"The worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS." Those are the words of Robert Winston, one of the world’s most respected medical academics, on the scandal of thousands of people receiving HIV contaminated blood in the 1980s.
‘It started with informal discussions – we decided something should be done to organise among migrant workers in the south coast region.
Monday was flight and migration day of action at the G8 protests. Demonstrator Sasha Simic spoke to Socialist Worker about the events.
There were trade union contingents on the protests against the G8 in Rostock last weekend.
The German authorities mounted the biggest security operation since the Second World War for the G8 at Heilingandamm near the north German town of Rostock.
The revelation that the health service is predicted to underspend its budget by up to £500 million will come as shock to the thousands of NHS staff who, should they manage to keep their jobs, face a below inflation pay rise.
"We are committed to supporting effective industrial action if this is what is needed to secure a fair pay deal."
The CWU conference overturned its executive’s recent decision to back Alan Johnson for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party.
The CWU postal and telecom workers’ union conference this week saw delegates pass a motion that sets a deadline to ballot on continued funding for Labour.
The central issue which has made people vote for strikes is the pay cut. We’ve been offered 2.5 percent at a time when inflation is nearly twice that. The basic pay for a postal worker is £323 a week – for a hard job.
Several hundred firefighters and their supporters marched through Truro in Cornwall on Thursday of last week.
Over 2,000 people gathered in Prague in the Czech Republic on Monday this week to protest against the visit of George Bush.
