Posted on February 18, 2016 by C Greece Solidarity Campaign January and February have seen an angry mass campaign of protests, demonstrations and strikes across Greece against the raft of measures…Read more…
Aslef says Get Out of EU gravy train
Morning Star TRAIN drivers have become the latest group of workers to swing behind a vote against EU membership, the Morning Star can reveal today. Prime Minister David Cameron was forced to scrap…Read more…
Workers have had to struggle to make headway while the EU Social agenda and the 48-hour working time directive stands idly by.
Two major employers on the Isle of Wight attempted to impose anti-social “productivity” packages on workers in recent years and the workers and their unions still had to invoke their…Read more…
EU Rail Directive [91/440/EC] :
First Railway Directive From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The First Railway Directive 91/440/EC (with amendments, also called the “First Railway Package”) is European Union Directive…Read more…
PCS:: HMRC abandon workers’ right to be accompanied at meetings with managers over redeployment:
Employer rips up the right to be accompanied at 1:1s 18 February 2016 PCS calls on members to register protest. HMRC set to face mountain of appeals. HMRC have announced that they are issuing…Read more…
TUC warns workers won’t vote for lopsided EU deal
Morning Star WORKERS won’t vote to stay in an EU weighted even further in favour of big business, TUC leader Frances O’Grady warned Brussels bosses last night. Ms O’Grady met with European…Read more…
TUC General Secretary to meet European Commission President ahead of EU summit
TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady will today (Wednesday) meet European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to warn that strengthening EU protections for workers and creating more decent jobs…Read more…
U.S. spends more on military than the next eight nations combined.
The Rule of Private Military and Security Interests U.S. Military Spending Continues to Soar U.S. President Barack Obama said in his final State of the Union address on January 12 that the U.S….Read more…
British Blacklisting:
UK Construction Blacklisting: Union wins £5.6m compensation payout to 71 blacklist victims Seventy-one construction workers have received blacklisting compensation payouts averaging nearly £80,000…Read more…
European Union Social Rights and Social Policy.
European Social Charter The European Social Charter is a Council of Europe treaty, which was adopted in 1961 [1] and revised in 1996. The Revised Charter came into force in 1999 and is gradually…Read more…
The European Union a view from the left:
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We will fight contract imposition, says BMA
Junior doctor leaders have promised to fight on after the government in England announced it will impose a new contract on the profession. The British Medical Association said it was…Read more…
Vienna declaration on the European Working Time Directive, Clinical Leadership and Workforce.
AEMH-FEMS-EJD VIENNA DECLARATION In its joint conference the EJD / AEMH / FEMS adopted the Vienna declaration on the European Working Time Directive, Clinical Leadership and Workforce. PART 1…Read more…
Solidarity with Junior Doctors and NHS Students
Among the many meetings held to meet with and express solidarity with the junior doctors in their struggle and defend the student nurse bursaries was one on Saturday, January 23, called by Waltham…Read more…
GP’s Conference:
Special LMC Conference 2016 Opening session of the conference A special LMC conference was called in response to the urgent pressures currently facing the General Practice profession. It was held at…Read more…
Fraudulent and Hypocritical Devolution
The Government’s Fraudulent and Hypocritical Devolution Must be Opposed The Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill became an Act of Parliament on January 28. This fraudulent and…Read more…
Leave the EU!
No! to the EU of the Monopolies – There is An Alternative 1. The European Union represents the interests of the neo-liberal agenda of the dominance of the global monopolies, the transnational…Read more…
Vince Cable visit to Portsmouth (Library Archive footage)
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Cuba develops biopharmaceuticals to treat cancer
Cuba currently has a total of 28 drugs registered, or in various stages of investigation, for the treatment of cancer, which include therapeutic vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, interferons and…Read more…
Viet Nam:
Communist Party Holds 12th National Congress Opening day of the Congress, January 21, 2016. The 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of Viet Nam was held in Hanoi’s National Convention…Read more…