Nursery funding: Stop cuts, say staff
Over 200 nursery school staff marched from Parliament Square to Downing Street to demand secure long-term funding for the sector.
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1848: The Communist Manifesto
Marx’s earth-shattering declaration is truer than ever – those performing all the necessary labour must take over the running of society themselves…
Profit and the housing shortage
A book published in paperback this year reveals a sorry tale of 60 years of legislation fuelling speculation in land, paving the way for the housing crisis…
Fall in British ratings [extended print version]
British seafarers are becoming ever rarer as low wages and immigration waivers bedevil the industry…
Swiss nursing referendum [print version]
The Swiss Nurses’ Association has gathered sufficient support to force a national referendum on nurse training and pay and conditions.
Brighton bins: Drivers win victory
HGV drivers on refuse, recycling and commercial waste lorries for Brighton Cityclean have won a dispute over unilaterally imposed daily changes to rounds, and the removal of drivers from long-standing rounds.
Keep repayment threshold for student loans, says UCU
The University and College Union has written to the Secretary of State for Education warning against plans to lower the salary threshold for repaying student loans.
Universities: ballots on pay and pensions
The University and College Union has begun balloting its members in universities over action on pensions and pay.
Barnoldswick fight goes on
National negotiations between the GMB, Unite and Rolls-Royce over the future of the Barnoldswick jet engine turbine plant are at a virtual standstill.
Swiss to vote on nursing self-sufficiency
27 October 2021
The Swiss Nurses’ Association, backed by doctors and patients’ organisations and the country’s trade union confederation, has forced a national referendum on nurse training and pay and conditions.
Monopoly and regulation: a new path for Britain
Free market economics is coming unstuck. Many workers have always thought this would be the eventual outcome. The question is whether workers will assert their own control…
A community's fight against buy-to-let profiteers
Areas around Britain’s universities are being blighted as once-stable populations are replaced by student lets and multiple occupation – but communities are fighting back. Workers looks at an example from Liverpool…