A victory for Spanish socialists – who won the most seats in the country’s snap general election yesterday (April 29) – has been tempered because for the first time since the Franco era a number of…Read more…
ONS migration statistics show action on low pay and deregulation needed across Europe and at home
The Office for National Statistics today published figures on the number of migrants in the labour market up to the end of June. Given that this only captures information from a few days after the referendum, it’s not possible to read from these findings any impact of Britain’s vote to leave the…Read more…
Nurses Day – Thora Silverthorne
Victory for the Airbus 8: to strike is not a crime!
Earlier this month, thousands of trade unionists marched in Madrid, Spain under the slogan “to strike is not a crime” to show solidarity with eight trade union activists on trial for…Read more…
Franco’s ghost: trade union rights under attack
As Spanish trade unions protest against the use of a Franco-era law criminalising picketing, the UK House of Lords is debating picketing restrictions criticised by Conservative MP David Davis as like…Read more…
First Ilford North canvass 2015
On Saturday my Council surgery went over by 30 minutes due to a queue of constituents wanting help about serious housing matters. It was very grim. We just desperately need to build more homes.
In the afternoon I went on a #labourdoorstep…Read more…