Voting in the Unison union’s ballot on the local government pensions deal begins next Tuesday. Activists are gearing up for a campaign to reject the proposals, which will see workers working longer and getting less.
London has been invaded—by super-yachts. The billionaires’ massive boats have turned up in town as the Olympics gets underway. Up to 100 of the yachts, belonging to the likes of Bill Gates and Roman Abramovich, set sail for the capital.
Disabled workers took to picket lines to fight for their jobs on Thursday of last week. It was the first of two 24-hour strikes by Remploy workers in the Unite and GMB unions.
A group of elderly Kenyans have been told they can sue the British Foreign Office for torture they suffered under colonial rule in the 1950s.
Outrage followed the news on Thursday of last week that Simon Harwood had been found not guilty of Ian Tomlinson’s manslaughter.
The Birmingham riots murder trial almost collapsed after the judge found a senior police officer "invented" evidence.
Fukushima firm lies on radiation Bosses at a firm cleaning up the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan tried to cover up radiation levels beyond the legal limit.
Tory minister Jeremy Hunt had the audacity to attack a planned strike by civil service workers as "an absolute disgrace" this week.
At least £13 trillion has been hidden in tax havens by the super rich. That’s about as much as the economies of Japan and the US put together.
Unison’s local government service group executive is recommending a yes vote in the ballot which starts next week on the government’s pensions deal.
Cleaners on the London Underground are striking on Friday 27 July and Saturday 28 July for basic rights, dignity and an end to injustice.
Up to 80 workers at the Coryton oil refinery and their supporters protested outside the Vopak terminal in Purfleet, Essex, today (Saturday).
