The Necessity for an Anti-War Government Hyde Park anti-war rally, February 15, 2003 February 15 was the 15th anniversary of the massive 2-million march in London, 2003, as part of so many worldwide…Read more…
Impending internecine struggle of monopolies in ownership battle could end up with the end of GKN due to takeover
A bidding war is developing over a potential takeover of British-based engineering giant GKN. On October 13 last year, GKN, which employs 58,000 people across 30 countries in aerospace and automotive…Read more…
Defend Education. March for Pensions and Pay, Wednesday 14 March
Wednesday 14 March, Assemble 12 noon, ULU, Malet Street WC1 Depart 1pm March to Parliament Square Called by London Region UCU. National participation encouraged (book transport now). Education is…Read more…
Swindon – the real picture Part 2
Crisis of housing affordability Both David Renard the Council Leader and MP Robert Buckland highlighted from the Centre for Cities report the fact that house prices in Swindon were lower than many other places on the list. That might attract people fro…Read more…
Workers at Davy Markham in Sheffield ‘treated with contempt’ by bosses, says Unite
The bosses at the Sheffield engineering company Davy Markham – now in administration – have treated the workforce ‘with contempt’, Unite, the country’s largest union, said today (Thursday 1 March)….Read more…
Most of the struggle on the Workers’ Front at present, is on Pension Rights.
The workers’ movement, in developing its tactics around particular issues can be seen at times to concentrate the weight of its conscience around specific issues. In response to the resistance…Read more…
Unite Trident policy: peace and disarmament
ES2 Executive Council Statement: Peace and Disarmament Covering Motion 55 plus 2 amendments This is the statement carried by Conference in 2010 that Conference was invited to reaffirm in 2012. The…Read more…
The Bitcoin Speculative Surge
The parasitism and decay within the economy is so pronounced, pay-the-rich schemes and scams have become normal and officially acceptable. In this regard, Bitcoin has begun trading on the…Read more…
Probe call into ‘disappearing’ Carillion NHS pension contributions
22 February 2018 UNITE A top level probe into where the pension payments of NHS and other public sector workers, employed by Carillion, have ‘disappeared to’ was called for today (Thursday 22…Read more…
Who Should Decide the Working and Learning Conditions in Schools?
The people who do the work should decide their terms of employment, and, in consultation with those directly affected by the work, they should also decide the direction of the sector. Teachers,…Read more…
Carillion: A Criminally Corrupt Organisation Aided and Abetted by the Government
The recent collapse of Carillion is a vivid example of the ever-deepening crisis and criminally corrupt character of a system that is solely interested in paying the rich without regard for the needs…Read more…
Collapse of Carillion and the NHS:
Collapse of Carillion and the NHS Fight for the Alternative to this Profit-Making Racket of Finance Capital in the NHS The collapse of Carillion brought to the fore the scale of the involvement of…Read more…
South East London Campaign Stops Cuts In Children’s Mental Health:
The Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign (SLHC) recently led a successful fight to oppose proposed cuts to children’s mental health services in Lewisham Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service…Read more…
AI and Jobs:
Tech companies should stop pretending AI won’t destroy jobs Posted on February 23, 2018 by Tony Burke http://www.powerinaunion.co.uk/tech-companies-should-stop-pretending-ai-wont-destroy-jobs/ The…Read more…
University Pensions Strikes Reports, BBC, NSSN, UCU:
Emotions run high on university pickets By Hannah Richardson BBC News education reporter Ashley Hayward stands anxiously on the picket line outside the Senate House library in the heart of…Read more…
PyeongChang “Peace Olympics”
PyeongChang “Peace Olympics”: An Important Step Forward in the Korean Nation’s Striving for Peace and Reunification The joint Korean delegation entering PyeongChang Olympic Stadium…Read more…
Asda Pension Cuts:
Usdaw in talks with Asda over their proposed unfair pension cuts, with nearly 2,000 Northern Irish staff signing a petition Asda has proposed changes to the pension plan that will affect staff by:…Read more…
March for Pensions and Pay!
Defend Education. March for Pensions and Pay DEFEND EDUCATION March for Pensions and Pay Wednesday 28 February Assemble 12 noon, ULU, Malet Street WC1 Depart 1pm. 28 February at 12:00–16:00 Malet…Read more…
Tata employees’ retirement money was moved into high-charging funds:
UK steelworkers were bamboozled over pensions http://www.johnbucklecentre.org.uk/opensite/wdnews/news.php Josephine Cumbo in London February 14, 2018 Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2018. Tata…Read more…
From the National Shop Stewards Network:
NSSN 377: Support the strikes & protests in #HeartUnions week http://shopstewards.net/2018/02/nssn-377-support-the-strikes-protests-in-heartunions-week/ February 13, 2018 in Bulletins For…Read more…