Two fitters in the test areas at the Rolls Royce Bristol plant were escorted off the site on Monday night last week for allegedly sleeping while on the job.
The PCS civil service workers’ union held a highly successful conference in Brighton last week.
Workers at Ambala Foods in Stratford, east London, were forced to return to the picket lines on Thursday and Friday of last week when their offer to end their pay dispute was firmly rejected.
The GMB union conference last week saw Paul Kenny, previously London regional secretary, take over as acting general secretary for the next year.
The annual conference of the postal and telecom workers’ CWU union came very close to telling the Labour Party that it would cease all funding to the party from 1 November.
Anti-fascist campaigners were out in force in Manchester and east London last weekend.
A leading Saudi trade unionist is seeking asylum in Britain after facing persecution for organising workers at a British arms company in Saudi Arabia.
About 200 people marched through Brighton on Saturday last week to protest over the presence of weapon systems manufacturer EDO in the city.
NO2ID, the national campaign against the government’s plans to introduce compulsory identity cards, has launched a pledge drive to build opposition to the scheme.
Seven years ago government officials turned England’s primary schools upside down by insisting that there was only one way to teach reading. Every class had to follow the same pattern — the stereotyped "literacy hour".
In 2003 school students sent shockwaves through the political establishment when they walked out in their thousands against the Iraq war.
Perth & Kinross council have banned a march on the G8 summit, set for 6 July. They have allowed a rally to go ahead—but only if organisers pay thousands for the privilege. Scottish Socialist Party MSP, Frances Curran responded to the council’s moves
