

Following an overwhelming endorsement for strike action by UCU members in UK universities, there can be no room for prevarication
The predictable failures of COP26 and the seeds of hope on the streets

Elaine Graham-Leigh assesses the first week of the COP26 summit and the coming together of a mass movement of working people
Holding the bosses feet to the fire: Strikers light up the climate movement

Tens of thousands marched through Glasgow on Friday as striking workers led the fight for climate justice, reports Chris Nineham
Glasgow: GMB strike braziers are on fire! - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
The view from Glasgow: Pickets, protests and people power

While world leaders fail to agree on meaningful change at COP26, the city of Glasgow has become a hub of protests and strikes, reports John McGrath
Capitalism will cost us the earth - Counterfire Freesheet November 2021

Climate briefing for activists, more Tory Covid failure, Clarks strikers fight fire-and-rehire, Scotland's wider crisis, socialism explained and more in this month's Counterfire freesheet
The view from Glasgow: strikes, soup kitchens and saving the world

Mark Porciani reports from Glasgow on striking workers, COP26 and the mood in the city
The mystery of profit and loss: Clarks strikers speak out

Clarks strikers are sceptical about management’s figures and standing firm against intimidation, reports Sean Coote
Trucked off: lorry drivers gear up for day of action - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles.
Glasgow on the edge: why you should join the Cop26 protests - video

Cici Washburn speaks to socialist activist Jonathon Shafi about the upcoming Cop26 and the planned protests and strikes in Scotland
Class and community: backing the Evonik workers

As part of a growing pattern, local activists are coming out to support an important strike in Manchester
Brighton bins win: GMB victory helps set the stage - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Strikes, rubbish and saving the planet: Glasgow workers and COP26

Come COP26 many of Glasgows essential workers will refuse to cross picket lines across the city, Mark Porciani reports
The billionaires and the race to the bottom: why Sage care workers are fighting on

The fight for fair pay at the Sage Nursing Home in North London continues. Cici Washburn reports from the picket line
‘Striketober’: the new militancy sweeping the US

The United States is seeing a surge in strike activity, and worker dissatisfaction, but this needs to lead to a new wave of unionisation, argues John McGrath
The trouble with terrorism – weekly briefing

Lindsey German on the assassination of David Amess and recent US strikes
Stagecoach in Scotland: next stop, strike action - News from the Frontline

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles.
'Royal College of Burnout': why lecturers are striking

Ground report from one of the solidarity rallies in support of the FE colleges who've entered their second week of strike action
Lambeth College strike: ‘This is about people, not just about pay’

Further-education staff are striking for the sake of resources for education, while money is wasted on expensive consultants, reports Peter Bird.
Greece: 100,000 teachers take on the government in national strike

In opposition to a new law that is widely seen as a step towards marketising education, teachers defiantly walked out across Greece, reports Kevin Ovenden
Now it’s neither heat nor eat – weekly briefing

Lindsey German on the Tory’s Universal Credit offensive and how our side needs to shift up a gear
Support the Junior Doctors’ Strike in Nigeria

Caitlin Southern reports on the junior doctors’ strike in Nigeria, and argues that international solidarity can help them win this crucial struggle.
All-out strike is a go: scaffolders at Scunthorpe’s British Steel - News from the Frontline

Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Strikes win: Anatomy of the University of Liverpool victory - video

Counterfire's Unjum Mirza spoke to University of Liverpool UCU Vice President Jo McNeill about their recent victory which stopped compulsory redundancies
‘This situation is not acceptable’: Royal Parks strikers stand strong

Cleaners and attendants of the Royal Parks in London remain defiant in their strike action, reports Carole Vincent
Liverpool University: a benchmark victory for HE and beyond - News from the Frontline

Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Why inflation is not caused by workers

Dominic Alexander, the author of The Limits of Keynesianism, dissects the argument that wage rises would result in more inflation
College lecturers strike to defend further education

Further Education teachers in ten colleges walked out this week to demand pay parity, reports Sean Ledwith
Red light for Uber: strikers step up fight for justice

