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THOUSANDS of people will rally across the United States tomorrow in defence of their trade unions, as the Supreme Court prepares to start hearings on a case that could deal a severe blow to unions’ funding.
The Working People’s Day of Action takes place in the run-up to Janus v AFSCME Council 31 reaching the court on Monday.
The case, brought by Illinois state worker Mark Janus but funded by groups linked to wealthy corporations and billionaires, threatens to make all state and local government workplace a “right to work” site.
The new Employment Rights Act is a step forward, but restoring collective bargaining and union power remains essential to tackling insecurity, outsourcing and low pay, says PAUL WHITEHOUSE
The biggest strike in global history is a template for our future. The silence tells you all you need to know, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
This strike is about pay and conditions, says CAMERON HARRISON – but it also shows workers have the power to disrupt the mightiest war machine on Earth
It is only trade union power at work that will materially improve the lot of working people as a class but without sector-wide collective bargaining and a right to take sympathetic strike action, we are hamstrung in the fight to tilt back the balance of power, argues ADRIAN WEIR