The Left did well in the elections for national executive seats in the lecturers’ UCU union.
Japan lies devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami that have killed thousands of people, swept away entire cities and threatened nuclear catastrophe.
UCU members at Liverpool Hope University have voted overwhelmingly for strikes against job cuts.
Nuclear safety breaches aren’t only caused by earthquakes. Nuclear power is dangerous—but bosses cover up safety fears and cut corners because they are only interested in profit.
MOX is a nuclear fuel made from a mixture of plutonium and uranium oxides by reprocessing nuclear waste.
Doctors at an emergency union meeting this week called for an end to Tory plans to "reform" the NHS in England.
London’s fire bosses are threatening to slash overtime payments—claiming that the service can manage with less.
A former nuclear power plant designer says Japan’s government is increasing the possibility of nuclear meltdown—and suppressing information about the scale of the crisis.
The first reactor at Fukushima began commercial operation in March 1971.
Reactors convert the energy stored in nuclear fuel rods into electricity. This process generates intense heat.
PCS union members in Revenue and Customs are to be balloted for strikes in the coming weeks over imposed changes to attendance policy.
In the latest phase of its witch-hunt against the left, the Unison union has expelled activist Onay Kasab.
