Lecturers at London Metropolitan University returned to work this week to face a critical ballot for action over job cuts.
London Underground drivers in the RMT transport union on the Victoria Line were to strike from 9pm on Tuesday of this week for 24 hours.
Members of the NUJ journalists’ union at the Daily Record and Sunday Mail newspapers in Glasgow are stepping up their fight against job losses with a 72-hour strike.
In your book, A Suitable Enemy, you say that racism has been transformed in recent years. What changes are you referring to?
The conference of the health group in the Unison union in Harrogate this week showed both the potential for a fightback and a lack of leadership from the top.
Council workers in Glasgow were awaiting the results of a strike ballot over pay protection as Socialist Worker went to press.
Workers at the Stead McAlpin textile factory in Cummersdale, near Carlisle, are fighting for justice after their employer went into receivership, leaving them without any redundancy pay.
Trade unionists across Britain are mobilising to make the Unite union’s national demonstration for jobs in Birmingham on Saturday 16 May the biggest possible protest against the recession’s impact on workers.
The initial line-up for the Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) festival in Stoke on 30 May has been unveiled. The festival will be a key part of the campaign to stop the fascist British National Party (BNP) winning seats in the European parliament.
Headline acts for the festival announced so far include N-Dubz, Reverend & The Makers, Jerry Dammers & special guests, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, VV Brown, Bashy, Helsinki (incorporating Babyshambles’ Drew McConnell and guests), Roll Deep and The Sport.
