Oil tanker drivers in the Unite union effectively ended their dispute at seven haulage companies last week, voting by a narrow margin to accept an offer from bosses.
Workers sacked by Mayr Melnhof Packaging (MMP) in Bootle, Merseyside, are protesting at the firm’s clients and partners as part of their campaign for justice. They are members of the Unite union.
There were almost 150 Unite and PCS union members on the noisy picket lines at the Ministry of Defence base in Donnington near Telford.
Health workers in the Unite union won support for their strike after massive anger at the Tories’ NHS privatisation bill.
A leading Roma activist based in Britain is facing extradition to Bulgaria—where his life will be in danger from racists.
Campaigners for refugees in Glasgow scored two successes last week. Angeline Pirira Mwafulirwa and her children were released from custody after being arrested in a dawn raid.
A report has exposed some of the horrors of Nato’s bombing campaign on Libya last year.
Tory Prime minister David Cameron’s close friends are to be charged with perverting the course of justice.
The queen’s speech has unveiled the Tories’ plans for the year. Fury at the bankers forced the government to pretend to get tough on the rich—but they were really dancing to the tune of big business.
The Campaign Against Climate Change Caravan for a Million Jobs has started a two week tour of Britain. It is demanding jobs to solve both unemployment and climate change.
Basildon Council used fake evidence to accuse a single mother Mandy Barratt for benefit fraud. It claimed it received a phone call reporting her, but it has emerged that this never happened. The investigation was really triggered by a news article.
