25 February 2017
Since the birth of industrial capitalism, a web of industrial sinews has held the constituent regions of Britain together. The recent dismembering of much of that web has brought not only economic collapse to regions but also threatened our national integrity. We recount struggles in Scotland, London and North Wales that pursued essential class goals of improving wages and conditions of work.
A journalist looks at the consequences – throughout the Middle East – of the 2003 invasion of Iraq…
A new era is dawning for Britain. Workers must make sure it serves the interests of an independent country and brings progress.
With the prospect of Britain leaving the EU, we’re starting to hear a lot about “free trade”. Workers should be wary.
23 February 2017
Talks between the Unite union and BMW over the German carmaker’s plans to close its final salary pension scheme are set to continue, but the threat of industrial action remains.
23 February 2017
Cleaners at King’s College London have been offered higher staffing levels after going on strike over excessive workload and a threat of reorganisation.
Despite the decision in June 2016 to leave the European Union, the European Commission is continuing to try and widen its network of propaganda outlets in Britain.
Last year more than £90 million was paid out in dividends to the mainly state-owned Italian, French, Dutch and German rail companies running British rail franchises.
In a demonstration of the failure of free market economics, the Co-op Bank has been put up for sale by its largely US hedge fund controllers.
Britain’s oldest surviving bell foundries is scheduled to close in May. The foundry in Whitechapel, London, has been on site for nearly 200 years.
23 February 2017
A multimillion-pound scheme to develop land around Millwall Football Club in south London is unravelling thanks to the concerted efforts of the club, its supporters, a fanzine and a locally based newspaper journalist.
20 February 2017
New research on living standards shows that four million more people in Britain are living below an adequate standard of living.
12 February 2017
Successful strikes by IT workers at Glasgow City Council have halted the attempt to privatise £400 million worth of services.
The General Medical Council has made a timely move to rectify a dangerous situation which exists while we are in the EU.
7 February 2017
Almost 3,000 British Airways cabin crew are stepping up strike action with a six-day walkout in an escalating dispute about poverty pay.
6 February 2017
Fishing communities around Britain are looking for guarantees that their industry will not lose out again after Brexit.
3 February 2017
Transport union RMT has called off the strike on the London Underground planned to start on Sunday after management agreed to reinstate 60 per cent of its planned job cuts.
26 January 2017
In a significant judgement, the Supreme Court has rejected the claim by the devolved governments that their “legislative consent” was needed before triggering Article 50.
26 January 2017
The government’s “independent” review into employment practices in the economy is now moving to a rolling roadshow – but it’s slanted in favour of the employers from day one.
26 January 2017
Britain’s largely privatised prison service has reached yet further landmarks of decline with the number of suicides – and the prison population – at record levels.
25 January 2017
The government launched consultation over its industrial strategy on Monday 23 January. HS2 will be a real test of its intentions.
24 January 2017
After the Supreme Court ruling, parliament has just one immediate duty: to pass a law triggering Article 50 as soon as possible.
9 January 2017
The Princess Royal University Hospital in Bromley, south London has accumulated the largest hospital debt in the capital – a staggering £62.3 million.
3 January 2017
Rail unions and passenger groups are kicking off the new year with two days of protests against high fares.
31 December 2016
A week after private provider ISS secured acontract at a Kent hospital, it proposed making 30 cleaners redundant – despite a history of norovirus outbreaks at the hospital.
People smuggling, trafficking, organised gangs – what’s free about that?
One of the worst lies told in the referendum was that the EU is a force for peace. The opposite is true, and the vote to leave holds out the prospect of a reduction of the risk of war…
Under the EU our railways have been fragmented, privatised and sold off to foreign – mainly state-owned – companies. With independence looming, what now needs to be done?
The failure to fight for wages has worked its way through to an ever-lengthening working day…
Free of the EU, Britain must seize the chance of a lifetime to create a new industrial revolution…
