Culture
Workers at BIMM (British and Irish Modern Music Academy) have scored a major victory against management attempts to impose draconian changes to working conditions and compulsory redundancies. Eddie Conlon explains how, with a well organised campaign and the full support of their students, the lecturers have again shown that effective
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The courage and tenacity of the Debenhams workers has been a sight to behold. Eddie Conlon assesses the impact of the strike and argues that there are five key lessons to be drawn. The Debenhams strike has been truly remarkable and will go down in the history of the Irish,
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Yesterday marked 300 days since the Debenhams workers began their struggle for a fair redundancy package. Despite government denials, Eddie Conlon presents three ways that they could meet workers demands and settle this dispute. It’s over 300 days since the Debenhams workers began the fight for their ‘2 plus
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As calls come for unions to shake off passivity in the the face of recent workers’ struggle, one touted alternative is to break away to form more left-wing red unions. As part of our Power in a Union series, Eddie Conlon argues that while this desire is at times
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In first of a new series, Power in a Union, Eddie Conlon explores the nature of trade union leadership and how socialists in unions should relate to it. The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated the brutality of the capitalist system. Across the globe employers have shown complete disregard for workers’
Covid-19
Despite polls showing support for continuing the lockdown, employers are attempting to put people back to work. Eddie Conlon discusses the relationship between capitalism and workers’ safety, and argues that the lockdown should continue – on workers’ terms. Each year hundreds of thousands of workers…die of work-related accidents and
Covid-19
Clearer than ever, we can see that those workers who have historically been the poorest paid are some of the most important of all. Eddie Conlon argues it’s time to pay them what they deserve. The Covid-19 crisis has shone a light on those who really matter in
Covid-19
The Coronavirus crisis has laid bare the lengths capitalism will go to in order to preserve its profits, putting workers, families, and wider society at serious risk. Eddie Conlon reports on workers leading the fightback the world over. “They don’t care about our health!” So says a Pittsburgh sanitation