Image copyrightPA Eurostar rail workers from two unions are to take part in two concurrent periods of strike action this month in a dispute over their work-life balance. RMT members will walk out…Read more…
North Sea Offshore Workers Strike:
Fresh North Sea strike action to be held Dates for fresh strike action to be held by offshore workers this month have been announced. Unite and the RMT unions are representing workers involved in the…Read more…
Racism: A Preferred Policy of the Rich and their State
According to recent media reports, in the period just before and following the EU referendum in June, there was a 57% increase in the reporting of what are referred to as “hate…Read more…
80th Anniversary of the Spanish Civil War
Long Live the Memory of the Anti-Fascist Resistance in Spain Posters in support of the Republicans and internationalist brigades herald the definitive call to arms against the fascists —…Read more…
First Dorset striking bus drivers’ pay demand ‘unaffordable’ ???
Share Drivers have manned a picket line at the entrance to the First Dorset office in Weymouth A pay increase demand by striking bus drivers in Dorset is “unaffordable”, a bus company has…Read more…
Southern Rail Strike: Nationalise it!
Five-day walkout commences: The disastrous consequences of privatised railway has led to calls for the entire network and in particular Southern Rail to pass quickly back into Public ownership just…Read more…
Capital-Centred Proposals Do Not Signal the End of Austerity
Meeting in Liskeard, Cornwall, July 30, 2016, organised by Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell to discuss the economy Recently there has been much said and written speculating that changes in economic…Read more…
Corbyn Election:
The Building of a Social Movement Is an Aim Worth Fighting For Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership launch in Salford, July 23, 2016 There has been much ferment in the past few days and weeks over the…Read more…
Angela Eagle doesn’t like people’s sovereignty!
It’s obvious Angela Eagle is a careerist by the way she has manoeuvred to raise her profile. She has used the opportunity to ride on the back of Jeremy Corbyn’s movement. A movement above…Read more…
France: Unions protest as anti-worker Bill forced through
FRENCH unions staged a last-ditch protest yesterday as the government forced an EU-dictated attack on workers’ rights through a hostile parliament. “This is a counter-productive law socially and…Read more…
Journalists at BBC to hold 24-hour strike:
BBC World News to hold 24-hour walkout over rota row © nuj 4 July 2016 Staff at BBC World News are planning a walkout as part of a 24-hour strike on Thursday 7 July over rota changes which require…Read more…
Job security assurances sought as Carlsberg announces plans to outsource 1,000 distribution staff
30 June 2016 Assurances on job security will be key when talks begin over plans by brewery giant Carlsberg to outsource 1,000 jobs in its distribution operation across the UK. Unite, the country’s…Read more…
Political Forums are the next stepin organising:
A Programme of Political Forums on the Future of Society The times are crying out for the working class and people to take control of the future of society within Britain, and to discuss how this can…Read more…
Junior doctors say no to new contract
BMA Created: 05 July 2016 by Peter Blackburn MALAWANA: Government’s handling of the dispute has created a lot of mistrust Junior doctors have voted against accepting a new contract proposed by…Read more…
Strike at Southern Rail:
Strike Hit Southern Rail Axes 100’s of Trains Hundreds of rail services have been axed by Southern rail under a revised timetable in response to ongoing cancellations and delays. The firm said…Read more…
Huntley and Palmers biscuit factory strike centenary marked
A town has commemorated 100 years since female workers at its biscuit factory walked out in a landmark dispute over pay. The 1916 strike at Reading’s Huntley and Palmers also saw women and…Read more…
Joint trade union statement on the Labour party
29 June 2016 The current crisis within the parliamentary Labour party is deeply regrettable and unnecessary. Last week’s vote to leave the European Union presents the entire labour movement with…Read more…
Will devolution really benefit rural areas?
As part of plans to rebalance the economy, Government is keen to devolve powers to regions. With regional devolution gathering pace – and deals signed in Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds – is this…Read more…
Isle of Wight Labour Party members support Corbyn:
Isle of Wight Labour Party members ‘overwhelmingly support Corbyn’ Members of the Labour Party on the Isle of Wight voted on a motion to show their support for Leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy…Read more…
NUT strike:
On July 5, members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) will walk out in what will be the union’s first national day of action since 2014. Members voted overwhelmingly in favour of action in…Read more…