Defence: Priority call
Unite has called on the government to prioritise British jobs and industries when tendering for defence contracts.
Imported politics spark riots
Violence broke out in Leicester in September – the unwelcome result of Indian sub-continent politics coming to Britain in a city where immigrants have settled and lived for decades, for the most part peacefully.
Dairy Products: Drivers strike
Around 70 HGV drivers and shunters at Muller’s Stonehouse factory in Gloucestershire are to escalate their dispute...
1974–78: the Social Contract, trade unions and the Labour government
27 October 2022
Struggles erupted in the early 1970s, notably the engineering union’s destruction of the 1971 Industrial Relations Act and the miners’ fight over pay. The new Labour government preached class conciliation in exchange for moderation of wages.
Barristers: Offer accepted
Criminal barristers voted in October to accept an improved pay offer from the government...
Docks: Liverpool walkouts
Nearly 600 workers at the Port of Liverpool decided to walk out from 24 October to 7 November over pay and job security.
Biomass: EU blow to forests
On 13 September, the European Parliament voted to keep the definition of woody biomass as renewable energy.
University staff vote for UK-wide strike action in historic ballot
24 October 2022
The University and College Union has announced that over 70,000 university staff at 150 universities could strike after an overwhelming Yes vote for strike action in what it calls “two historic national ballots”.
RMT prepares for long battle
23 October 2022
The rail disputes are now nearly six months old, and railway workers and their unions – led by RMT – are now resigned to a long-drawn-out campaign as they fight for the future of their jobs and their industry.
Truss beats the drums of war
10 October 2022
Instead of increasing Britain’s security Liz Truss is making the world a less safe place by leading Europe in arming Ukraine, training their soldiers and leading sanctions against Russia, with the defeat of Putin at the top of her list.
Nurses: a call to arms
9 October 2022
Nurses are considering industrial action on pay. It is time for those of us outside the NHS to stop clapping and hear the call to arms.
Liverpool dock strike enters second phase
7 October 2022
Over 560 dockers at the Port of Liverpool have just completed the first two-week planned phase of their strike action over pay and conditions. Now more workers are set to join in with fresh action from 11 to 17 October.
Barristers ballot on new offer
6 October 2022
With criminal barristers ramping up their industrial action to all-out strike from the start of September, the government has made an improved offer to try to get the courts back to work in England and Wales.
Carelessness and contempt
5 October 2022
During the past couple of weeks the government’s contempt towards its two main domestic creditors – the pension funds and the Bank of England nearly brought about a new, devastating collapse.
FE lecturers launch wave of strikes over pay
27 September 2022
Thousands of lecturers at further education colleges in England are striking this week and next in a battle over pay in the biggest action ever taken by FE workers.
Call this control? A budget for decline
26 September 2022
The new government’s economic policies continue those of the past – with a belief in capitalism as the only possible economic system, whose crises must be paid for by the people of Britain.
Rolls-Royce workers move towards action on pay
20 September 2022
Unions at aerospace and defence company Rolls-Royce are to ballot for industrial action after talks on pay broke down at the beginning of September.
Making an honest living
As a nation, there are really only two ways for Britain to make a living. It can be an honest one as a manufacturing nation making things that people need. Or it can be a parasitic existence, relying on banking and tourism, and buying in what we need.
Inflation: a capitalist weapon in the class war
Rising prices affect everyone – but they are endemic to capitalism and not acts of God. The current surge in prices is an act of class war directed at workers, and it requires a working class response…
Betrayed: an entire generation of students
Students pay heavily for their loans. But overpaid university administrators are still demanding huge fee rises. Meanwhile overseas students are taking places which should go to people raised here…
RMT takes the lead in battle for pay and jobs
With figures showing that Britain’s workers have seen the value of their pay decline, on average, by more than 4 per cent over the past year – the sharpest drop for decades – RMT rail members are leading the fight for higher pay…
The fight to save Britain's hi-tech industries
Technology sovereignty is a relatively new concept, but the idea is fundamental to the future of the working class and British industry, not to mention national independence…
Remember, work is a collective activity
Calls for remote working to become permanent and the norm for office workers are misleading and dangerous for the working class, even if they seem superficially attractive…
EU science challenged
Britain is taking to the law to force the EU to admit it to the Horizon research programme…
Rare earths and the fight for independence
Without the minerals known as rare earths there would be no modern industry. And though Britain has little in the way of rare earth reserves, it must become a centre for manufacturing them if it is to maintain its independence…
1926: the General Strike
Given the siren calls for similar action often heard now, it’s vital to recognise what actually happened the last time a general strike was held…
A country made for kleptocrats
A new book reveals just how corrupt Britain has become when it comes to international money laundering…
War: Asian exercises
The US and South Korea announced the start their biggest joint war games for years on 22 August. Troops plus warships, aircraft and tanks simulated an attack on North Korea.
Capitalism isn’t working
Capitalism cannot meet even our basic survival needs. Nor can it protect the environment here in Britain or elsewhere.