Paris rally shows support for Brexit
7 June 2016
An internationalist rally in Paris heard trade unionists and students from France, Germany, Italy, Greece and Belgium express their support for Britain leaving the European Union.
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Plan for the future
7 June 2016
Across the country people are talking about the referendum and the future of Britain. Here’s what was said at a community meeting in north London.
Rail company declares war on staff
4 June 2016
Britain’s biggest rail franchise company, Govia Thameslink Railway, has launched an all-out war on its staff. Now the High Court has entered the fray, barring drivers’ union ASLEF from taking industrial action.
Action spreads in universities
31 May 2016
University academic staff in the University and College Union began their campaign of industrial action with two-day strike on 25 and 26 May. More action will follow.
CalMac to remain in public ownership
29 May 2016
Operation of the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services is to remain in public ownership for at least the next eight years. This victory follows an RMT campaign against a possible takeover by Serco.
Unions say leave
20 May 2016
Three unions, RMT, Aslef and BAFWU have issued a joint statement explaining that they back Brexit because the EU acts against the interests of workers.
Coal free
16 May 2016
On 10 May 2016 no electricity was generated by burning coal in Britain. The previous day the National Grid had to issue a crisis call for additional generation to avoid power cuts. Deliberately taking out one source of power is reckless when Britain's energy supply is uncertain.
TTIP: the politically premature 'death' of a trade treaty
7 May 2016
Last week the headlines in the europhile press were all singing from the same hymn book. TTIP, they said, is effectively dead. Would it were so…
Ambulance workers ballot over pay
5 May 2016
Ambulance service workers are to be balloted this month on their attitude to a possible national ambulance strike over pay.
Cancer unit closure blocked
5 May 2016
Trade union Unison has managed to put the closure of a major cancer unit on hold – keeping, for the time being, a vital treatment centre run which serves over a million people.
EU: Why do Cameron's bidding?
4 May 2016
The CPBML’s London May Day rally heard a blistering attack on the European Union, and powerful arguments for leaving.
Doctors united
2 May 2016
The dispute over the junior hospital doctors’ contract has escalated further, with well supported strikes on 26 and 27 April. All health secretary Jeremy Hunt managed was an ill-advised attempt to paint doctors as the aggressors.