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Workers Can Win! A Guide To Organising At Work

Workers Can Win! A Guide to Organising At Work – Book Launch

By Katy Preen | 16 September, 2022Review

A new book from Manchester author and activist Ian Allinson tells you everything you wanted to know about workplace organising but were afraid to ask, and some things you hadn’t even thought of.

Alstom sign outside Longsight depot with image of striking worker next to it.

Rail workers strike in Longsight over Alstom Christmas pay-freeze

By Nick Prescott | 7 December, 2020News

Maintenance staff at Manchester’s Longsight train depot have walked out and are set for multiple 24 hour strikes across December over an international pay freeze imposed by train manufacturer Alstom.

Unite demonstation for bus drivers in Manchester

Stop using pandemic as cover to ‘fire and rehire’, Unite warns Manchester bus company

By Alex King, Nick Prescott | 14 September, 2020News

Unite leader Len McCluskey warns Go North West parent company Go Ahead Group it risks industrial action if it continues with plans to “fire and rehire” nearly 500 Manchester bus drivers, which would see each driver lose an estimated £2,000 a year.

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