He was a fighter, a friend and a father.He hated injustice and he loved life.A trade unionist, a campaigner against racism, a Socialist Workers Party member,he inspired people to stand up for their rights.He should have lived longer and will be missed by many people.
The People’s Charter for Change, a major initiative in response to the devastating impact of the recession on working class people, was launched this week.
The threat of job losses is being felt in every sector as the recession deepens.
Unison union members in Leeds and across the country were shocked and angered last week at the news that East North East Homes Leeds (ENEHL) had sacked John McDermott.
The fascist British National Party (BNP) was forced to cancel a fundraising dinner in south Gloucester last Sunday after Unite Against Fascism mobilised against the event.
The London Shop Stewards Network is holding a workplace organising conference to help boost grassroots trade union organisation.
More than 100 trade unionists and campaigners joined an angry protest on the steps of Soas, which is part of the University of London, on Wednesday of last week against the sacking of trade unionist Jose Stalin Bermudez.
A dispute is raging in the Essa academy, formerly Hayward school, in Bolton over management plans to rip up trade union agreements reached with workers in various unions at the school.
Results of the UCU national executive and national officer elections were being released as Socialist Worker went to press.
Management at London Metropolitan University have now formally notified the trade unions that they plan to cut the equivalent of 550 full-time posts over the next 15 months, many of them by July.
Workers were set to protest on Wednesday of this week at the Staythorpe construction site near Newark in Nottinghamshire and the Isle of Grain site in Kent. The ongoing campaign has targeted Spanish subcontractors at the Alstom company.
