Unite suspends planned BMW strikes after new offer BBC Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionWorkers at the Cowley plant, where BMW makes Minis, took part in the strike Planned strikes at BMW car…Read more…
New NHS organisation on the Isle of Wight:
Ken Knapman The meeting on the NHS being organised in Ryde is timely and crucial and cannot be left to chance. Regardless of the attendance it should not be underestimated as to its significance for…Read more…
Why a General Election Now?
Many people have asked, “Why has Teresa May decided to call a general election on June 8th?” .What does Prime Minister May think these elections will accomplish? Will they “secure the strong and…Read more…
Exeter Political Forum:
An Invitation to the Exeter Political Forum on the Future of Society Saturday, May 20, 2017, 11:00 am (registration) – 5:00 pm To participate, contact us at the Trades Council. The times are crying…Read more…
London Mayday:
MAY DAY 2017 MONDAY MAY 1 ASSEMBLE CLERKENWELL GREEN 12 NOON MARCH TO TRAFALGAR SQUARE 13.00 FIGHTING AUSTERITY – FIGHTING CUTS FIGHTING ANTI-TRADE UNION LAWS CELEBRATING WORKING CLASS ACHIEVEMENT…Read more…
MAYDAY:
MAY FIRST 2017 Urgent Need to Develop the Independent Politics of the Working Class and Uphold the Rights of All! On the occasion of May First 2017, the Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain…Read more…
Housing in the South and Isle of Wight, as elsewhere, is an election issue.
Housing is a basic human right. In order to recognise this right and provide it with a guarantee. In building their opposition, workers need to elaborate the alternative of a modern public housing…Read more…
Trades Union Acts: The Necessity for Workers’ Rights and Organisation:
The Necessity for Workers’ Rights and Organisation to develop empowerment and Opposition. The General Election campaign in its first week has already seen workers’ rights to organise in Trades Unions…Read more…
Royal Mail: Pension closure plan, yet another attack on working class pensions.
Workers will vote on taking industrial action over Royal Mail’s plan to end the current pension scheme. Royal Mail says the current scheme is “too costly”. Mail workers are being treated as if…Read more…
The General Election and the Necessity for Education
In the current General Election the issues surrounding social programmes will see the NHS, Education and Transport, raised to a greater or lesser extent. The NHS will be prominent but consciousness…Read more…
Letter to Island Labour pressures them to withdraw from the General Election on the Island:
Letter calls for Labour to make way for Greens on Isle of Wight Isle of Wight Labour parliamentary candidate Julian Critchley has said a call to stand aside for the Greens should be ‘put to…Read more…
Recession Rich: Britain’s wealthiest double net worth since crisis
Richest 1,000 families control total of £547bn, rising by more than 112% since 2009, and own more than poorest 40% of British households One of the mansions on the so-called billionaires’ row at…Read more…
Parties must make election pledges to scrap unfair pay restriction for NHS staff, says TUC
Commenting on proposals to be announced today (Wednesday) by the Labour Party on NHS funding and staffing, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said: “Under the government’s current plans, NHS…Read more…
Workers’ Memorial Day, 2017
The purpose behind Workers’ Memorial Day has always been to “remember the dead: fight for the living”, and to remember all those killed through work but at the same time ensuring…Read more…
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Len McCluskey re-elected as Unite General Secretary
Len McCluskey has been re-elected as Unite’s general secretary. The result will be seen as a boost for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Len McCluskey’s chief rival Gerard Coyne was…Read more…
Woolwich Ferry staff to strike over sexual harassment
Woolwich Ferry staff set to strike over secretary’s ‘sexual harassment ordeal’ The Evening Standard Key link: the ferry transports two million passengers across the river every year Workers are set…Read more…
Strike action for BMW Plant Swindon sees Workers Fighting for their Pensions.
PRODUCTION at Plant Swindon is expected to fall silent today when around 750 BMW employees walk out in a dispute over pensions. Members of the union Unite walked out in the first day of strike action…Read more…
The Local elections, on May 7th, on the Isle of Wight reveal how Renewal of the Democratic System should now operate.
If there is to be any renewal of the democratic system it surely has to deal with this issue of selection of candidates. Only in the last 3 months did the Independents lose control of the Council to…Read more…
Exeter Political Forum:
An Invitation to the Exeter Political Forum on the Future of Society Saturday, May 20, 2017, 11:00 am (registration) – 5:00 pm To participate, contact us at the Trades Council. The times are…Read more…