In:
Soundings, Lawrence and Wishart, Vol. 82, No. 82 ( 2023-03-01), p. 8-26
Abstract:
Mick Lynch is general secretary of the RMT (National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers) and has been leading the union through a difficult strike period since June 2022. Here he is in discussion with Gary Younge, a journalist, author and professor of sociology at the University
of Manchester. Over a wideranging conversation they discuss Lynch's reasons for becoming a trade unionist, and why trade unions are so important; challenging the government's proposed draconian anti-trade union legislation as well as the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act; the need for broad alliances; class politics; Black Lives Matter; climate change; disability; the shift away from the Tories and towards resistance; public sector strikes; Keir Starmer's leadership; how to win the next general election for Labour; and Lynch's primary duty as general secretary of the RMT
to get a deal for RMT members.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1362-6620
DOI:
10.3898/SOUN.82.01.2022
Language:
English
Publisher:
Lawrence and Wishart
Publication Date:
2023
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1336224-0
SSG:
3,6
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