It was revealed last week that the London Underground’s East London line is to become the first tube line to be run by the private sector.
The high court last week ruled that the British government is not obliged to intervene on behalf of the British residents held at Guantanamo Bay.
Rail pensions lobby Hundreds of rail union members lobbied parliament on Tuesday of this week in defence of pensions. The unions are preparing to ballot for strikes over the issue.
Cleaners and engineers for First Bus in south Staffordshire and south Cheshire struck over pay for seven days from 28 April to 4 May.
Defend Council Housing (DCH) holds its annual conference in central London on 22 May.
The two-day strike by over 85,000 civil service workers in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week was incredibly successful.
A year long campaign for union recognition at the National Maritime Museum in south east London has ended in a stunning victory for its 500 members of staff. Staff have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the PCS and Prospect unions being recognised.
Wednesday 18 May is shaping up to be a crucial day for post office workers and every trade unionist.
An excellent CWU union local meeting was held in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, recently to discuss the Lib Dems’ idea of part privatisation of the Post Office. This proposal means that 49 percent of the company would be sold off, 25 percent kept by the government and 26 percent kept in a trust by the employees.
Just how far Tony Blair is prepared to go was shown last week when he replaced foreign secretary Jack Straw – because Straw was seen as too soft on Iran. A man who just weeks ago paraded US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice around north west England is now no longer regarded by Blair as being sufficiently enthusiastic about waging war alongside George Bush.
Imagine if the local government pension scheme strikes had gone ahead on 4 May as originally planned.
The 4 May local election saw the latest in a series of remarkable electoral results for Respect – especially for an organisation that is only two and a half years old fighting a local election campaign for the first time.
