NUT staff at London school to strike outside DfE Jess Staufenberg 1 Teachers and parents are set to strike on a picket line outside the Department for Education’s (DfE) London offices this morning in…
Coyne Sacked by Unite the Union:
Gerard Coyne, who lost the Unite leadership battle to Len McCluskey – has been sacked as the union’s West Midlands regional secretary. Mr Coyne said he was “deeply…
Paternity Leave:
A quarter of new dads are missing out on paternity leave and pay, says TUC – More than 157,000 new fathers did not qualify for paternity leave or pay last year – TUC calls on new…
TUC : Drop the dresscodes!
Heatwave: Employers: Drop the dresscodes and let your employees off wearing suits during the heatwave, demands TUC Relax those dresscodes. With the heatwave set to continue well into this week,…
In Memoriam: Charles Boylan: Communist
March 18, 1943 – June 17, 2017 With deepest sorrow we hear that Comrade Charles Boylan passed away peacefully on June 17 just before 11:00 pm. Charles died with his beloved partner Donna at his side….
NHS IOW 69th Birthday Bash
Meetings Against School Closure on the Isle of Wight:
Tomorrow (Tuesday June 20th) there are two public consultation meetings over the closure of Sandown Bay Academy, which is run by private contractor AET. There are two meetimgs at Bay CE Primary…
Election Result: Crisis of Political System Deepens: Workers’ Weekly:
Crisis of Political System Deepens as People Say No! To May The result of the June 8 General Election has been a catastrophe for Theresa May and the Conservative Party as well as the ruling circles…
Highest inflation in four years shows need for action on wages, says TUC
ONS figures announced today (Tuesday) show inflation (2.9% in May) continues to far outstrip wage growth (2.1% in March). TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said: “The election showed that working…
Isle of Wight Care Home Closure:
Residents and staff devastated at Isle of Wight care home closure plan Staff, residents and families are shocked and devastated at news that Polars Care Home is to close in September. With 29…
Naylor, the NHS and the Isle of Wight.
During the election, Theresa May was asked about the Conservative manifesto pledge on health that it claims it would implement, “the most ambitious programme of investment in buildings and…
MI5 implicated….claim Abedi, “acted alone” part of cover-up”…he was allowed to “slip through the net … useful tool of foreign policy…he was a “protected asset”
Police claim Manchester suicide bomber was a “lone wolf” after all By Robert Stevens World Socialist Website 1 June 2017 The latest claim by Greater Manchester Police that suicide bomber Salman Abedi…
The Voice Of The Community Nurse
Morning Star DANIELLE TIPLADY is a community nurse in London. She shot to prominence when she organised the Bursary or Bust demonstration in January 2016 opposing government plans to axe the NHS…
Days lost to strike action almost doubled last year.
Strikes Double In Spite Of Tory Union Busting Peter Lazenby Morning Star WORKERS are increasingly fighting back against attacks by bosses and the government as new figures revealed yesterday that the…
The Working Class, with its Independent Politics and Role, is the essential factor of modern life.
Isn’t it amazing that when we have terror attacks like Manchester and the essential work that workers do, to clean up the mess, when such things as the floods, which occurred a few years back, there…
Election Campaign 2017:
Opposing the Irrationality of the May Campaign with the Independent Politics of the Working Class The election campaign of Theresa May and the Conservative Party has been one where total…
Unite Condemns Mears Beard Ban Decree
Unite, the UK’s largest construction union has condemned a decree by outsourced housing maintenance company Mears, which bars workers from having beards as ‘penny pinching stupidity’. Members of…
Centenary of Lenin’s April Theses:
100th Anniversary Year of the Great October Revolution On the 100th Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution Lenin delivering April Theses at meeting of the Bolshevik Party held in the…
Greatest NHS Property Sell-off Ever!
Theresa May’s Manifesto Pledge that Means the Greatest NHS Property Sell-off Ever Save South Tyneside Hospital Campaign opposing the visit of Theresa May to the North East in May On Monday, May…
Successful Meeting to Organise “Save our NHS” on the Isle of Wight.
Isle of Wight Save Our NHS group gains momentum Christine Lightbody (Report for onthewight} The Group say if planned STP is allowed to continue unchallenged, we could be witness to complete…