A walkout by 250,000 workers on budget day can boost resistance to the Tories, writes Siân Ruddick
Trade unionists, campaigners and others are preparing for protests across Britain on Wednesday of next week.
Around 150 trade unionists and community activists came together to launch Unite the Resistance in Scotland on Saturday of last week
A jury unanimously acquitted student protesters Alfie Meadows and Zak King on Friday of last week.
The government is using the Mid Staffordshire hospital scandal to try to drive through privatisation of the NHS.
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Over 500 members of the NUT teaching union marched on the Department of Education last night, Wednesday, through driving snow. They called on Tory education secretary Michael Gove to resign
Thousands endured the rain to join a lively protest to defend the Whittington Hospital. Delegations of trade unionists, health workers and activists marched alongside local people to oppose plans to slash over 500 jobs, over 100 beds and sell off £17 million worth of buildings.
More than 12,000 people across more than 50 towns and cities protested against the Tories' vicious bedroom tax yesterday, Saturday.
A jury unanimously found student protesters Alfie Meadows and Zak King not guilty of violent disorder on Friday of last week. This follows a battle for almost two years with the police and the courts.
The leadership of the NUT teaching union last week narrowly voted against holding a one-day strike on 13 March.
The PCS civil service workers’ union is preparing to begin a national ballot of its public sector members on 8 February.
