Strike hits North Sea oil platform
16 April 2018
Workers on the Norwegian oil giant’s Mariner platform in the North Sea went on strike on Saturday 7 April, downing tools for four hours in the morning and a further four-hour sit-in in the evening.
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Fishing vessels in mass 'transition' protest
10 April 2018
Fishermen brought about 200 boats to six ports around the Britain on Sunday in mass demonstrations against the “transition” arrangements allowing the EU to control British waters until 2020. Crowds gathered on the shores to join the protest.
University union ballots on pensions offer
9 April 2018
Members of the University and College Union are currently being balloted over the employers’ latest proposals in the long-running university pensions dispute.
Populism and EU reaction
2 April 2018
This book argues that despite the supposed threat to democracy from populist movements, the anti-populist reaction is worse; a reactionary viewpoint characterising populist movements as xenophobic, anti-democratic and totalitarian.
Call this a transition?
28 March 2018
The much-heralded Brexit “transition” agreement has delayed our departure from the European Union – and left us in the position of a vassal state.
'Strength in workplace' matters most, admits Unite
28 March 2018
While stoking fears about the impact of Brexit, Unite has acknowledged that protection comes from collective strength in the workplace.
Fishing fury at transition 'betrayal'
28 March 2018
Fishermen reacted with fury to the government’s acceptance that the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy will continue to apply until December 2020.
Aerospace demands plans for Brexit
20 March 2018
A year after aerospace companies called for a post-Brexit transition deal as soon as possible to protect jobs in the sector there seems to be an uneasy lack of detail from the government.
Corbyn's speech: cynical, disingenuous, reckless
6 March 2018
Jeremy Corbyn’s Brexit speech in Coventry on 26 February would have been breathtakingly naïve had it not been so stunningly cynical.
Public service, private chaos
Over 20,000 workers are finding themselves in the role of sacrificial lambs on the altar of the private provision of public services following the collapse of Carillion.
Customs: Something to declare [print copy]
Suddenly, it seems, the talk is all about the EU’s customs union, with “commentators” bewailing the possibility that in leaving the EU Britain will also leave the customs union.
Keep Britain out of the Free Trade trap
Siren voices are telling us that we should be negotiating Free Trade Agreements with the US, with the EU, with just about anybody…