Food: McDonald's strike ballot
Workers at two McDonald’s outlets in London are to be balloted over strike action later in the year.
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Nurses: time to take charge - shorter version
With 40,000 nursing posts vacant in England, it’s time to refocus on the real causes of the staff crisis.
The Long March (1934–35) - shorter version
The most extraordinary march in human history changed the balance of forces not only in China but also in the world…
Focus on training
With support from the government and the trade unions, the industry must create and sustain high-skilled jobs along with modern apprenticeships
The less you earn, the higher the interest
Many graduates will spend their 30s and 40s dealing with effective tax rates of above 50 per cent.
The road to £9,250 fees
Looking back over the past two decades, the history of student fees is starting to look like a relay race.
Capitalism's railway carousel
The capitalist carousel that now typifies Britain’s railways continues as London Midland loses the franchise to operate routes across the region’s network.
Hilton vote of confidence
Hilton will open 30 hotels over the next two years. Britain is its second largest market outside the US.
Fight the fees? There’s no time like the present
Students facing a working lifetime of debt are up against the clock. They must use their time at university to demand the abolition of tuition fees – and force their vice-chancellors to join them in the fight…
Paying the price of the European Union
It’s become a mantra, endlessly repeated by the TUC: “Workers must not pay the price of Brexit.” What price would that be? And how about acknowledging the price of staying in the EU?
Migration and control
We’ve had a government policy paper over free movement. But we still need clarity…
Brexit: re-start the campaigns
25 August 2017
Sections of the establishment are regrouping to prevent a clean departure from the EU. Once again working people will have to put real pressure on the political class of Britain.