‘Trade Union Rights’ campaign news

‘You’re an inspiration’ - LRC message to 10 May strikers

Up to half a million trade unionists took strike action on 10 May against the government’s attacks on public sector pensions. The LRC sent its solidarity to all those unions taking part: PCS, Unite, UCU, the RMT, NIPSA and the ISU. POA members in the prison service - who don’t have the right to strike - walked out in defiance of the anti-union laws too. [continue...]

FEATURE: Victory! How the sparks burned the construction bosses

Steve Kelly (Unite London Construction) and Russ Blakely (Unite Portsmouth District 0750) report on the inspirational campaign by construction workers against attempts by construction bosses to impose new terms and conditions across the industry. [continue...]

FEATURE: Building community trade unionism

At LRC annual conference in November, motion 14 was passed which committed the LRC “to support Unite’s policy of building community trade unionism”. Below, Unite NEC member and chair of Unite United Left, Martin Mayer, sets out why Unite has launched community membership and what the benefits are to those joining as well as to the whole of the trade union movement. [continue...]

FEATURE: Sex work is work

“Within the LRC I don’t need to apologise for who I am”, says LRC member and sex worker, Thierry Schaffauser [continue...]

LRC pays tribute to life of Andy Viner

LRC National Committee member Andy Viner has died following injuries sustained in a car crash. The LRC wishes to pay tribute to Andy, who was an elected official of the ASLEF union and a hard-working trade unionist and socialist. We offer our condolences to his family and to all those who knew Andy as a friend and a comrade. Andy’s funeral will take place on Friday 1 July in Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire. (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) for more details [continue...]

Solidarity with ASLEF members on Boxing Day

The LRC has written to ASLEF to offer its solidarity to its London Underground members taking industrial action on 26 December. We note the strong mandate from members for this action who voted nine to one to take industrial action. [continue...]

Lawful Industrial Action Bill falls in Parliament

The Tories and Lib Dems today (Fri 22 Oct) talked out the Lawful Industrial Action Bill, proposed by John McDonnell MP, and supported by every trade union - having won the unanimous backing of the 2010 TUC Congress in September. [continue...]

Lobby your MP to back the Lawful Industrial Action (Minor Errors) Bill

John McDonnell MP is sponsoring the Lawful Industrial Action (Minor Errors) Bill as his private members Bill in Parliament. The Bill would tackle the increasing practice by employers of using minor technical errors in the balloting process - which have no material effect on the outcome - to take unions to court in order to prevent them from taking industrial action. [continue...]

PRESS: Government attacks civil service workers’s rights

The Government intends to cut the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (CSCS) - affecting hundreds of thousands of public sector workers – by scrapping the requirement to obtain the agreement of staff representatives before changes can be made to accrued rights. [continue...]

PRESS: John McDonnell launches Bill to restore the right to strike

John McDonnell, supported by the Trade Union Co-ordinating Group, presented his Private Members’ Bill to parliament today. If adopted, the Bill would significantly improve unions’ ability to defend their members and would be the first step towards the full restoration of trade union rights. [continue...]

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