Some 140 regulatory services workers at Barnet council have begun their industrial action against privatisation.
The crucial elections for the national executive of Unite, Britain’s biggest union, are to begin on Friday.
Sacked Merseyside firefighter Kevin Hughes has won an employment tribunal—but has yet to be reinstated.
Tory Minister for employment Chris Grayling has announced a major assault on health and safety at work.
On Monday MPs in the House of Commons debated the United Nations Security Council resolution authorising military intervention in Libya.
Royal Mail announced this week that it is to close down two large mail centres in south and east London. This will throw 1,000 workers on the dole or force them to move if they want to keep their jobs.
While the government claims there is no money to fund public services, it is prepared to spend millions of pounds on bombing Libya at a moment’s notice. These are some of the costs of going to war:
Activists are planning to ensure London has the spirit of the Arab revolutions this Saturday by taking over Trafalgar Square after the TUC’s demonstration.
More than seven out of ten PCS and Unison union members have cut the amount they spend on food to try to cope with the rising cost of living, a survey shows.
The family and friends of British reggae star Smiley Culture are demanding justice after he died in suspicious circumstances while in police custody.
Tory axeman Eric Pickles showed his true colours with a ranting speech to the hard right Young Britons’ Foundation last week.
Around 500 campaigners and homeless people protested against a Tory council’s plan to ban soup kitchens in central London last week.
