The walkouts at Lindsey Oil Refinery have set a number of precedents – both good and bad.
The European Union (EU) Posted Workers Directive allows foreign contractors to hire staff from overseas for temporary projects, provided they are granted the same legal rights as British workers.
The national committee of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) met last weekend to discuss the economic crisis and the party’s response to it.
Workers at Thames Water in the GMB union may be balloted for strike action over job cuts and a threat to outsource call centre work to India.
Unions have responded angrily to managers threatening to withhold pay or deduct holidays from employees who couldn’t get to work last week because of heavy snow.
Defend Council Housing (DCH) is calling on its supporters to come to parliament and give evidence in favour of fully funded council housing on Wednesday 25 February.
Further education lecturers in eight colleges across Britain took part in a solid one-day strike over pay on Thursday of last week.
More than 40 teachers in Brent, north west London, met on Friday of last week to discuss how to resist plans to turn two of the borough’s schools into academies sponsored by Edutrust.
This year is the 800th anniversary of Cambridge University and the 425th anniversary of Cambridge University Press (CUP).
Newspapers and magazines across the country are looking to cut jobs and wages – but journalists are fighting back.
BBC petition for Gaza appeal Staff at the BBC have launched a petition campaign against director-general Mark Thompson’s decision not to broadcast the Disasters Emergency Committee’s humanitarian appeal for Gaza.
Postal workers woke up to shocking newspaper headlines last week that talked of 16,000 job losses at Royal Mail.
