Trade unions in Britain today
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In: Labour history review 75.2010,Suppl.
In: Critique: journal of socialist theory, Band 51, Heft 2-3, S. 305-361
ISSN: 1748-8605
In: Capital & class, Band 43, Heft 1, S. 179-187
ISSN: 2041-0980
In: Critique: journal of socialist theory, Band 46, Heft 1, S. 131-161
ISSN: 1748-8605
Bob Crow was an outstanding leader of British trade unionism in the early 21st century. As general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union, Crow championed industrial militancy. He maximised his position as a public figure to proselytise for public ownership of the railways and criticise the Conservatives, New Labour and the European Union. He opposed austerity and fostered initiatives to regroup the left and create an alternative to the Labour Party. This article develops a critique of a recent biography of Crow written from a Marxist perspective to appraise his career through the prism of Marxist approaches to trade unionism. It analyses Crow's role as a union leader and explores his political projects such as No2EU and the Trade Union and Socialist Coalition. His contribution is assessed in relation to contemporary issues such as Brexit and the resurgence of the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn. The article concludes that measured against a Marxist template, Crow was closer to Lenin's 'trade union leader' than his 'tribune of the people'. Despite his industrial achievements, he remained within the framework of the militant trade unionism and left reformism he absorbed during his formative years, rather than an advocate of class politics and revolutionary socialism.
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In: Labor history, Band 58, Heft 4, S. 506-539
ISSN: 1469-9702
In: Labor history, Band 57, Heft 3, S. 347-373
ISSN: 1469-9702
In: Critique: journal of socialist theory, Band 44, Heft 1-2, S. 31-65
ISSN: 1748-8605
In: Critique: journal of socialist theory, Band 44, Heft 1, S. 31
ISSN: 0301-7605
In: Labor history, Band 56, Heft 5, S. 541-565
ISSN: 1469-9702
In: Capital & class, Band 38, Heft 3, S. 609-616
ISSN: 2041-0980
In: Critique: journal of socialist theory, Band 42, Heft 4, S. 497-526
ISSN: 1748-8605