26 July at 11:34 The Taskforce report has been released. Here is our response. ————————————————- KILF…
Employment tribunal fees unlawful, Supreme Court rules
Fees for those bringing employment tribunal claims have been ruled unlawful, and the government will now have to repay up to £32m to claimants. The government introduced fees of up to £1,200 in 2013…
British Monopoly Interests behind Electric Cars:
Car production is among the leading manufacturing industries in Britain. This is why it features highly in the growth targets in the Conservatives proposals put forward both in its manifesto and…
Oxford and the Mini:
Electric Mini to be built in Oxford BBC 2nd July, 2017 The electric vehicle will be based on the 3-door hatchback model A fully electric version of the Mini will be built at the Cowley plant in…
Merseyrail strike over driver-only trains has ‘rock solid’ support
The row is over plans for driver-only operation of new trains. Similar disputes have broken out across the rail industry. A strike by workers on Merseyrail in a dispute over driver-only trains was…
One to Watch: Save South Tyneside Hospital Campaign:
http://www.savesouthtynesidehospital.org/ Campaign members marching in the Durham Miners Gala. Members of the Save South Tyneside Hospital Campaign have been taking part in the consultation meetings…
Spending on the NHS in England:
Total health spending in England is nearly £124 billion in 2017/18 and is expected to rise to over £125 billion by 2020, taking inflation into account. Around £110 billion will be spent on the day to…
Overview of Venezuela’s Current Situation
– Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Canada – The current situation of institutional instability that the Venezuelan society is experiencing, are a consequence of actions…
Public sector worker wages down
Public sector workers’ real wages in 2017 are down thousands of pounds a year compared to 2010, the TUC has found. Prison officers, paramedics and NHS dieticians are all down over £3,800 a year….
High Court permanent ban on industrial action by prison officers:
Prison officers permanently banned from striking after Home Office win High Court bid ‘It’s only a matter of time before a member of staff gets killed,’ warns deputy…
Transaction tax:
The circulation of goods from the point of manufacture to the point of consumption should be carried out by administrative means only. The market economy of commodity exchange, is an unwieldy and…
Hospital Cleaners’ Strike:
Cleaners at London hospitals stage seven-day strike over pay More than 700 cleaners, security guards, catering staff and porters walk out after Serco refuses 30p a an hour pay rise Domestic staff in…
Russian-Chinese Joint Statement On Korean Conflict (full text)
The Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China are the Korean Peninsula’s neighbours, therefore the development of the situation in the region concerns the national interests of both…
Durham Miners Gala:
Upholding the Spirit and Traditions of the Miners! Building the Independent Political Movement of the Working Class! Statement of the Northern Region of RCPB(ML), July 8, 2017 The Durham Miners Gala…
Picturehouse Workers fight for Workers’ Rights:
In 2014 Cineworld was subject to industrial action owing to its refusal to pay the London Living Wage to its staff. Industrial action resumed in October 2016 over the issue of the London Living Wage,…
Letter to RTUC from Mike Nobbs Sec I.W. TUC:
The Hypocrisy of Jeremy Hunt, who suggested lifting the nurses pay cap in recognition of their “absolute brilliant” work ethic. The truth is that the government has lost its majority…
One of the biggest NHS strikes in history is about to happen:
– but you won’t hear about it This year Serco took over services in NHS hospitals. From that moment on I felt my working life became unbearable Within three days of taking over the Royal…
Unite leader demands financial fairness for the North East
07 July 2017 Len McCluskey will call for the same deal for the North East of England as for Northern Ireland, when he addresses the Durham Miners’ Gala tomorrow (Saturday 8 July). The general…
Sellafield firefighters to strike in pay row
The Sellafield site employs about 10,000 people and is in the process of being decommissioned Firefighters at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant are to strike after “last-chance”…
Union gears up for a summer of campaigning:
First meeting of new national executive council gets straight down to business UNISON’s new national executive council lost no time in outlining plans for a hot summer of campaigning when it…