Manchester rail workers win unionist’s job back

Vol. 86/No. 25 - July 11, 2022

MANCHESTER, England — “We’re learning we can use union power,” Rail, Maritime and Transport Union activist Pete Clifford told a rally in solidarity with striking rail workers here June 25. Clifford had returned to work June 14 after a union…


Over 10,000 rally against boss, UK gov’t attacks on living standards

Vol. 86/No. 24 - July 4, 2022
Picket line by rail workers in Manchester, England, June 21, part of daylong strike actions by more than 40,000 RMT members across the country for better pay and opposing job cuts.

LONDON — More than ten thousand trade unionists from around the U.K. joined a June 18 demonstration here to protest mounting assaults on living standards. The action was called by the Trades Union Congress. “We’re being mugged,” Mesol Sapie, a…


UK rail workers demand bosses rehire fired unionist

Vol. 86/No. 23 - June 13, 2022

MANCHESTER, England — Rail bosses’ attempt to fire union fighter Peter Clifford here is being met by a strong response from workers and their union determined to win his job back. A statement from Clifford’s Rail, Maritime and Transport union…


UK rail workers vote to strike for better pay and to stop job cuts

Vol. 86/No. 23 - June 13, 2022

MANCHESTER, England — A large majority of the 40,000 union members at 15 train operating companies across the U.K. and Network Rail, the company responsible for rail infrastructure, voted May 25 to authorize a strike over wages, job cuts and…


Refuse collectors, street cleaners in Rugby strike for wage raise

Vol. 86/No. 22 - June 6, 2022

RUGBY, England — Some 70 street cleaners, lorry drivers and loaders here have been on strike since April 26 for higher pay. “The 1.75% wage offer from the Local Government Association is a wage cut when you think inflation is…


UK rail cleaners strike for higher wages, sick pay

Vol. 86/No. 21 - May 30, 2022

LONDON — “Our living expenses are increasing so we need better pay,” striking train cleaner Rositsa Tomova told the Militant  outside St. Pancras International railway station here April 30. Tomova led other strikers, members of the Rail Maritime and Transport…


UK pallet workers celebrate gains

Vol. 86/No. 19 - May 16, 2022

MANCHESTER, England — “We are proud, many thought this wasn’t achievable but we stuck together to the end,” strike leader Gary Walker told the Militant  April 27 as workers at the Trafford Park warehouse here celebrated their victory over CHEP,…


UK pallet workers win support in strike for higher pay

Vol. 86/No. 14 - April 11, 2022

MANCHESTER, England —  “We’ve already won a lot,” Garry Walker, Unite union representative at CHEP, told the Militant during a solidarity party for pallet workers who are into their 16th week on strike. They were joined by trade unionists from…


Union protests challenge sacking of 800 UK ferry workers

Vol. 86/No. 13 - April 4, 2022

DOVER, England — Hundreds of seafarers and workers from other unions joined protests here and in other ports across the country denouncing the summary dismissal of 800 workers by P&O Ferries shipping company. In a planned union-busting assault, P&O vessels…


Women’s rights fighter Jennifer Swayne thrown in jail in Wales

Vol. 86/No. 9 - March 7, 2022
Protest outside Newport Central Police Station Jan. 31 in support of Jennifer Swayne, whose home was searched and was arrested for having a book that says sex is biologically determined.

LONDON — In an attack on the rights of all working people, Gwent police arrested women’s rights campaigner Jennifer Swayne under thought-control “hate-crime” laws Jan. 23. They searched her home, seizing materials, including the book Transgender Children and Young People:…