End privatisation, says RMT [print version]
US private equity firm, I Squared Capital, has bought bus and rail operator Arriva in a deal worth about $1.69 billion, including debts.
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Campaign for future of steel [print version]
Unite the Union has launched a new campaign to highlight the decline in Britain’s steel industry.
Wales waiting times exposed [print version]
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has forced the Welsh Government to admit that it has been misrepresenting the extent of waiting times in Accident & Emergency departments for years.
Wanstead young people campaign to save youth centre
21 October 2023
A campaign by the people of Wanstead appears to have secured the future of their youth centre, threatened with closure by the council.
Investment in sheet metal plant in Shropshire
21 October 2023
The Swiss-owned engineering company Bruderer, a manufacturer of high-speed presses, has announced investment in a new UK headquarters in Telford, Shropshire.
A&E waiting times in Wales figures miss thousands of hours
20 October 2023
An FOI request from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has revealed the true extent of waiting times in Welsh Accident and Emergency departments.
Chips are essential
20 October 2023
Semiconductor chip technology is essential to modern industrial production, and a British firm's designs lead the world, but processors are becoming pawns in a US-China trade war.
End privatisation says RMT as Arriva is sold to private equity
19 October 2023
RMT denounces sale of Arriva bus and train operations by the German state railway to US private equity.
End terror: stay out of Israel and Palestine
13 October 2023
Events in Israel and Gaza have appalled workers everywhere. Workers should demand an end to external interference, opposing both terrorism and reprisals.
HS2 sabotage hits train manufacture
2 October 2023
The government is planning further cuts to the HS2 rail project. This sabotage puts engineering jobs at risk as well as undermining the transport benefits.
No to military escalation in Ukraine
2 October 2023
The British government threatens to escalate Britain’s involvement in the war in Ukraine. This is not in the interests of British workers.
Blow to renewable energy policy
28 September 2023
The government’s approach to future energy supply depends heavily on wind power, dedicated as it is to net zero aims. But it’s as much off course with wind as it is with nuclear energy.