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.
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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.
Campaign for the future of steel
28 September 2023
Unite has launched a campaign to highlight the decline in Britain’s steel industry, with a plan for its future, including the demand that public contracts are obliged to use British steel.
Steel jobs and industry threatened by Tata Steel deal
28 September 2023
The government claims it has rescued Tata Steel, but the deal threatens the existence of Port Talbot, Britain’s largest steel works. Thousands of skilled jobs are at risk.
Net zero – wider discussion needed
25 September 2023
Rishi Sunak has postponed the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles and gas boilers. This is welcome but only a first step in challenging net zero orthodoxy.
Horizon Europe – hidden strings revealed
24 September 2023
Details of the agreement signing up Britain to the EU’s Horizon Europe research programme show that it is a dodgy deal.
Critical period for UCU members
24 September 2023
Members of the Universities and Colleges Union face difficult choices in continuing their action on pay and conditions in the face of employer resistance.