Striking workers at the Superdrug distribution centre in South Elmsall, Yorkshire, have forced management to retreat after more than two weeks of all-out, indefinite strike action.
British Airways (BA) chief executive Willie Walsh went on the offensive this week.
There will be huge climate protests around the world next Saturday 5 December.
Joint statement Superdrug Stores PLC and Unite the Union Following a long, sometimes difficult but ultimately fruitful meeting between Unite, the representatives of the employees at Superdrug’s Northern Regional Distribution Centre (NRDC), Superdrug Senior Management and ACAS we would like to put forward this joint statement for consideration of the members with the aim of resolving the current industrial action pending a full ballot.
Jane Loftus, a Socialist Workers Party (SWP) member and the president of the CWU post workers’ union, voted to accept the interim agreement in the post dispute and to call off the strikes.
Hundreds of climate campaigners took part in a colourful parade in Norwich last Saturday that brought traffic to a standstill.
Residents, families, staff and trade unionists are planning an emergency march this Saturday against the closure of Edwin Arrowsmith House, a care home for the elderly in Handsworth, Birmingham.
Up to one hundred people gathered in London last week for the People’s Charter convention.
Voting has started in the general secretary election in the PCS civil service workers’ union.
The FBU firefighters’ union in the north west of England is helping to train a delegation of firefighters who are visiting from Palestine.
Jerry Hicks, the victimised left wing Rolls Royce worker, has announced that he will be standing in next year’s election for general secretary of Britain’s biggest union, Unite.
