Trade unionism in crisis - a programme for action

The working class and trade unions are facing an historic challenge. Corporate-driven globalisation has changed for ever the relationships between workers and employers, in both public and private sectors. Old-style compromises are out and confrontation is in as jobs are moved from Britain to lower labour cost countries and public services become commercialised. Yet the present leadership of the trade unions - including the so-called "awkward squad" - is clearly incapable of taking up these new challenges.

This pamphlet was written by trade unionists who are members of the Movement for a Socialist Future. It is aimed at stimulating the discussion already taking place in the unions about the future direction of the labour movement.

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No. 1 An alternative outlook

"No social revolution in history has taken place without a body of ideas which have given people an alternative viewpoint to the ruling ideology."

No. 2 The alternative to New Labour

"So in practice, the Third Way tries to abolish classes by imposing the interests of the minority on the majority. It is no coincidence that the Third Way was a term used by Mussolini's Fascists to justify their suppression of the working class."

No. 3 Raising the cultural horizon

"The drive to make ever greater profits through mass production and consumption of film, music and TV has led to a form of cultural standardisation."