Many workers are gaining confidence to join the resistance to pay cuts and privatisation. Charlie Kimber assesses the pressure oon Gordon Brown from below

Many workers are gaining confidence to join the resistance to pay cuts and privatisation. Charlie Kimber assesses the pressure on Gordon Brown from below.

The postal workers’ strikes have seen 130,000 workers taking action, with picket lines in every town and city across the country. Charlie Kimber looks at the impact of the dispute and how the political fallout has led many union members to question trade union links with the Labour Party.

The great success of this week’s pension strike rattled Tony Blair and his iron chancellor Gordon Brown. That’s why, hours into the action, they were forced to offer talks to the unions.

New academic research gives the lie to Labour’s claims that they are creating a healthier, more equal society.