11 October 2024
Escalating military action in the Middle East rightly worries British workers. But nothing good comes out of the involvement of our leaders in these conflicts. We should simply say “stay out”.
9 September 2024
Creative workers in Scotland celebrate reversal of budget cuts by the SNP administration, but warn that the campaign to sustain arts must continue.
9 September 2024
The final report from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry says that the deaths in the fire were all avoidable. It sets out how that came about and makes many recommendations to improve safety, which need to be acted on.
The massive increase in immigration – both legal and illegal – has formed a constant background to events in Britain for over two decades. This is no accident.
The new government rules out rejoining the EU, but acts as if it wants to adopt by stealth all those things British workers rejected in 2016 – above all a return to free movement of labour, open borders.
The government has imposed a pay settlement on the majority of NHS workers in England. There is no option to accept or reject. This inevitably raises the stakes for future pay claims.
On Saturday 3 August workers marched past the Grangemouth oil and gas refinery, near Falkirk, Scotland. This was a further boost to their campaign to save their jobs at the site.
Some groups of doctors have settled pay claims for now. But others are fighting for rises.
What do workers in and outside of higher education think is its purpose in our society? And are they prepared to fight for it?
Before the early 2000s, Britain’s universities were almost wholly funded by taxpayers, but the amount halved between 1975 and 2000.
Public services are in a sorry state, and the new government has other priorities, like devolution and backing wars. Our focus must be on what change is needed in our public services – and how we can make it come about…
As with so much in public services, the parliamentary act was the culmination of local struggles, and efforts by members of the library profession.
