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A ban on ray fishing in Britain by the EU Marine Management Organisation threatens the end of fishing in North Devon.

East London mothers fight for housing

24 October 2014

Women in east London are fighting a spirited campaign to stop evictions and to house local people in local estates.

Hands off the Middle East

Parliament disgraced itself when it voted in October for another assault on stricken Iraq – “making the rubble bounce”, in the US Air Force’s unsavoury phrase.

Ebola: capitalist health exposed

Just about every aspect of the insanity of capitalism is exposed by the current outbreak of Ebola virus centred on west Africa.

Midwives act on pay, staffing

On Monday 13 October the Royal College of Midwives struck for the first time in its long history – a four-hour stoppage.

NHS strike: News from hospitals

It is a reflection of the discipline and loyalty of health workers to their unions that despite the low ballot turnout they struck and held out in the face of adversity.

Rail: we’re propping up foreign governments

More than two-thirds of Britain’s rail network is now run by foreign state-owned companies – given to them not just by Westminster, but the false nationalists in Holyrood as well…

Rail: SNP sells out to Dutch

The SNP-led administration in Scotland has awarded the contract to run ScotRail to Abellio, owned by Dutch state rail company NS.

The fight to revive British shipbuilding

The defeat of separatism in the referendum has spurred some regeneration in Scottish shipyards. But the challenge remains: how to rebuild a vital industry laid waste by decades of contraction…

Pay: Fiasco in local government

The local government workers’ pay “dispute” is in now in period of consultation, set to end on 12 November – and the latest stage of an increasingly bad farce.

New threat to steel plants

Steel workers in Britain once again find their jobs threatened after Tata Steel announced plans to sell its Long Products Division.

We need a national plan, not division

The Scottish referendum stimulated local authorities in England to look to their own version of fragmentation…

We are changing

This journal is changing. In fact, the whole way the CPBML produces news is changing, starting with a free electronic newsletter.

The NHS: unsafe in their hands

By the end of the next parliament the NHS could become a thing of the past, regardless of who is elected. Only workers can save it…

The politics of Hong Kong protest

19 October 2014

The so-called “pro-democracy” demonstrators seeking to occupy central areas of Hong Kong are for the return of Hong Kong as an independent capitalist statelet, severed from mainland China.

Union organisation answer to benefits freeze

17 October 2014

Chancellor Osborne told the Tory conference in Birmingham he will freeze working-age benefits re-elected. The consequences might – and should – be a rise in trade union organisation.

On 9 October the European Union released the text of its “negotiating mandate” for the TTIP – the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership treaty that it is negotiating with the European Union. Perhaps inadvertently, it includes one telling admission.

Midwife anger over private ads

15 October 2014

Adverts for private care displayed at maternity units are outraging midwives. On the picket line at an east London hospital, one midwife explained why.

Survey reveals scale of teacher workload

15 October 2014

Excessive workload has driven nine out of every ten of teachers to consider giving up teaching during the past two years, according to an online survey carried out by the National Union of Teachers.

Ambulance workers’ power blunts emergency provocation

The first strikes in the NHS for 32 years on 13 October – especially in the London Ambulance Service – gave the lie to the idea that workers are weak and that unions don’t matter.

Understanding the TTIP

TTIP meetings

Thursday 23 October 2014 18:30 to 20:30

London

TUC South East Regional Council open meeting. A good question to ask: Why did the TUC tell the government it supports the EU’s right to negotiate on our behalf? Admission free but registration “essential”. Event details here.

SNP threat to bypass referendum result

9 October 2014

SNP leader Alex Salmond promised on 19 September to accept the referendum result and he urged Yes supporters to do the same. He at once broke this promise.

Underemployment: Working, but not enough

2 October 2014

The number of underemployed in the workforce is increasing, according to TUC analysis in September of the latest Labour Force Survey from the Office for National Statistics.

Referendum: The truth about young voters

30 September 2014

Reports that 71 per cent of 16- to 17-year-olds voted Yes in the Scottish referendum don’t stand up to scrutiny, says statistics programme.

Midwives to take historic action

30 September 2014

Midwives and maternity support workers will walk out on Monday 13 October after the government overruled the Independent Pay Review Board’s recommendation for a 1 per cent rise.

Hands off Syria!

We are told that we have to attack Syria in order to defeat the Islamic State (IS). The peoples of the Middle East will have to deal with their own backward feudal despots.

After the vote - Rebuild Britain

19 September was a great day, a great victory – a day of unity when the people of Scotland finally spoke and buried the narrow aspirations of separatism…

Russia’s not our enemy

Is the US trying to push the EU into war with Russia? It’s starting to look like it…

What democracy really means

Now that the referendum is over, the focus of the media has leapfrogged the coming months and focused on the general election. Nothing else is held to be relevant.

Strike call in NHS England