Creating opportunities and futures for the working classes.
Power. Education. Strategy. For the Class.
A new initiative from Trademark Belfast and Jarrow Insights
We are living through a crisis of legitimacy.
Trade unions are under siege—from corporate power, hostile governments, and a resurgent far right exploiting working-class anger. Union density is falling. Wages are stagnant. The bosses are on the offensive.
But we are not powerless. Workers still have the numbers. What we need is strategy, education, and coordination across our movement. That's where the Workers Academy comes in.
We're offering political education and strategic training to trade unionists, organisers, reps and staff—designed to rebuild working-class confidence and push back against the far-right narrative that seeks to divide us.
The far right is gaining ground because unions—and the broader labour movement—have been forced onto the back foot for too long. While we defend every hard-won gain, the corporations are re-writing the rules of the economy. We cannot win this fight with policy tweaks or retreat.
We need bold ideas, militant education, and the confidence to speak the language of class.
As climate breakdown accelerates, we must ensure the transition to a low-carbon economy delivers justice for workers and communities. The struggle for a just transition is central to rebuilding working-class power.
The Workers Academy is not just a training programme. It's a political intervention.
We're helping shape a labour movement that prioritises collective action and political clarity. That means confronting the corporations, the landlords, and the politicians who serve them. It means challenging sectarianism and racism where they divide us. It means building solidarity, not just slogans.
And it means making sure the climate transition serves the working class, linking decarbonisation to jobs, wages, and power on our terms.
If your union wants to fight smarter, organise deeper, and build real power—then this is the space for you.
The choice is simple: either we invest in serious political education, or we lose ground to the populist right. Workers Academy is about rebuilding capacity across workplaces, unions, and leadership.