Glenys Kinnock has replaced Caroline Flint as the new Europe minister.
The bosses’ desired solution to the recession is to make workers pay for it. The political class agrees, but is unsure how far and how quickly it can try to make this happen.
Last Thursday’s elections saw the right win the largest share of the vote in the majority of European Union states.
Despite Labour’s vote collapsing, overall the radical left did not register gains in last Thursday’s elections.
Workers at the Linamar (former Visteon) plant in Swansea, south Wales, will take all out strike action from 6am on Thursday of next week in defence of their sacked Unite union convenor Rob Williams.
Gordon Brown’s government is staggering towards its grave. This is clear even before the European and local election results are known. The resignations of James Purnell, Hazel Blears and John Hutton – all supporters of former premier Tony Blair – were designed to provoke a coup to topple Brown.
Unite Against Fascism (UAF) has produced an eve-of-poll leaflet for campaigners to use during the last hours of campaigning in the European elections.
More than half of all workers in Britain have had a cut in their pay or hours, or lost employment benefits since the start of the recession, according to a new report.
Former Ford-Visteon workers held a lively protest at a pension trustees meeting in central London on Monday of this week.
Workers at the Linamar (formerly Visteon) plant in Swansea have voted overwhelmingly to strike in support of their sacked Unite union convenor, Rob Williams.
General Motors (GM), the US firm which owns Vauxhall, has filed for bankruptcy protection – making it one of the biggest corporate failures in US history.
Delphi, the car components firm spun-off from General Motors (GM), has emerged from chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the US.
