TUC lobby demands no retreat on pensions

Name the date for the next strike! Hundreds of rank and file union members protested outside the TUC last night on the lobby of the TUC's Public Services Liaison Group called by the National Shop Stewards Network, writes Rob Williams, (Chair, National Shop Stewards Network).

The lobby articulated the feelings of anger of hundreds of thousands of public sector trade unionists faced with the prospect of their leadership agreeing to a rotten deal.

The lobby, and the campaign around it, had an important effect in forcing TUC leader Brendan Barber and UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis to partially step back from complete and immediate capitulation.

See http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/13371/20-12-2011/tuc-lobby-demands-...

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[davidbennett60]

TUC may not do anything except manipulate their own political careers.

Just like the movie "Special Relationship"!

Hope you find some grass roots support from the occupy movement for the next general strike in January.

[TheSocialistParty]

@davidbennett60 The occupy movement is very important. Equally a grass roots organisation based in the trade union movement is critical. And what 2011 has shown is that under mass pressure the TUC will move. But as John McInally suggests, ultimately where trade union leaders fail to rise to the tasks, at local, regional and national level, they must be replaced. Recent history shows that this happens.

[tellyontellyon]

The Labour Party and it's die-hard supporters want us to be all united behind their leadership.

The Labour Party certainly WILL unite the working class if they can.... We will all be united in poverty and deprivation.

The TUC needs a new leadership, as do many of the Trade Unions. The Labour Party's problems go much deeper than its leaders: We need a new workers party.

[neilcaff]

A very successful lobby, building pressure which helped force U-turn when Pickles letter came out yesterday. Now we need to build for the PCS Left Unity meeting on January 7th. It's an open meeting for all trade union activists who are opposed to the sell out of the pensions deal.