Workers at the BBC are set to strike against plans to make workers pay more for their pensions.
More than 200 anti‑racists packed into a Unite Against Fascism (UAF) meeting to oppose plans by the racist English Defence League (EDL) to march in Leicester on Saturday 9 October.
Tommy Sheridan and Gail Sheridan face trial for perjury on Monday. This is a disgraceful attempt to smear socialists and underline the power of the media to smash those they oppose and fear.
The man chosen by key trade union leaders and many union members is now the leader of the Labour Party. And the one chosen by Peter Mandelson and Tony Blair isn’t.
Workers, anti-cuts campaigners and community activists have poured into mass meetings in the last week as anger grows against the Tory cuts agenda.
French workers have shown their determination to block the attacks on their pensions by the right wing government of Nicolas Sarkozy. Millions of workers took part in a day of strikes and protests on Thursday.
Birmingham’s Tory council has issued redundancy notices to 26,000 council workers, telling them that they have to accept massive wage cuts or face the sack.
Hundreds of workers at outsourcing firm Connaught were sacked when it went into administration last week.
Veolia, which is contracted by councils to carry out bin collections, issued HR1 redundancy forms to some 1,200 workers last week.
Around 200 workers employed by Tory-controlled Barnet council in north London joined a lively town hall lobby on Tuesday of last week. They are angry at plans to slash services and privatise departments.
Astra Zeneca workers were to strike on Wednesday this week in their continuing fight to defend their pensions.
Plans by Royal Mail to close dozens of mail centres with the loss of thousands of jobs gathered pace this week.
