Hundreds of thousands of workers are walking out together next week – the latest wave in Britain's strike tsunami. Not since the 1970s has the ...

Hundreds of thousands of workers are walking out together next week – the latest wave in Britain’s strike tsunami. Not since the 1970s has the country seen such levels of industrial action. We must learn the lessons from this period of struggle.
Strikes and industrial militancy in the 1970s

Many demonstrators voiced their support of the national general strike taking place in Peru on 15 December, and raised the need for the workers and ...

Following the ousting of President Castillo last December, the struggle in Peru is sharpening, with state repression against protestors and activists. The international labour movement must show solidarity with Peruvian workers and peasants.
Solidarity with Peruvian workers and peasants! Down with the coup!

Nurses in the RCN have taken their first ever day of national strike action, to combat the severe crisis in the NHS. We spoke to nurses at picket ...

Nurses in the RCN have taken their first ever day of national strike action, to combat the severe crisis in the NHS. We spoke to nurses at picket lines across the country, who were determined to win their struggle against the bosses and the Tories.
RCN Strikes: Nurses show their strength

This week the Rail Maritime and Transport union (RMT) is once again undertaking strike action in the national rail dispute over pay, pensions, jobs, ...

Despite a barrage of attacks from the capitalist media, striking rail workers are holding firm. Joined by striking posties and nurses in solidarity, Socialist Appeal supporters also visited RMT pickets across the country.
RMT members hold firm as action escalates

Other workers and unions – such as civil servants in the PCS, or teachers in the NEU – are seeing a return of national strike action after years ...

Britain’s winter of discontent has begun. With nurses, ambulance staff, and border guards all taking action, the country is set for its biggest month of strikes in decades. And the struggle is set to intensify, as the Tories threaten repression.
Tories bare their teeth as strikewave develops into a tsunami