UCU general secretary Sally Hunt explicitly told a meeting of branch officers on Friday of last week that our union will join coordinated strikes in June to defend our pensions.
Management at London Metropolitan University wants to cut 70 percent of undergraduate courses and sack hundreds of staff.
Lecturers at the College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London protested on Wednesday of last week against cuts. Management said last week that it wants to cut 64 jobs.
Conspiracy theories—the belief that secret networks of powerful individuals rule the world—have had a recent resurgence.
A wave of anger swept through London last week when 5,000 disabled people marched on parliament against the cuts.
Supporters of Yunus Bakhsh, the Newcastle nurse unlawfully sacked for his trade union activity, were jubilant this week after NHS bosses moved to re-employ him.
The continuing scandal of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) in the health service is revealed by the sorry tale of Barnet Hospital in north London.
Workers in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have voted to organise a campaign against the closures of benefit processing sites and call centres.
Hundreds of workers at the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) held a second one‑hour walkout against cuts on Wednesday of last week.
Messengers at the Home Office HQ in central London are battling privatisation.
The European Union, the European Central Bank and the IMF agreed a 110 billion euro bailout for Greece last year.
Royal Mail is out to slash thousands of jobs and shut scores of mail centres.
