POINTS OF DISORDER #2

NEXT time a bore moans that unions and strikes never achieve anything, tell them about Durham and Derby school teaching assistants. By taking a stand, the mainly female classroom workforces and Unison fought off big pay cuts.

Resistance, determination, organisation and community campaigning won the day. The historic 1888 London matchgirls’ strikers would be proud of their 2017 great-grandaughters.