Across the big cities, the 24-hour Uber drivers strike was solid, with solidarity from other unions, while the Uber boss was feted by the Labour leadership
'Drivers have had enough': why Uber drivers are striking - interview with Yaseen Aslam

As drivers begin a 24-hour international #UberStrike, Yonas Makoni speaks to the ADCU's Yaseen Aslam about why they're taking action
28 September: Don’t break the #UberStrike - News from the Front Line

Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
NHS strikes on the table as health workers decisively reject pathetic Tory pay deal

GMB organiser Helen O'Connor explains why NHS workers have voted overwhelmingly to reject the 3% pay offer and are determined to fight back
Cracks on the tracks: Met drivers to strike for fair pay - News from the Frontline

Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Oak Park school strike: teachers stand defiant against bullying

Teachers at Oak Park school continue to strike for safety and against bullying from management, reports Carole Vincent
Catalyst! Unite’s win for Greater Manchester lorry drivers - News from the Frontline

Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Lorry drivers take the wheel with strike votes

Amid the HGV driver shortage, lorry drivers at two firms are fighting back against poor pay and conditions, reports Chris Neville
It's them or us: we can beat them if we fight - Counterfire Freesheet September 2021

Taking on the Tories, victory for Bexley strikers, interview with a Staff Nurse and more in this month's Counterfire freesheet
Resist the attack on higher education pensions

Counterfire UCU members argue that we must have one clear demand for strike action - a rejection of the 2020 pension valuation
Sandwell refuse workers kick up a stink - News from the Frontline

Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Victory for the strikers: Bexley bin workers win big

The determination of striking refuse workers in Bexley has resulted in a big win for the workers, reports Jamal Elaheebocus
‘Support us in our fight for fairness’: Royal Parks strikers rally for justice

Outsourced Royal Parks cleaners and attendants on strike are determined to keep fighting against unfair, racist conditions, reports Carole Vincent
Driver shortage: let’s start turning the table on the bosses - News from the Frontline

Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
The fight back is everywhere: Labour Party workers join the resistance - News from the Frontline

Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Unreasonable, unethical and unnecessary: the theft of university pensions - interview

Feyzi Ismail interviews Dr Deepa Driver, one of the UCU's national negotiators on pensions, about the attacks on university workers’ pensions and how they can be resisted
Dismantling discrimination: Royal Parks workers begin two weeks of strike action

Outsourced workers employed as cleaners and attendants in London's Royal Parks are striking for pay parity and against redundancies, reports Jamal Elaheebocus
When the clapping stops: NHS workers prepare for this autumn’s key pay battle

Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
The HE fightback: Liverpool’s UCU militants have lessons for us all - News from the Frontline

Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Bexley won’t budge: support the striking refuse workers

With Bexley refuse workers now in their fourth week of strike action, we need to do everything we can to support their struggle, writes Jamal Elaheebocus
Strikers shut down six Scottish airports - News from the Frontline

Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Covid and the campuses: can UCU turn anger into action?

Fighting back against attacks by employers in higher education requires coordinated action across the sector
15% is the demand: NHS pay is everyone’s fight - News from the Frontline

Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
'We will not be pushed over': refuse workers resist in Bexley

Refuse workers in Bexley remain resolute in their strike against low pay, unfair conditions and bullying management, reports Jamal Elaheebocus
‘If black lives matter you have to end outsourcing!’ – workers at the BEIS walk out over poor conditions

Workers at BEIS begin strike action today to challenge low pay, poor conditions and outsourcing, reports Lucy Nichols
Support striking Bexley refuse workers - model motion

Refuse workers in Bexley are on strike against Serco and need your solidarity. Please pass this model motion in your trade union/CLP/other branch to support the strike
Eruption of anger over pay leads to nationwide college strikes - News from the Frontline

Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
'Our motto is: strength in unity': how Hovis workers won

Chris Nineham spoke to Laura Graham, a regional organiser of the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union about their recent victory at the Hovis factory in Belfast
Why University of Liverpool staff are striking and how you can help

Anthony O'Hanlon, one of the strikers at the University of Liverpool, spoke at a recent Counterfire event about the dispute and how you can show solidarity
Union membership pays: Great Bear drivers secure pay increase - News from the Frontline

Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Resisting ‘rank and yank’: UCU fights job cuts at Liverpool University

Ahead of a rally on Monday, UCU’s battle to save jobs at Liverpool University is a critical fight for the whole sector
Ousting the outsourcers: 97.3% of PCS members at BEIS vote to strike - News from the Frontline

Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Wins on the bins: an organiser on the secrets of successful struggle - video

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
Choppy waters for the bosses: more strike days announced for the Woolwich ferry - News from the Frontline

Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
'Serco out!': Royal London Hospital strikers rally against privatisation

Defiant catering workers on strike rallied on Thursday against privatisation of the NHS and demand their jobs are brought in house, reports Yonas Makoni
Bolt drivers strike to demand worker status and fair pay

Drivers at Bolt went on a 24-hour strike and protested outside the HQ after the company refused to treat them fairly, reports Yonas Makoni
Serco strikers serve up a storm at the Royal London Hospital

Catering workers at the Royal London Hospital are standing together against Serco, reports Jamal Elaheebocus from the picket line
Caledonian Sleeper: strikers and passengers wide awake to Serco lies - News from the Frontline

Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Emergency! Exhausted ambulance workers ready to strike - News from the Frontline

Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Into battle: RMT strikers square up to Serco pay freeze - News from the Frontline

Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Encirc bottles it: victory for workers after strike threat - News from the Frontline

Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Striking while the oven’s hot: Hovis workers win pay rise

After eleven days of strike action, BFAWU and Unite members at the Hovis factory in Belfast have won their dispute, reports Chris Neville
Persistence pays: victory for Thurrock refuse workers - News from the Frontline

Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Victory for the strikers: Go North West fire and rehire plans driven back

Manchester bus drivers have shown that determined industrial action and community support can defeat fire and rehire, reports Chris Neville
How Manchester bus drivers beat fire and rehire - interview with Colin Hayden

Counterfire's Chris Neville spoke to Colin Hayden about the Go North West bus strike which successfully defeated fire and rehire
Hovis workers need more bread: all-out strike action is go - News from the Frontline

Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
No redundancies: Liverpool University staff take on management with industrial action

The struggle against redundancies at Liverpool university will have implications across the sector
DVLA strike shifts up a gear - News from the Frontline

Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Manchester May Day march takes aim at fire and rehire

A large contingent turned out to march up to the Go North West bus garage in solidarity with the striking bus bus drivers, reports Martin Hall
“How can they treat key workers like this?” – interview with a Thurrock Council striker

Frontline refuse workers in Thurrock are striking back against attacks on pay and conditions. Yonas Makoni interviews one of the strikers.
NEU to teach Pimlico Academy a lesson - News from the Frontline

Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
No leeway for Leaways: solidarity with striking teachers

NEU members at Leaways School in Hackney have been on strike for 18 days over trade union victimisation and the treatment of children and they aren't backing down
Trapped in for profit: Sheffield students rent strike

Students in Sheffield are taking direct action against appalling living conditions, reports Mike McCarthy
Standing up to bullies: St Mungo's workers begin indefinite strike action

St Mungo's workers have begun an all-out strike after anti-union bullying by the senior management, reports Mark Baxendale from the picket line
Dealing with rubbish: Thurrock refuse workers fight back - News from the Frontline

Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Activists block strike breaker buses at Go North West depot

Manchester bus drivers are refusing to back down in their fight against fire and rehire at Go North West and community activists have joined them to stop strike breakers, reports Karen Buckley
Why nurses are considering strike action

Health workers are preparing to fight against the insulting 1% pay offer and they need our support more than ever, argues NHS nurse Stacey Richardson
Lessons need to be learned from the British Gas defeat - News from the Frontline

Counterfire's weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
British Gas: a body blow the whole movement has to learn from

British Gas workers put up a heroic fight but the battle against fire and rehire continues, the movement must learn the lessons, writes Chris Neville
Stop the Tory attack: Kill the bill

Counterfire editorial on Tory corruption, a useless opposition and the new normal to be won

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