Around 250 trade unionists and other activists met for the annual conference of the National Shop Stewards Network on Saturday.
Workers at Maple Leaf bakery in Walsall were to announce the result of their ballot as Socialist Worker went to press.
IT giant Fujitsu has sent more than 50 top bosses on an all-expenses paid holiday to Bermuda—while the firm’s 14,000 workers face a pay freeze.
The cuts planned by the Tories will cause up to 38,000 extra deaths in Britain over the next ten years due to their impact on poor people’s health and stress levels.
Sick and disabled people face a new round of punitive testing and assessment—and many will be forced to look for work that is not suitable for them.
The Anti Academies Alliance held a 250-strong meeting in London Last week.
Doctors’ leaders warned this week that the NHS is facing a wave of cuts—even before the government starts slashing its budget.
The rich aren’t suffering from the ongoing economic crisis—instead they continue to get richer.
There is growing anger at the Tories’ decision to scrap the extension of free school meals to 500,000 children from the poorest families.
The Tories want the unemployed to give up their council homes and move in search of work.
The economic crisis is plunging workers into terrible poverty, stress and despair.
