Don’t Let Them Kill Royal Mail
Bosses at Royal Mail are attacking the terms and conditions of its workforce and plotting to ‘Uberise’ the postal service. Against these plans, the posties’ strike is a battle for the future of the economy as whole.
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Taj Ali
Taj Ali is an industrial correspondent at Tribune.
‘It’s Simply Not Safe for Patients’: Nurses on the Strike to Save the NHS
Long shifts, low staffing, high pressure, debilitating burnout, pay that doesn’t go far enough – nurses speak to Tribune about today’s strike, and about why improving workers’ conditions is the only way to save our NHS.
Highway Workers Are Driving the Fight for Fair Pay
With greater pressures on the road network, the job of a traffic officer has seldom been more crucial. But under this government, they’ve faced real pay cut after real pay cut – so now, they’re striking to demand their worth.
Rail Workers Are On Our Side
For far too long, railway workers and passengers alike have been shafted by a government hellbent on destroying our railways for the pursuit of profit. Railway workers are fighting back – for all of us.
The Tories are the Real Threat to Public Safety
The Tories presided over a campaign of cuts since linked to the deaths of 330,000 people. They’re in no position to demonise workers now striking to save the public services those cuts brought to their knees.
Why Sixth Form Staff Are Saying Enough Is Enough
Thousands of teachers at 77 sixth forms are out on strike today. After a 20% real-terms pay cut since 2010 and chronic underfunding, they’re not only fighting for themselves – they’re fighting for the future of our colleges.
‘We Can’t Do the Work if We Can’t Pay the Rent’: Why Shelter Workers Are Going on Strike
By imposing a real-terms pay cut on workers in a cost of living crisis, the leadership at Shelter are exacerbating the very insecurities their housing charity exists to fight – so now, those workers are going on strike.
Jacob’s Workers Won’t Settle for Crumbs
Bosses at the Jacob’s factory in Aintree, Liverpool tried to slap their employees with a pathetic 4% pay offer – so now, 750 workers have gone on indefinite strike to demand their worth.
Slum Housing Is Social Murder
Yesterday, a coroner ruled that 2-year-old Awaab Ishak died as a result of prolonged exposure to mould. The tragedy exposes the lethal consequences of Britain’s slum housing.
Matt Wrack: ‘You Can Change Your Own Lives, If You Are Organised’
Tribune sits down with the Fire Brigades Union’s Matt Wrack to discuss the Tory assault on public services, the prospect of a firefighters’ strike – and how we rebuild a fighting trade union movement for the 21st century.
Why Teachers Are Saying Enough Is Enough
A decade of Tory cuts has left teachers grappling with crisis after crisis – so today, hundreds of thousands begin balloting on national strike action.
‘I’ve Never Known It So Bad’: Civil Servants on Why They’re Ready to Strike
This year’s pathetic 2% pay offer for civil servants came hot on the heels of a decade of ‘pay restraint’. It’s not a one-off from the government, it’s a pattern – and industrial action is the only way to change it.
From the Petty to the Vicious, Bosses are Penalising Striking Workers
In Britain, there’s no formal protection for staff whose employers make life difficult for them because they’ve been on strike – another way our laws put bosses’ interests above workers’ needs.
‘Self-Defence is No Offence!’: Remembering the Bradford 12
40 years ago, the Bradford 12 were arrested by a racist police force for trying to defend their community from fascists. Speaking to Tribune, they recall the solidarity that helped secure their freedom, and the ongoing urgency of resistance.
‘I Can’t Afford to Live’: How the Tories are Punishing the Poor
By threatening the biggest real-terms cut to benefits ever made in a single year, the Tories are making it clear they don’t care about ‘making work pay’ – they care about punishing the poor.
Why Nurses Are Saying Enough is Enough
The NHS is the pride of Britain, but the last decade has seen pay for nurses fall dramatically and food banks set up in hospitals. It’s a disgraceful situation that can’t be tolerated any longer.
Luton’s Enough is Enough Rally Was a Powerful Show of Working-Class Unity
In a town consistently misrepresented as a hub of religious and racial tension, Luton’s Enough is Enough rally was a clear reminder that what working class people have in common is so much more than what divides us.
The State Doesn’t Care About Protecting Free Speech
The ruling class loves to cry ‘free speech’ when it serves its culture war. The arrest of republican protestors this week has proved just how superficial that commitment really is.
‘I’ve Got Nothing Left’: The Cancer Survivor Striking Against Royal Mail
Emma, a 45-year-old postal worker, survived cancer only to find her life plagued by low wages and overwork. Now, she’s on the picket line taking on Royal Mail – and demanding respect for the workers they once clapped.
Bus Workers Are Driving the Fight for Fair Pay
After bus workers kept the country moving during Covid, Arriva is now trying to slap hundreds of them in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Hertfordshire with a real-terms pay cut. The workers are having none of it.