Teachers are livid that the government last week sought to push a below-inflation pay "rise" on them – not just for one year, but for three.
Along with tens of thousands of civil service workers in the PCS union I am gearing up for a major day of strike action on Thursday of next week.
Tory MP Ann Widdecombe is set to take part in an anti-abortion speaking tour across Britain in an effort to marshal opponents of a woman’s right to choose. She will face strong opposition everywhere she goes.
Royal Mail’s attempts to undermine the CWU postal workers’ union have come unstuck at the Burslem delivery office in Stoke-on-Trent.
Bosses at private mail firm TNT are planning to cherry-pick lucrative Royal Mail delivery contracts by competing with the company to deliver post in some business areas.
On 11-13 February Military Families Against the War are taking their campaign to the House of Lords. The law lords will hear the case that will raise the question of whether the Iraq war was legal under international law.
Stop the War has called an all-Scotland World Against War demonstration in Glasgow for Saturday 15 March.
Anti-war activists are organising to ensure a huge turn out for the national demonstration in London called for Saturday 15 March, the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Stop the War groups in England and Wales are organising transport.
Socialist Worker can reveal that the government is still pushing through its plans to close the Remploy factories that employ disabled workers.
Respect supporters were out in force at the weekend campaigning in two key council by-elections set to take place on Thursday 14 February.
The current prolonged economic crisis has increased Gordon Brown’s determination to cut wages for public sector workers.
Across the globe, share values were in freefall at the start of this week. The collapse was fuelled by fears of a recession in the US.
