Belfast City Airport strike over sacked worker Belfast City Airport Members of Unite the union who work for Swissport – which provides baggage handling services for the airport –…Read more…
Landmark Legal Victory As Courts Rule Addison Less Drivers Are Workers
Monday, September 25, 2017 Once again the courts have agreed with our argument regarding bogus self-employment. GMB, the union for private hire drivers, has scored another landmark legal victory…Read more…
Fitting Replies to U.S. President’s Threats
Jorge Arreaza, Foreign Minister of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, replied to Trump’s speech at a September 19 press conference: “The United States Government is in complete…Read more…
Colombia: New Political Party Formed
Support the Peace Process in Colombia! New Political Party Formed to Uphold the Peace Founding Congress of new FARC political party, Bogotá, Colombia, August 27-September 1, 2017. Banner reads:…Read more…
Isle of Wight NHS Demo:
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150th Anniversary of the Publication of the First Volume of Das Kapital on September 14, 1867
Das Kapital with its author Karl Marx 150th Anniversary of the Publication of the First Volume of Das Kapital on September 14, 1867 The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism –…Read more…
Ryanair plans to make pilots change holidays
BBC Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has said the firm is planning to make pilots delay a week’s holiday as it wrestles with massive flight cancellations. His comments came at the…Read more…
BMW steps up warning on threat to UK Mini production
Alan Tovey, industry editor , Telegraph 11 MAY 2017 • 4:29PM Production of Minis could be moved out of Britain if Brexit talks do not deliver a favourable result, the boss of the German car giant…Read more…
Stuart Monro: Video tribute
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In Memoriam, Stuart Monro.
Stuart Monro June 15, 1938 – September 7, 2017 Stuart Monro passed away on the evening of Thursday, September 7. He collapsed suddenly after having suffered from heart problems.His passing came as a…Read more…
STRIKE WAVE:
Actions by workers started recently, in 2016 and developed in quantity in 2017. Summer wave of strike action. This summer has seen a real wave of strike action, the last two weeks in particular by…Read more…
Socialism, the New Beginning
Socialism has been called the first phase of Communism; “From each according to their ability, to each according to their work” and the second phase, or higher stage of Communism it changes “… to…Read more…
National Shop Stewards’ Network:
NSSN 354: Support #Sept4 strike day! John McDonnell to speak at Sept10 NSSN TUC Rally! NSSN TUC Congress Rally in Brighton: ‘Fight together to scrap the 1% pay cap and get the Tories out!’ – 1pm…Read more…
Education unions merge to form new organisation
The creation of a new education union has become a reality in the UK following the amalgamation of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers and the National Union of Teachers, creating the National…Read more…
Birmingham bin strike:
Redundancy notices for refuse workers Rubbish piled up on the streets of Alum Rock in Birmingham during the dispute Refuse workers in Birmingham will be issued with redundancy notices after the…Read more…
Union to visit classrooms to highlight employment rights to pupils:
Union reps prepare to go back to school to teach pupils about workers rights Union will train members to visit classrooms throughout Scotland to highlight employment rights to pupils TRAINING for…Read more…
McDonald’s workers to coordinate strike with allies around world
Workers at two McDonald’s restaurants in the UK will go on strike on 4 September, the US Labor Day holiday, in an attempt to coordinate action against the fast food giant with allies around the…Read more…
100 years ago, Lenin returned to Russia from exile to lead the Revolution:
In the centenary of the Soviet Revolution we look back at Lenin returning to Russia in the Spring. The masses were making the revolution and they needed their General Staff, which was the…Read more…
Glasgow Janitors Strike ends in Victory
Delight for Glasgow janitors as 20-month strike ends in victory After a near two-year battle for a pay rise – led by Unison and dubbed locally as #Justice4Jannies – janitors finally won a six per…Read more…
What Kind of Education do we Want?
Many people interested in education are involved in teaching or support, some are parents and students. It has become a major political issue of our time and is under siege from Austerity. We need to…Read more…