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Asda workers speak out - bullying and threats add to anger over new contract

Asda, GMB, workers, march, demonstration, protest, contracts

Asda workers are furious at supermarket bosses’ plans to impose a punitive contract that would rip up their terms and conditions.

Tory plan for Brexit is a threat to two million EU migrants

Whether you voted Leave or Remain, we should all defend migrants’ rights writes Tomáš Tengely-Evans

12,000 march in Aberdeen for Scottish independence

March for Scottish independence 17 August 2019

The most popular chants were “Say hey, say ho, Boris Johnson's got to go” and “We want independence now”'.

London marchers show solidarity with Hong Kong protests

Up to 1,000 people joined the Stand With Hong Kong protest, which gathered in Trafalgar Square before marching to Downing Street and Parliament Square

Protesters stage ‘kiss-in’ in London against bigotry and LGBT+ hate

LGBT+ people staged a “kiss-in” to beat back the bigots in London’s Parliament Square on Friday.

PCS strikers unite their fights over pay and outsourcing with Liverpool protest

PCS, strike, walkout, protest, demonstration, outsourcing, pay, Liverpool

Cleaners and caterers from London and Liverpool marched together on Tuesday, uniting their battles over low pay and outsourcing.

Angry Asda workers march against new contract

Up to 1,000 Asda workers and their supporters marched in Leeds against the bosses' assault on workers' lives.

Workers ready for all out strike in Bradford NHS fight

Hundreds of health workers in West Yorkshire have voted to start an indefinite strike from Monday 26 August against a dangerous new form of privatisation.

Protests in London as India declares its control of Kashmir

The Indian government has held a special ceremony to announce that it is in control of the disputed area of Kashmir.

Tory clampdown in northern France spells disaster for refugees

The Tories are preparing for a fresh clampdown on refugees trapped at Britain’s border in Calais in northern France.

Rage on the streets as the Amazon rainforest burns

Hundreds of people turned their despair at the burning of the Amazonian rainforest in to fury at Brazil’s government and big agribusiness on Friday.

All defendants convicted in first International Rebellion group trial

Three activists from climate change direct action group Extinction Rebellion (XR) have been convicted after being arrested on protests earlier this year.

Muslims face ‘structural Islamophobia’ under terror law border checks

Hundreds of thousands of Muslims have been harassed at Britain’s border under a draconian terror law, according to a new report published on Wednesday.