The Taylor Review allows the Tories to kick workers’ rights into the long grass GOVERNMENT willingness to take forward 52 of the 53 recommendations in the Matthew Taylor’s review into working…Read more…
Unite preparing legal action in Crossrail dispute in response to Balfour Beatty ‘thievery’
07 February 2018 UNITE Unite, the UK’s construction union, is preparing to take legal action in the increasingly bitter Crossrail dispute, after Balfour Beatty ceased paying agreed bonuses. Unite has…Read more…
Unite reveals bankers, lawyers and financiers to pocket massive £140m in GKN takeover
07 February 2018 UNITE Bankers, financiers, lawyers and public relations executives stand to rake in millions as part of a massive payday totalling around £140 million if Melrose succeeds in its…Read more…
Campaigns meeting, Wednesday Feb 7th, Newport IOW:
Summary. A useful and informative meeting of the Campaigns forum organised and chaired by Darren Galpin took place last night at Quay Arts. The agenda was previously democratically aired on line and…Read more…
Victory of the Battle of Stalingrad Turning Point of the Second World War
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MAKE HEALTH NOT WAR!
For an NHS Consistent with an Anti-War Government The Day of Action called by Health Campaigns Together and the People’s Assembly is very timely, as the direction in which the government is…Read more…
Capita don’t just provide a few services, they seem practically to run entire councils
Capita’s financial woes raise serious questions about the vulnerability of local authorities – like Barnet and Northamptonshire – who have been suckered into signing decades long…Read more…
Call to join the fight to stop our Isle of Wight NHS being dismantled
The IOW Save our NHS Group say we cannot just sit back and allow government policies to dismantle our NHS and hand it on a plate to the likes of Virgin Care. A march takes place on 3rd February from…Read more…
Nurses are working over 200 hours extra per year in unpaid overtime to stop NHS collapsing
New analysis shows overstretched nurses and others are putting in £1.6bn worth of extra work By Andrew Gregory 20:34, 28 JAN 2018 NHS staff are putting in £1.6billion worth of unpaid overtime every…Read more…
Jeremy Corbyn interview with Andrew Marr:
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UK NHS faces further attacks with introduction of “accountable care organisations”
By Jean Shaoul WSWS As the 70th anniversary of the National Health Service (NHS) approaches, Theresa May’s Conservative government is starving the NHS of cash, while its plans for the dismantling and…Read more…
Theses on Health and Education:
– by Kenneth Knapman January 28th, 2018 That Health and Education are key Necessities in the modern categories of social programmes (and there are other necessities). That they are governed by…Read more…
WW2: British Betrayal
British Betrayal of Its Own Convoys Carrying Supplies to Help the Soviets – Nikolay Starikov – The following is excerpted from the book Proxy Wars (St. Petersburg, 2017) by Russian…Read more…
Canada Post office exemplifies the Principle of Universality:
Workers Fight to Get Canada Post to Recognize Their Rights Negotiations at the Post Office and the Destruction of the Principle of Universality – Louis Lang – Negotiations are taking…Read more…
JLR cuts Land Rover production amid diesel uncertainty
Jaguar Land Rover will cut production of some vehicles amid uncertainty over Brexit and changes to taxes on diesel cars. The company will temporarily scale back output of the Discovery Sport and…Read more…
Anti- War Government.
Deliver a blow on the Isle of Wight by supporting the nationwide movement developing for anti-war Government. The campaign and movement to bring an end to war is probably one of the most defined of…Read more…
The Canadian Trade Union Movement Unravels:
How Will Unifor Splitting from the CLC Help Workers Defend Their Rights? In an incredibly destructive move, the largest private-sector union in the country, Unifor, has decided to split from the…Read more…
From the IOW Health and well-being board:
Out of 5 options for our NHS on the Island they are proposing to recommend Option 3. Below is a summary of what these options are but we will find out for sure at the CCG meeting on February 1st…Read more…
Council Resolution on Isle of Wight Rail:
The following resolution was passed virtually unanimously last night by the Isle of Wight Council, with full cross party support. That this council confirms their position to support the goal of a…Read more…
Video: Isle Of Wight Save Our NHS Meeting
Isle Of Wight Save Our NHS Meeting Sunday 14th January 2018 at the Unitarian Hall Newport AdvertisementsRead more…