Manchester Public Meeting
TRADE UNIONS OR WORKERS' SELF-INITIATIVE?
PUBLIC MEETING AND DISCUSSION
Attacks on wages, working conditions and public spending are an inevitable response by capitalists to their profit crisis. According to most on the left, joining a trade union is an imperative for socialists: the workers’ only hope of resistance. And yet, while austerity is in full-blown force, trade unions prevaricate and stall over their only useful tool – strike action. Everything within their power is done to minimise disruption to business or the country at large. Is the problem just bad leadership or should we be thinking outside the trade union framework?
We will discuss these ideas and more at our public meeting in Manchester.
When: Monday, 8 December 2025, at 6:30pm
Where: Briton's Protection, 50 Great Bridgewater St, Manchester, M1 5LE
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