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Jerry Hicks is running for election to become General Secretary of Unite, Britain’s largest union. He’s standing on a rank and file ticket and wants Unite to be led by…
March 18, 2013 / No Comment / Read More
Here we set out what we think grassroots militants and socialists in Unite should be uniting around to fight for a union which is democratic from below, willing to…
March 18, 2013 / No Comment / Read More
In an election that could rock the labour movement, rank and file candidate Jerry Hicks writes for Workers Power There’s an election in Unite, Britain’s largest union with 1.5…
March 11, 2013 / No Comment / Read More
Jerry Hicks has got 136 nominations for his candidature in the Unite General Secretary election – an unprecedented number for a rank and file candidate. So there will be an…
February 26, 2013 / No Comment / Read More
Jeremy Dewar, Unison shop steward and elected member of Unite the Resistance steering committee, asks what effect the internal crisis of the Socialist Workers Party is having on its trade…
January 30, 2013 / Comments Off / Read More
This is the transcript of an interview conducted by Workers Power with Jerry Hicks. Credit where credit’s due, McCluskey’s speech, his Ralph Miliband lecture, was good – though he lifted…
January 20, 2013 / Comments Off / Read More
Len McCluskey has called a snap election for the top job in Unite, even though he has over two years left to run in the post. This is outrageous and…
January 14, 2013 / Comments Off / Read More
Read the PDF version of our bulletin From Rebecca Allen and Jeremy Drinkall, candidates for the new steering committee to be elected on 17 November, on behalf of Workers Power…
November 15, 2012 / Comments Off / Read More
Jeremy Dewar recounts how the anti-union laws shackled the unions and calls for defiance…
October 19, 2012 / Comments Off / Read More
By Peter Main The call for a rank and file movement is not a proposal for a new organisation. Like the “anti-war movement” or the “shop stewards’ movement” of the…
October 19, 2012 / Comments Off / Read More