The Left List campaign for Lindsey German for London mayor is set to receive a major publicity boost.
Strike to stop sinking pay Coastguards in the PCS civil service workers’ union staged their second one-day strike over pay on Friday of last week.
The government’s determination to make more than a million workers in the NHS accept below inflation pay rises for the next three years met a stormy response at the Unison union’s annual health conference in Manchester this week.
Victimised health trade unionist Karen Reissmann received huge support from conference delegates – despite them being told that any mention of her name on conference floor would lead to the microphone being turned off, in case it weakened her legal case against her former employers!
The continuing threat of health privatisation formed an important backdrop to many conference debates.
Over 100 delegates packed into a meeting to hear leading Unison activist Yunus Bakhsh outline the way he is being victimised by his employers for his trade union activities – and how his fight is being undermined by his own union.
The next fortnight offers two golden opportunities to shape the future of politics in Britain.
The treatment of women in English prisons is "shameful, deplorable and life-threatening", says Marissa Sandler, co-author of Dying On The Inside, a new report into the deaths of women in prison.
The far right Dutch politician Geert Wilders made international headlines last week with the release of his anti-Muslim film Fitna.
Across Britain, workers prepare for mass strike on 24 April
Many teachers in the NUT union are encouraging other school workers to join them on the picket lines.
College lecturers in the UCU union are working towards a big strike vote in our pay ballot – which closes on 14 April.
