March 15th will be important for stepping up industrial action. On February 1st
workers from different jobs and industries came out on strike together. This timethe number of different sectors taking action has increased. ---- Teachers atschools, sixth forms and colleges are already on strike, as are juniordoctors.133,000 civil servants are due to strike, as are London Undergroundworkers. Amazon workers will also be striking on the day. ---- However, unionbureaucrats are continuing to sabotage struggle. Postal workers won't be comingout on March 15th and neither will most rail workers. Neither will nurses andambulance workers. The nurses' union, the RCN , called off strikes as did UNISONrepresenting various hospital workers.The RCN called off strikes in Wales at the beginning of February over a ballot toaccept a 6.5 pay deal, well below inflation, plus a lump sum while in Englandstrikes were called off without even a pay offer. In Scotland a deal for a belowinflation pay offer of 7.5% was agreed for 2022, with a 6.5% offer for thecurrent year being pushed by the RCN leadership.The Unison, GMB and Unite unions stopped strikes by ambulance workers on March5th, and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy halted strikes of 64,000physiotherapists and support workers.This shows that what we in the ACG have been saying all along is proving to betrue. Union bureaucrats are halting strikes whilst they negotiate below inflationdeals. This has seriously affected strikes by health workers and transportworkers and education workers in Scotland. The education workers union the NEUstopped strike action in Wales and called for acceptance of a below inflation11.8% pay offer.This shows that what we in the ACG have been saying all along is proving to betrue. Union bureaucrats are halting strikes whilst they negotiate below inflationdeals. Even more reason to develop organisation at a grassroots level, to createstrike committees and establish joint liaisons between workers in differentsectors in order to take control of the struggles.https://www.anarchistcommunism.org/2023/03/14/make-march-15th-more-militant/_________________________________________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.ca
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