Wapping Dispute – Southwark Support the print Workers badge
One of the leaders of the print unions Mike Hicks lived in HayesRead more…
Labour campaign against the Common Market 1975
Lord Rothermere (Daily Mail) Support For The Nazi’s
Daily Worker cartoon illustrating
Lord Rothermere’s Daily Mail supporting Hitler and the Nazi’s rehabilitation – 18th March 1935
Daily Worker cartoon illustrating
Lord Rothermere’s Daily Mail…Read more…
Morning Star – Festival For All 1917-1987
Scunthorpe Steel Works 1948
Women Shipbuilders WW2
Women shipbuilders in the North East WW2Read more…
London YCL Netball Team 1953
London Young Communist League (YCL) Netball team formed March 1953
Hackney Workers Sports Club had a netball team formed in the late 1920’s Read more…
Unions lay into government over steel jobs
Unions accuse Chancellor of failing to act to save the industryRead more…
“Mum, dad – know your rights” – TUC reminds parents about taking time off work to look after sick kids
Frances O’Grady says sensible employers will give parents time off to care for poorly childrenRead more…
Harry Gillingham – Mapperton – Dorset – Farmworker – Honoured 1958
Harry Gillingham born July 1878 at Okeford Fitzpaine he left school at the age of 11 to earn 2 shillings and 6 pence a week on the land, there was no overtime, no Saturday half day and no paid holiday
He moved to Mappleton in 1906 and worked on the sam…Read more…
Seven thoughts for Labour Councils
11. Don’t forget we oppose the cuts!
Cuts in local government expenditure are caused by decisions of (Tory) Central Government. Everything we do or say should remind people of this. A vital part of what we do must be to mobilise public opposition to cu…Read more…
Sunday Night Live: Corbyn and the (new) Labour Landscape
This looks interesting. 5-6.30pm next Sunday 25 October 2015 at Stratford Picture House Bar, London, E15 (5 mins from Stratford Station). I wonder if the West Ham Corbynistas Fashion Gurus will be present? Read more…
Global union movement chooses its campaign priorities for 2016
The ITUC General Council met in São Paulo last week and selected three global issues to focus on in the coming year.Read more…
Corporate Responses to Modern Slavery
Today saw the publication of a report which seeks to give a snapshot of company perceptions and current responses to modern slavery. This report is the product of collaborative work between the Ethical Trading Initiative and the Ashridge Centre for Business and Sustainability at Hult International…Read more…
Steel meltdown
As a critical modern industry faces meltdown caused by artificially cheap Chinese steel flooding the UK and European markets, Cameron, Osborne and Javid are caught frozen in the headlights. …Read more…
Save Barnet’s libraries – demonstration tonight!
Barnet UNISON holds protest in Hendon as council decides fate of library serviceRead more…
Water workers face pensioner poverty
Today (Tuesday October 20) Northumbrian Water group workers start industrial action over the prospect of losing their pensions. Water supplies in the north east of England face possible…Read more…
Who are TATA?
The Tata Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, centered in Mumbai, India. It was founded in 1868 and gained international recognition after purchasing several global companies. It is one of…Read more…
Who are TATA?
The Tata Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, centered in Mumbai, India. It was founded in 1868 and gained international recognition after purchasing several global companies. It is one of…Read more…
Dark day for steel
Today (Tuesday October 20) Tata steel confirmed its plan to cut 1,200 jobs in Scunthorpe and Scotland. Unite warned that this ‘dark day’ would damage steel companies and hit supply chains…Read more…