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.
Workers October 2014
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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
Unison members in the NHS in England are to be called on to take part in a four-hour strike on 13 October for more pay. But after that, what?
Health care professionals face 7-day challenge
People who work in health know that low levels of service provision over the weekend put patients’ lives in danger. The problem is how to move to 7-day provision while preserving wages and conditions…
Concert celebrates bonds of friendship
A Glasgow concert for unity formed part of the campaign to keep Britain together by promoting the No vote in the Scottish referendum.
TTIP and the unions
Many unions are opposing the proposed transatlantic trade and investment treaty – while supporting the EU and endorsing its exclusive right to negotiate TTIP on our behalf.
Playing games with safety
The government wants to integrate the emergency services. The unions involved know what this really means: cuts in services, jobs and standards.
A system set up for slavery
The government is sponsoring a series of television adverts against slavery in Britain. The domestic servant, the farm hands, the sweat shop labourers, the sex worker etc. The great unsaid, but obvious from the presentations, is that these modern-day slaves are migrant workers.
Self-employment on the rise
The level of workers categorised as self-employed has reached its highest level in Britain for over 40 years according to the Office for National Statistics.
A worker’s life in struggle
Students of the British working class should study the history of a man who fought in nearly every major struggle in the 1970s and 1980s on Merseyside…
Eurobriefs: The latest from Brussels
Germany economy shrinking…From lobbyist to Commissioner…Migration up…EU and Scotland…Barroso on the referendum
Mining: Union loan saves pit
Hatfield Colliery in South Yorkshire, one of the three remaining deep British mines, has been handed a lifeline in the shape of a £4 million loan by the National Union of Mineworkers.
Malnutrition: Cases soar
Figures released by the Health and Social Care Information Centre show that 6,690 patients were treated for malnutrition in Britain’s hospitals in 2013-14, a 20 per cent increase on 2012-13.
Pay: Chief execs rake it in
Chief executives of the FTSE 100 companies are now earning 131 times the average wage of their employees, compared with 41 times in 1998.
Billionaires: Join the club
In 2014 the global billionaires club – up an extra 155 members over the year – contained 2,325 people with combined assets of $7.29 trillion, says a new report
Zero hours: Sham proposals
Government talk of banning clamping down on zero hours contracts is a way of helping employers find ways round any new rules.
Turkey: Dairy workers fight
The International Union of Food Workers is campaigning in support of Turkish union members fighting for trade union recognition with the Sutas Dairy Company.