Upbeat bus pickets take on scabbing First Devon and Cornwall bus drivers struck on Thursday of last week over pay. The RMT union members had rejected a revised offer from management. Workers are demanding a pay rise and that all drivers are paid the same rate of pay for doing the same job.
More than 347 children were held in police cells last year in England and Wales because police thought they were mentally ill. The children, some as young as 11, had not necessarily been involved in any crime. Some were held for over 24 hours.
Andy Coulson, David Cameron’s former spin doctor, has been charged with illegally paying to get the royal family’s phone numbers.
Medical secretaries, admin and clerical workers at three West Yorkshire hospitals began a three-day strike on Tuesday of this week.
Students are angry at attacks on education, the crisis of youth unemployment and a recession that is hitting the poorest hardest.
Around 200 students at the School School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in central London voted in a student union general meeting to occupy in solidarity with the people of Gaza.
Management and staff began panicking at Allerton Grange high school in Leeds today, Monday, when rumours spread that students were preparing to walk out in solidarity with Gaza.
Around 1,000 people came to the Unite the Resistance conference yesterday, Saturday. Trade unionists and campaigners filled the central London venue for a day of discussion and debate about the way forward.
People across the world protested today, Saturday, against Israel’s ongoing airstrikes against Gaza.
London Up to 2,000 people gathered outside the Israeli embassy in Kensington on Thursday night to demonstrate their fury and disgust at the attacks on Gaza.
Pro-choice demonstrators picketed the Irish embassy in London last night, Wednesday, in protest at the death of Savita Halappanavar.
An emergency protest has been called this evening, Thursday, against Israel’s new attack on Gaza.
