Supporters of Travellers’ rights have begun a camp at Dale Farm, in Essex, in a bid to stop a planned council eviction.
Drivers on Sovereign buses in London are preparing to fight back against management attacks.
Abdul Omer Mohsin, sacked Unite convenor for Sovereign buses in London, received good support from reps, convenors and officers at the London Bus Conference last week.
The Tories’ Health and Social Care Bill will go to parliament again on Wednesday of next week.
The Tories have announced a major attack on abortion rights, and they want to drive it through regardless of whether they win a vote in parliament or not.
David Cameron continues to be mired in the phone hacking scandal.
Almost 400 activists have been arrested during a two week sit-in at the White House, in Washington DC, against plans for a new oil pipeline.
An unemployed man has committed suicide in Wandsworth, south London, after his housing benefit was cut. This would have forced Richard Sanderson and his wife Petra to move.
The inquiry into the death of Iraqi hotel worker Baha Mousa is expected to publish its final report next week.
"Immigration soars 20 percent in a year" screamed the Daily Mail front page on Friday of last week. The claim was repeated across the British media.
The new assembly point for the joint Unite Against Fascism/United East End demonstration against the English Defence League has been announced.
The English Defence League (EDL) has declared that it will still demonstrate in east London this Saturday 3 September—despite a ban on their planned march.
