John Prescott- strike-breaker and enabler of Blair November 23, 2024November 23, 2024Battlescarred John Prescott, who died on 21st November, went from being a working class activist among seafarers to being a useful cover for Tony [...]
It is not too late to get a win in universities! September 2, 2023September 2, 2023Battlescarred The dispute in British universities has been running for years, with workers from a number of unions – UCU, Unison and Unite – [...]
There may be trouble ahead… August 11, 2023August 11, 2023Battlescarred A conference entitled Troublemakers at Work seemed like an obvious place for anarchist communist workplace militants to be. So, some of us went. [...]
Amazon workers strike June 18, 2023June 18, 2023Battlescarred Amazon workers at the Coventry warehouse strike voted for a further 6 months of strike action recently. This came on the 19th day [...]
Make March 15th More Militant! March 14, 2023March 14, 2023Battlescarred March 15th will be important for stepping up industrial action. On February 1st workers from different jobs and industries came out on strike [...]
Massive mobilisations in France February 8, 2023February 8, 2023Battlescarred President Emmanuel Macron is planning to raise the pension age in France by two years to 64. In response there have been two [...]
OCS workers win! October 24, 2022October 24, 2022Battlescarred Fifty health workers employed by the contractor OCS at Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Trust have won their strike. They have been taking [...]
The Wage Labour Gulag March 23, 2022March 24, 2022ACG ‘Fire and rehire’ is the most blatant example of a practice that has existed most recently since the Thatcher era. Zero hour contracts [...]
Chep Strike, Manchester February 8, 2022February 8, 2022ACG Workers at the major makers of pallets, Chep UK, based in Trafford Park, Manchester, went out on indefinite strike from December 17th 2021. [...]
Scottish Teachers Overwhelmingly Reject Pay Offer by 98% in EIS Vote February 1, 2022February 1, 2022ACG Source: Zero for Conduct Teachers in Scotland have voted overwhelming to reject the latest pay offer from Scotland’s local authorities and the Scottish [...]