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Martin Smith
ADCU members protest at Uber's treatment of its workforce
Features / 28 January 2025
28 January 2025
Martin Smith speaks to general secretary of the App Drivers and Couriers Union ZAMIR DRENI about his members’ fight against the nefarious methods of exploitation by shadowy app giants like Uber and Bolt
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Features / 31 August 2024
31 August 2024
MARTIN SMITH says unions must be proactive if Labour's promises are to be turned into tangible gains for workers
Starmer TUC
Features / 27 February 2024
27 February 2024
As the prospect of a Labour government becomes increasingly likely, MARTIN SMITH looks at the lessons for unions from the 1997-2010 era and focuses on what our core goals should be today
Trade unions 8.9.23
Features / 7 September 2023
7 September 2023
MARTIN SMITH revisits some core organising principles that were to the fore in battles of the ’90s and which remain just as relevant today
UPSURGE: A PCS on the picket line in May this year
Features / 20 June 2023
20 June 2023
Former head of organising at GMB MARTIN SMITH puts forward eight principles to capitalise on the current wave of militancy
Members of GMB rally in Coventry during the first ever strik
Features / 29 May 2023
29 May 2023
Apps like Uber, Bolt, Deliveroo and entities like Amazon are major employers — and a major obstacle to traditional post-1945 trade unionism. We too, must update, writes MARTIN SMITH