Post office counters workers struck at 42 sites in and around London on Monday against privatisation and closures of crown offices (high street offices owned by the Post Office).
A national CWU forum last week saw around 400 delegates discussing the future of the postal industry.
Last week saw the leak of a secret 10 Downing Street report into British drugs policy that casts a harsh light on the cynical politics at the heart the government’s drugs strategy.
About 240 people packed into Lambeth town hall on Thursday of last week for the local launch of the book Tell It Like It Is: How Our Schools Fail Black Children. Among the speakers was Doreen Lawrence, mother of Stephen, who was murdered in a racist attack 13 years ago. She called for action to address the scandal of black children’s experience of education. She said she would back various initiatives that parents and campaigners are discussing.
Labour Party members have got used to passing policy at conferences that is then ignored by the government. But for the government to turn around and tell them the vote never happened is a novel departure even by New Labour’s standards.
Myth one: the "rule of 85" is illegal according to the European Union (EU)
Talks were continuing over the firefighters’ pension scheme in the run-up to a special conference of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) on Thursday of this week.
Around 1.5 million workers in the local government pension scheme (LGPS) are scheduled to start ballots next Tuesday for strikes over pensions.
The White House is preparing to extend its war to Iran.
The scenes of troops brutally assaulting people in the streets of southern Iraq show the reality of occupation by British troops.
A British resident who has been detained by the US military in Guantanamo Bay since 2002 has been transferred to Uganda by the US – and the British government has done nothing to help him.
Campaigners for Babar Ahmad, who has been detained for 18 months in Woodhill prison and faces extradition to the US on trumped up terrorism charges, will meet in the Houses of Parliament on Thursday of this week.
