We are entering a period of heightened class struggle. The so-called Cost of
Living Crisis has seen significant sections of the working class refuse to meeklyaccept pay offers that are way under inflation and therefore wage cuts. And theunions have been forced to make moves, militant noises and call strikes. And theidea of striking is proving popular. There is talk of a General Strike ( seewww.anarchistcommunism.org/2022/06/21/why-a-general-strike-is-better-than-a-general-strike/for our thoughts on generalizing the strikes). ---- UNISON Local Governmentworkers in Scotland have voted for strike action in response to the ‘final' payoffer of 2%, with nine local authority branches exceeding the required 50%turnout threshold required by the Trade Union Act. It remains to be seen if theunions will be able to avoid calling a strike.Unite Subway (underground railway) workers in Glasgow have voted to strike,calling days when their action will impact Scottish Premier League football. A UKwide ASLEF train driver's strike is scheduled for July 31st whilst BT workers inthe Communications Workers Union (CWU) have taken action this week, and postalworkers in CWU look like they will be going out on strike shortly.Aside from the ongoing, though presently fragmented, pension fight, theUniversity and College Union (UCU) are preparing to ballot on the 3% pay offer(effectively a serious pay cut) which has been rejected by all Higher Education(HE) unions. UNISON in HE are balloting, but there remains the possibility thatdespite the rejection, not all unions will take action together thereby weakeningthe fight.The RMT and the ‘white collar' transport union, TSSA, are to strike in August fortwo days. Like with the July 27th RMT strike, the rail system will be severelyimpacted.But let's not get carried away. RMT's leader Mick Lynch has indeed exposed thecombination of ignorance and malice that the various government representativesembody, but he is part of a union bureaucracy that has to work within theconfines of legality and in a way that will not ultimately jeopardize the union'sseat at the table.There is anger, there are masses of workers who are ready for mobilisation andaction, but there is almost no significant rank and file organization in most TUCaffiliated unions so workers are dependent upon their national officials. Someare more left than others, but the fight will remain in their hands unless therank and file take control.There is the possibility of spreading strike action to non-unionised sectors, thestrike at Cranswick Continental Foods in Bury by a multi-national super exploitedworkforce was organised without a union. This inspirational self-organised strikehas the potential to be replicated as momentum builds and workers gain in confidence.But there remains a crucial need to create rank and file bodies that will controlthe struggles from below and extend them to ever wider groups of workers.https://surreyanarchistcommunistgroup.blogspot.com/2022/08/strikes-towards-summer-and-autumn.html_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.caSPREAD THE INFORMATION
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