From the unions to the Labour Party, it’s common to hear the idea that Britain’s manufacturing base is now all but destroyed. "We don’t make things any more," they say.
Sunderland print workers on strike Workers in the Unite union at Paragon print company in Sunderland struck on Tuesday of this week and were set to strike again on Friday. This follows action on the same days of last week.
Around 300 trade unionists and activists marched in Toxteth, Liverpool, last Saturday for an annual commemoration of the life of Liverpool-born Irish socialist James Larkin.
London bus workers have voted by 71 percent to 29 percent to accept the Olympic bonus offer.
Some 40 people protested at Portsmouth International Ferry Port on Saturday of last week.
Workers in the RMT union at Barton Hall rail depot in Bristol have voted to strike over a reduction in their hours.
Up to 80 workers and supporters protested outside the Vopak oil terminal in Purfleet, Essex, on Saturday and Sunday of last week.
The inquest into the death of Sean Rigg has recalled four police officers after new evidence came to light.
NHS employers’ plans to slash the pay and conditions of hundreds of thousands of health workers in England are meeting resistance.
Royal Mail workers in Bridgwater, Somerset, won a colleague’s reinstatement after a three-day unofficial strike.
Parents, workers and students are organising a mass campaign against academies in Gloucestershire. Private firm Prospects Group is set to take over Whitcross School in Lydney and run it as an academy from September.
Workers across the Department for Transport are taking rolling sectional strikes until 3 August.
