Thousands of disabled workers were set to strike this week to save their jobs. The Tories want to close 36 of 54 Remploy factories, which employ disabled workers.
Olympics protesters won’t back down Activists in east London are preparing a Counter Olympics demonstration for Saturday of next week—in defiance of Transport for London attempts to ban it.
Pride marches took place across Britain on Saturday for LGBT rights. In Glasgow some 6,000 people took part, making it what organisers say is the largest ever in Scotland.
Workers at the Coryton oil refinery in Essex have called demonstrations at the nearby Vopak terminal this weekend. This follows a packed public meeting on Wednesday of last week.
Bus workers in London were voting on an offer in their fight for an Olympic bonus as Socialist Worker went to press.
The failure of security firm G4S to find enough staff to cover the Olympics is the latest in its long history of scandals and privatisation.
Police invent terror evidence West Midlands Police have been caught making up evidence to detain a Muslim student under the Terrorism Act.
Firefighters in Essex were set to strike and hold a mass march through Chelmsford on Wednesday of this week.
Some 160 traffic wardens in Camden, north London, struck for two days last week. They are demanding a living wage from parking contractor NSL.
The inquest into the death of Sean Rigg has heard from the police officer who was responsible for his wellbeing.
Rail workers in the RMT union at First Great Western have voted to accept an Olympic payment offer. They had started a strike ballot.
Coastguards take action against cuts Coastguards in the PCS union took industrial action last week over the closure of 50 percent of the rescue stations in Britain.
