trade unions

Mass action key to winning change

Melbourne protest against Work Choices, September 2007.

Scottish socialists debate trade union links with the Labour Party

November 22, 2013 – Links International Journa

Belgium: Eight questions on trade union independence and politics

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South Africa: 'Beacon of hope' still flickers faintly

By Terry Bell

Belgium: Class trade unionism seeks political expression

Daniel Piron, the Charleroi regional secretary of the FGTB.

Bolivia: Workers to take over closed or abandoned firms; The working class and the political process

By Richard Fidler, La Paz, Bolivia

Mexico: Largest teachers' union actions in history win moral victory, struggle continues

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South Africa: World’s longest running current industrial dispute sets example for us all

By Mike Marqusee

Motsotso wa NUMSA (The NUMSA moment): South Africa's most radical trade union (video)

September 4, 2013 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal

Egypt: Workers' hopes dashed after military coup

"The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions supports the demands of the people's revolution and ca

United States: Socialists, unionists organised MLK's 1963 March for Jobs and Freedom

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'Rocking the Foundations' -- the story of Australia's pioneering red-green trade union

August 14, 2013 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal