Socialism

57. Trade unions: new decade, new challenge


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Do the setbacks in the 2010s mean the unions can't fight today?
The 2010s were a period of major attacks on workers in Britain. But the bosses and their politicians didn’t get things all their own way. The trade unions - the basic self-defence organisations of the working class - fought many important battles, shutting down production to try to force the bosses back.
There were many setbacks in those fights, but there were also victories. Marxists try to learn from both.
With a new decade opening up alongside a change of era in politics and world relations for Britain, what are the lessons of the 2010s for trade union struggle in the 2020s?
This episode of Socialism looks at the trade unions: new decade, new challenge.
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