A nation-building project must be balanced with a multi-branched economy with manufacturing at the base. There are some neo-liberal pundits and journalists prepared to deny manufacturing and promote…Read more…
Housing stock ‘could be sold via the back door’
by Lamiat Sabin HOUSING association homes are at risk of being sold to big business through the back door after ministers reclassified them yesterday from private charities to public bodies. The…Read more…
Trade Union Coordinating Group (TUCG) – After Corbyn’s victory, build the fight against austerity:
After Corbyn’s victory, build the fight against austerity Trade Union Coordinating Group (TUCG) Saturday, 21 November 2015 from 13:30 to 16:30 (GMT) London, United Kingdom Ticket Information…Read more…
‘I don’t think Scunthorpe has a future’ (Video)
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Caparo steel group to cut 452 jobs across UK sites
Steel company Caparo Industries is cutting 452 jobs across its UK sites after going into administration earlier this month. More than 300 jobs are being lost at plants in the West Midlands, with…Read more…
TUC: unionlearn:
Learning & Organising This course will help reps: examine the current situation in their workplace and identify some of the environmental factors that impact on the learning and organising agenda…Read more…
Nepal: Communist Bhandari is first female president
Nepalese parliament elects women’s rights campaigner to top post NEPAL’S parliament elected the country’s first female president yesterday. Communist Party of Nepal — Unified Marxist-Leninist…Read more…
Peter Oborne’s unofficial Chilcot Inquiry into Iraq war
Sir John Chilcot’s report into the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq is already nearly five years late. He has just announced that is should be published in June or July 2016. Political…Read more…
Norfolk County Council abandons £50m worth of cuts
A £50m raft of possible cuts to services across Norfolk, including mass closures of libraries and fire stations, have been abandoned. But millions of pounds of cuts and savings, including some which…Read more…
Norfolk County Council abandons £50m worth of cuts
A £50m raft of possible cuts to services across Norfolk, including mass closures of libraries and fire stations, have been abandoned. But millions of pounds of cuts and savings, including some which…Read more…
Safeguarding the Future of Lewisham Hospital
The Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign (SLHC) has fought on many fronts, relying on its own initiative and mobilising all concerned people to participate in the fight, to safeguard the future of…Read more…
Safeguarding the Future of Lewisham Hospital
The Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign (SLHC) has fought on many fronts, relying on its own initiative and mobilising all concerned people to participate in the fight, to safeguard the future of…Read more…
No to the EU of Austerity! Develop Trade and National Relations for the People’s Benefit!:
As we go to press, the breaking news is that the anti-austerity, anti-EU parties in Portugal, which won an absolute majority as a coalition in the recent general election, have been denied their…Read more…
No to the EU of Austerity! Develop Trade and National Relations for the People’s Benefit!:
As we go to press, the breaking news is that the anti-austerity, anti-EU parties in Portugal, which won an absolute majority as a coalition in the recent general election, have been denied their…Read more…
The Crisis in Britain’s Steel Industry::
Volume 45 Number 30, October 24, 2015 ARCHIVE HOME JBCENTRE SUBSCRIBE The Working Class Must Force the Government to Make the Alternative Happen The closure of Britain’s second largest steel…Read more…
The Crisis in Britain’s Steel Industry::
Volume 45 Number 30, October 24, 2015 ARCHIVE HOME JBCENTRE SUBSCRIBE The Working Class Must Force the Government to Make the Alternative Happen The closure of Britain’s second largest steel…Read more…
Quebec Public Sector Workers Call National Strike
Public service workers in Common Front lead demonstration in Montreal, October 3, 2015. The 400,000 member Common Front of public sector unions in Quebec announced on October 9 that they will launch…Read more…
Quebec Public Sector Workers Call National Strike
Public service workers in Common Front lead demonstration in Montreal, October 3, 2015. The 400,000 member Common Front of public sector unions in Quebec announced on October 9 that they will launch…Read more…
Eurozone crosses Rubicon as Portugal’s anti-euro Left banned from power
Portugal has entered dangerous political waters. For the first time since the creation of Europe’s monetary union, a member state has taken the explicit step of forbidding eurosceptic parties from…Read more…
Eurozone crosses Rubicon as Portugal’s anti-euro Left banned from power
Portugal has entered dangerous political waters. For the first time since the creation of Europe’s monetary union, a member state has taken the explicit step of forbidding eurosceptic parties from…Read more…