Workers Can Win

Workers Can Win! A nuts-and-bolts guide to organising your workplace from a longtime labour activist

Drawing on more than 20 years of organising experience, the book combines practical techniques with an analysis of the theory and politics of organising and unions. It offers insight into tried and tested methods for effective organising. It deals with tactics and strategies, and addresses some of the roots of conflict, common problems with unions and the resistance of management to worker organising.

Ian Allinson has been a workplace activist since 1991, mostly working for a private sector employer where he led the first national strike in the IT industry. He served ten years on the national Executive Committees of Amicus and Unite, and was a candidate for Unite General Secretary in 2017. He is currently industrial action coordinator on the executive committee of Manchester TUC, where he was previously President.

Illustrations by Colin Revolting.