Bosses in the construction industry have ruined the working lives of thousands of workers – and paid a paltry £2.20 fee to do so.
The man running the blacklist, Ian Kerr, is a former Special Branch officer. He used to be employed by The Economic League.
Supporters of Yunus Bakhsh, the victimised nurse and trade union activist, are hopeful that the forthcoming appeal against his sacking will see Yunus returned to work.
Around 300 parents, toddlers and supporters marched through Pollokshields on the south side of Glasgow last Saturday against the closure of two local nurseries.
Yorkshire Post and Yorkshire Evening Post NUJ journalists’ union members at the Yorkshire Post and Yorkshire Evening Post newspapers in Leeds struck again last week over redundancies.
Workers and unions at ITV have responded angrily to the broadcaster’s plans to axe 600 jobs – some 15 percent of the workforce.
The killing of two British soldiers outside a barracks in Antrim last Saturday, followed by the subsequent killing of a police officer in Craigavon, have raised widespread fear that Northern Ireland’s "Troubles" might be set to blaze once more.
A few days prior to the attacks, Northern Ireland’s chief constable Sir Hugh Orde announced that British army special forces from the Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR) were being deployed.
Britain presided over the creation of Northern Ireland in 1921, when it was forced to quit the rest of Ireland. The six counties in the north were formed into a one-party state born in violence.
Alan Walter, a socialist and working class activist, died at his home in Camden, north London, last Saturday.
The two remaining student occupations in solidarity with Gaza, at the University of East London (UEL) and Manchester University, have ended.
Police officers are using a criminal database to store information on "thousands" of political activists who have been neither arrested not charged with any crime.
