Right to strike defended
In a week when Essex Police visited the bin workers' picket line at the behest of Thurrock Council, Mick Hall argues the nature of policing in Britain is inseparable from…
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Thurrock bin workers set to take on rubbish employers
Thurrock refuse workers voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action with a 90.7% yes vote in the industrial action ballot with a 73.5% turnout. The Unite the Union members are…
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A force to be reckoned with? Thurrock’s labour movement in the 1970s
In the early 1970s the Tory government tried to unleash war on the working class. Workers in Thurrock defied anti-union laws, took unofficial action and struck to support other workers.…
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Thurrock refuse workers vote to strike against wage slash
In May the Bureau of Investigative Journalism found that Thurrock Council's debt dwarfs their annual budget of £220 million. The Tory-run administration borrowed and invested more than £1 billion, from…
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