PARENTS, pupils and teachers in Doncaster have forced the local authority to scrap plans to hand over a school to the businessman Sir Peter Vardy.
MEMBERS OF the Natfhe lecturers’ union at Blackburn College have voted to ballot immediately for strikes against up to 180 redundancies planned over the next few months.
We anticipate there will be around 300 to 350 delegates, who are elected on the basis of one for every ten Respect members locally.
STRIKING SOCIAL workers in Lib Dem controlled Liverpool council are appealing for wider support and backing for a national demonstration in the city called by their union, Unison.
THE SOAPWORKS dispute in Glasgow has ended with management conceding a marginal increase in their original pay offer.
STAFF AT Eurostar have voted by 242 to 25 to accept a deal that sets a pay rate for customer service jobs at Waterloo and a similar rate for office staff, as well as addressing staff travel.
A BENEFIT night to commemorate the Chinese cocklers who died on Morecambe Bay in February this year was packed out on Thursday of last week.
"THEY HAVE lied and lied and lied—and they are continuing to lie".
THE QUESTION of political representation for the movement loomed large at a meeting on "War, social movements and political parties" which produced one of the best debates of the ESF.
"The end of the myth of development" reflected the diversity of politics and stategies to be found at the ESF.
Women organising This MEETING "Women and trade unions fighting discrimination" brought together women and men from all over the world to discuss the problem of discrimination in society and in the labour market.
