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Taj Ali is a former editor of Tribune.
Throughout its history, the fire service has endured brutal cuts and damaging deregulation. It’s only when firefighters have taken matters into their own hands that things have changed – for them, and for us.
Today, more than 10,000 London Underground workers are on strike. They’re fighting against cuts that threaten their jobs, terms and conditions – and will decimate services for the public.
After years of falling pay and impossible workloads, junior doctors are organising to fight back.
This week, Amazon workers in Britain are taking part in their biggest strike yet against the corporate giant. Their groundbreaking organising campaign shows that workers can fight back against injustice – even in the most hostile of environments.
The teachers’ strike is about more than just fair pay — it’s a fight for the future of education.
Mukhtar Dar, a former member of the Sheffield Asian Youth Movement and the Pakistani Workers Association, speaks to Tribune about the rich tradition of political activism in the British South Asian community – and why it’s time to reignite that fighting spirit.
The weekend wasn’t handed to us on a platter – it was fought for tooth and nail by the working-class.
This week, Amazon workers in Coventry have embarked on a second wave of historic strike action. Picket lines are bigger, workers are louder – and resolve is stronger than ever.
The failure of politicians to address the cost of living crisis has created the conditions for a resurgence of the far-right – and we need a strong trade union movement to defeat them.
Years of attacks on terms and conditions have pushed nurses to the brink. Now they’re striking not only for fair pay, but to protect the NHS for future generations.
Underpaid, overworked, and struggling to hold up a health service in collapse: junior doctors tell Tribune about the constant crises they face on the wards – and why the only answer is to vote for strike action.
Firefighters in the FBU have voted overwhelmingly for strike action. In the face of a decade of falling pay and constant cuts, it’s a desperate attempt to save their service.
Amazon is one of the world’s wealthiest companies, but its workers aren’t paid enough to live on. That’s why today, staff at its Coventry warehouse made history by staging the first-ever official UK strike.
Faced with successive cuts to both their service and their pay, Environment Agency workers have had enough. They speak to Tribune about why they’re on strike for the first time in their history.
Railway cleaners were hailed as heroes during the pandemic for keeping trains safe. But their bosses still refuse to pay them a living wage – so they are taking part in their first ever national strike to demand their worth.
As 2022 draws to a close, Tribune looks back at ten landmark trade union victories – showing how organised workers are fighting back against greed and exploitation.
Postal workers have played a vital role in communities for centuries – but now that’s under existential threat from a corporate leadership hell-bent on turning Royal Mail into another Uber. We can’t let that happen.
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.
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.
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.