2022: The Year Trade Unions Came Back
In 2022, trade unions responded to the cost of living crisis with a wave of strikes – the biggest fightback waged by the organised working class in decades.
30 Articles by:
Karl Hansen
Karl Hansen is editor-at-large at Tribune.
When Britain Said ‘Enough is Enough’
On October 1, 57 simultaneous protests took place across the country — from Dundee to Weymouth — against the cost-of-living crisis. Participants were united in their demands for a fundamentally different economic system.
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.
How the Tories Tried to Make Strikes Impossible
For decades, Tory governments have undermined workers’ right to strike – to build a more equal society, we need to unshackle our trade unions.
Airport Chaos Is Caused by Corporate Greed
Government and bosses have tried to blame the travel chaos on lockdowns, but it’s really the result of airlines cutting costs and attacking their workers – the same reason BA staff are taking strike action.
Rail Workers Are Fighting for All of Us
RMT workers across Britain have just voted for the biggest rail strike in decades. They are fighting not only a cost of living squeeze but funding cuts that would destroy the rail system as we know it.
A Queen’s Speech for the Elite
Millions of people in Britain can’t afford to eat. That the government plans to spend this year undermining democracy and fighting culture wars instead of fixing that problem makes it clear whose side it’s on.
P&O Exposes Britain’s Anti-Worker Economy
For decades, attacks on trade unions have decimated workers’ rights in Britain. The P&O scandal is the result – and it could be your job next.
The Tory War on Public Transport
Record fuel prices have left millions struggling to pay for travel. Public transport can be the alternative – but only if years of Tory privatisation and underfunding are reversed.
Record Rail Fares Show Why We Need Public Ownership
This week’s rail fare increase is the highest in almost a decade. With fares rising at twice the level of wages since 2010, there’s only one solution – a return to public ownership.