Sunderland strike suspended for talks Workers at Paragon printing company in Sunderland suspended a planned 58 hour strike this week for talks. The action was due to start on Tuesday evening.
Workers at central London’s National Gallery struck for two hours on both Friday and Saturday of last week.
Workers at Atos Healthcare and Atos IT services have voted to strike over pay.
Protesters from the Stop the War Coalition continue to hound war criminal and former prime minister Tony Blair as he tries to rehabilitate himself.
Rows upon rows of empty seats. That was the dominant image of the first few days of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Cleaners expose low pay London Underground cleaners in the RMT union struck as the Olympics opened to demand a living wage. They walked out for two days, starting on Friday of last week—the day of the Olympics opening ceremony.
The jury at the inquest into the death of Sean Rigg at Southwark Coroner’s Court was considering its verdict as Socialist Worker went to press.
Fascist Nick Griffin scurried out of Scotland last Saturday after failing to either turn up to his own protest in Glasgow or hijack another demo 50 miles away.
Disabled workers facing factory closures at Remploy are to strike for a third day on Monday of next week.
"Why aren’t you dead then?" This was the response of an Atos work capability assessor to an interviewee who said they had attempted suicide several times while suffering with depression.
Trade unionists and campaigners all along the south coast are organising to make the TUC’s 20 October demonstration massive, they have told Socialist Worker.
On 15 September marches against hospital cuts are set to hit four London boroughs.
