Labour Hub: Workers Can Win!
Labour Hub has published this article where Ian Allinson outlines the themes from his new book.
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Review: Adam H
‘an important, useful and timely book. I highly recommend it to anyone on the left, in unions and working on campaigns outside unions. It combines political education, a training manual, strategic thinking and engaging case studies.’
Review: Vik Chechi-Ribeiro
‘The book is an excellent combination of organising methods and socialist politics. Furthermore, it’s aimed at a wide layer of workers from those taking their first steps to building power to experienced organisers sharing their skills with others.’
Review from ISO Aotearoa
‘Overall, my feeling as I read through Workers Can Win was of wishing this book had been available at the very start of my own involvement in union organising in my own workplace. The book is peppered with critically important strategic advice’
Gary Walker, UNITE Rep at CHEP Trafford Park
‘Workers can’t rely on getting all the information and advice we need from reps training. I wish I’d read this book five years ago. Every rep, and anyone interested in getting involved in a union should have a copy.’
Review from Anti*Capitalist Resistance
‘Ian Allinson has written an indispensable handbook to help us organise more effectively in the workplace – both to win gains and to build support for a radical political perspective.’
‘Allinson does not assume anything; he starts from the basics and walks activists through the details of organising effectively.’
Vik Chechi-Ribeiro, Strike! Manchester
The book is a brilliant combination of rank & file organising methods and socialist politics. A must read for anyone wanting to organise and build power their workplace!
Tony Barnsley, Sandwell General UNISON (pc)
If you want to build power amongst your work colleagues, Workers Can Win by Ian Allinson is a must read. Buy Workers Can Win, read it and try it out in your workplace. Get your fellow activists to read it too.
Review from the Morning Star
there are some excellent parts of the book which make it worth reading in spite of any shortcomings. The chapter on Industrial and Direct Action is particularly good because it appears to be where Ian is drawing on his own views and experiences