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Threats made against election candidate in 1922, Support for oil project in 1972 and Dounreay strike threat in 1997
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Threats made against election candidate in 1922, Support for oil project in 1972 and Dounreay strike threat in 1997
Mouvement Communiste's detailed account and analysis of the oil industry construction workers' wildcat strikes of 2009.
Against a backdrop of apathy and to no great fanfare, important events are unfolding within the Labour movement. The candidates to succeed Len McCluskey as general secretary of Unite, Labour’s largest affiliate union and biggest paymaster, are seeking the branch nominations needed to gain entry to the ballot of members. Already, we are deep into the arcane language of a movement in love with its own procedures. The rules are Byzantine and the initial electorate is limited to committed activists, so winning the right to stand is much of the battle. It has got harder, too. The threshold for...