YCL Central Committee Political Report: May 2026
[First delivered by Matthew Miller at the May 2026 meeting of the YCL Central Committee meeting, 30th-31st May] There is a staggering figure of one million NEETs (Not in Education, Employment or Training) in Britain. That is one million people who are currently looking for a purpose who can be taken up. Although, with the […]
Learning from the General Strike
100 years on from the end of the General Strike, we look at 3 key lessons from this great chapter of our movement’s history
Tariffs, strikes, and women’s rights
Matthew Miller delivers the April political report of the YCL Central Committee
Strike militancy and escalation
Eben Dombay Williams writes about what workers in Britain can learn from the protests in France, and how we can increase trade union militancy
What comes next for the student movement?
A wave of militancy has swept across British campuses. Jack Davidson argues students must link their fight to the broader class struggle, to ensure continued success.
Education sector promises historic strike action
A fresh wave of strike action is coming to Britain’s education sector, as school and university staff fight years of below-inflation pay deals and worsening conditions.
Hard-won progress for Scottish local authority workers
Strike action by Unite, GMB, and Unison in Scottish local authorities this year was a heroic but difficult fight, with unions facing many hurdles in the process.
Royal College of Nursing set for historic nationwide strike
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has voted to take strike action across the UK for the first time in the union’s history. Members will be striking to fight against worsening pay and conditions, as the latest union to take action in this year’s wave of strikes.
The campaign to save London’s buses
Robin Talbot writes on TFL’s planned cuts on London’s buses, and the campaign led by bus workers to resist it
Secessio plebis: the ‘world’s first general strike’
In the wave of mass industrial action across Britain, this article look back in time to a momentous piece of working class history, and to what could be the world’s first general strike
