Abdul Omer Mohsin, Unite union convenor for London Sovereign buses, lost his appeal against dismissal on Tuesday.
Hundreds of construction workers from the Olympic site joined a Workers' Memorial Day lunchtime rally in Stratford, east London today. It was one of a series of protests around the country.
Up to 300 sacked Jarvis workers and their supporters staged an angry demonstration today, Wednesday, outside Network Rail’s London headquarters.
Workers in Culture and Sport Glasgow (CSG) are striking on Friday, 30 April, in a dispute over a wage cut of up to 10 percent for almost 200 workers, a pay freeze for all other workers and cuts in public holidays and overtime rates.
St Mark’s Church in Gillingham, Kent, have withdrawn their hustings invitation to the British National Party (BNP) thanks to pressure from across the community organised by Unite Against Fascism (UAF) activists in the area.
Over 100 people packed in to a Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) rally in Tottenham, north London, on Tuesday evening.
The leaders’ television debates have thrown the election into chaos.
Primary school headteachers across Britain have voted to boycott the Sats assessment tests for 11 year olds. Around 600,000 children were to take the tests from 10 May.
The general election in Northern Ireland is dominated by sectarian division – except in Foyle, Derry, where People Before Profit candidate Eamonn McCann is standing.
Sheffield Housing issues and the economic crisis are at the heart of discontent in Sheffield, where Maxine Bowler is standing for MP and councillor.
Socialist candidates are picking up bitter feelings on the doorstep as they take on the major parties in the general election.
Merseyside Three local Labour councillors and four teachers were among 20 people on a UAF stall last Saturday. Activists sold tickets for the Barnsley Love Music Hate Racism carnival on 1 May and are going to be leafleting metro stations, holding stalls and canvassing next week.
