trade unions
Listen: People Just Do Something, with striking teacher Nik on trade unionism’s ‘ethical gravy train’
What is a strike? What are trade unions for? How can you organise your workplace? Teacher and NEU rep Nik steps away from the picket line for a 'union bro love-in' with Isaac that answers these questions and more.
‘We need to face them on the streets’: how trade unions are responding to the far-right threat
The scale of the recent far-right turnout in Bristol rattled many trade unionists. Now, an anti-racist taskforce is forming to organise opposition in the South West, but activists say unions must show they have migrant workers’ backs.
‘Collective power is where it’s at’: City Academy workers celebrate strike action successes
Union members at the east Bristol secondary school have achieved most of a series of asks from the academy trust that manages it, after announcing rolling walkouts. Workers say the action has brought staff together.
As nurses vote for historic industrial action, is Bristol facing a winter of strikes?
Nurses have voted for a national strike over pay for the first time ever, joining Bristol workers across multiple industries pushing for better pay and conditions as the UK goes from the cost of living crisis into recession.
