{"id":232501,"date":"2022-08-29T10:32:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T10:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/?page_id=232501"},"modified":"2022-09-18T14:41:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T14:41:11","slug":"september-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/september-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- TOP SECTION --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row justify-content-between mb-1\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-xl-6 p-2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-xl-6\">\n<h3 style=\"color: #de240d;\">New UK anti-union legislation<\/h3>\n<p>Following the July 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3uM0IGl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UK government decision to allow agency workers to replace striking workers<\/a>, the <strong style=\"color: #de240d;\">Executive Committee<\/strong> has issued the following statement: &#8220;We are approaching a new phase in a long history of anti-union legislation, from both Tory and Labour governments.<\/p>\n<p>The SPGB opposes any attempt to restrict workers\u2019 ability to take collective action to protect or improve conditions of employment.<\/p>\n<p>We will therefore support union efforts to resist the current government\u2019s declared aim of allowing agency workers to be used as strike breakers.<\/p>\n<p>We urge all of our fellow-workers to join an appropriate union, but remind them that this can only ever be a defensive response, that equity is not possible for wage slaves and that the only way to ensure sustained well-being for us all is by replacing the crazed pursuit of profit for the few with a classless society of cooperation, where everything is produced solely to meet human needs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- SECOND SECTION --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row mb-1\">\n<p><!-- SECOND SECTION, COL 1 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-4 mb-1\">\n<div style=\"height: 100%; border-radius: 15px; background-color: white; border: 2px solid darkred; padding: 15px; min-height: 80px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-221325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Puzzle2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"51\" \/>First time?<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/welcome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong> START HERE \u27a4<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nForget what you think you know about socialism&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- SECOND SECTION, COL 2 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-4 mb-1\">\n<div style=\"height: 100%; border-radius: 15px; background-color: white; border: 2px solid darkred; padding: 15px; min-height: 80px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-212964\" title=\"Discord logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Discord-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"45\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020s\/2022\/no-1417-september-2022\/september-2022-meetings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong> SEPTEMBER LIVE \u27a4<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nJoin our Discord server <a href=\"mailto:spgb.discord@worldsocialism.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><br \/>\nLoads of talks, debates, other audio stuff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/audio-index\/\">here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"height: 100%; col-12 col-md-4 mb-1\">\n<div style=\"border-radius: 15px; background-color: white; border: 2px solid darkred; padding: 15px; min-height: 80px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/forums\/\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-221326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Trumpet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"46\" \/>FORUMS, BLOGS, CHATS \u27a4<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nWant to chat, discuss, ask a question, disagree? 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