https://znetwork.org/author/mick-lynch/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Thu, 29 Aug 2024 16:51:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/mick-lynch/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/they-want-to-divide-the-working-class/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/they-want-to-divide-the-working-class/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2024 15:52:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1271472 Novara Media spoke to Mick Lynch at Massive Attack’s Climate Action Accelerator]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/they-want-to-divide-the-working-class/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/we-need-to-end-the-disastrous-experiment-of-rail-privatization/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/we-need-to-end-the-disastrous-experiment-of-rail-privatization/#respond Tue, 14 Nov 2023 18:20:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1257487 On November 5, 1993, John Major’s right-wing Tory government passed the Railways Act. The act moved ahead with what even Margaret Thatcher had considered a step too far: the privatization of Britain’s railways. Since then, at least £31 billion has leaked out of the network and into the hands of the private sector, and we [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/we-need-to-end-the-disastrous-experiment-of-rail-privatization/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/mick-lynch-the-governments-new-anti-union-laws-are-a-form-of-conscription/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/mick-lynch-the-governments-new-anti-union-laws-are-a-form-of-conscription/#respond Thu, 05 Jan 2023 15:18:45 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1236286 2022 saw the greatest number of strike days in Britain since the early 1980s. This wave of resistance has inspired millions – but it has also led to a fierce backlash from the government. In addition to another round of austerity, their response now involves a new round of anti-union laws designed to impede the growing [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/mick-lynch-the-governments-new-anti-union-laws-are-a-form-of-conscription/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/mick-lynch-is-tired-of-workers-getting-screwed/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/mick-lynch-is-tired-of-workers-getting-screwed/#respond Sat, 30 Jul 2022 13:11:00 +0000 https://zcomm-staging.work/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1197703 In the weeks since forty thousand National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) members voted for strike action — the largest rail strike since at least the 1980s — a lot has changed in the national conversation. The cost of living crisis has pushed millions of workers to the brink of poverty. After [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/mick-lynch-is-tired-of-workers-getting-screwed/feed/ 0