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Why we need a rank and file movement
WE ARE IN the midst of the biggest capitalist offensive for generations and yet the response from the trade union leaders has been miniscule. There is a yawning chasm between…
Grass Roots Left meets
On Saturday 31 March the elected leaders of Grass Roots Left, a national rank and file grouping in Unite, met in London, writes Paul Silson The first point up for…
Sparks’ campaign moves on
The electricians’ – or sparks’ – struggle against new contracts on the building sites that would have resulted in a 35 per cent pay cut has led to a stunning…
Pensions: left leaders in retreat – only the organised rank and file can restart the fight
After a turbulent week of union executive meetings, 300 militants packed into Friends Meeting House for an emergency conference to fight the pensions sell out. It soon became clear to…
Unite the Resistance: a missed opportunity
Up to 1000 trade unionists gathered in London on Saturday to discuss the public sector pensions strike on 30 November. But despite hearing some inspiring speeches and gaining a sense…
Grass Roots Left agrees platform
Fifty rank and file union activists, mainly but not exclusively from Unite, gathered in Birmingham on 5 November for the Grass Roots Left’s (GRL) second conference. Held six months after…
400 Electricians escalate action at Kings’ Cross
This morning, Wednesday 28 September, the second London demonstration of electricians and supporters with official backing from Unite the Union took place. Billy McKean was there…
Jerry Hicks: our side needs to up the ante
An interview with Jerry Hicks, an organiser of Grass Roots Left, the rank and file movement in UNITE, and a long standing trade unions activist who is speaking on the…
Construction workers escalate action – Invade Crossrail site and Blockade Tyne Tunnel
The construction workers campaign against vicious attacks on their JIB (Joint Industry Board) terms and conditions is escalating. Today 200 construction workers held a protest outside Farringdon Crossrail site, then…
What would a rank and file movement look like today?
Union activists often come up against their own leaders even before they can take on the bosses. Marxists advocate a militant grassroots movement to solve this problem. But, asks Jeremy…
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