Over 800 teachers, parents and campaigners crammed into the International Chamber of Commerce in Birmingham on Saturday of last week
Local government workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are being consulted on a 1 percent pay offer. It was made in line with chancellor George Osborne’s public sector pay restraint.
The FBU union is expected to call a national strike ballot to defend firefighters’ pensions at its conference in Blackpool this week.
Lecturers in the UCU union have rejected below inflation pay rises of 0.5 percent in further education and 0.8 percent in higher education.
The establishment has been forced to accept that the cover-up of the murder of Daniel Morgan is unsustainable.
Two car bombs went off in the Turkish border town of Reyhanli, last week, killing at least 47 people and injuring many more. It intensified the fear of Syria’s civil war extending across the border.
The first Pride festival of the year will take place in Birmingham next week. After right wing attacks on gay marriage the theme is going to be Equal Love.
People aged 18-24 are now more likely to be unemployed than they were before the recession, according to analysis by the TUC.
Tours of duty for British troops in Afghanistan are set to be extended from six to nine months. The shift will affect 3,500 soldiers.
Unite Against Facism is mobilising against a national demonstration by the English Defence League in Newcastle on Saturday 25 May.
Over 300 refuse workers in Brighton called a strike ballot last Friday after a two-day unofficalwalkout. They had occupied their canteen at the Hollingdean Road depot from Wednesday to Friday, then began a work to rule.
