Around 30 people joined a protest outside the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in central London on Friday of last week. They were demanding that transgender woman Tara Hudson be moved to a women’s prison.
A special one-day conference of the EIS Fela further education (FE) union to debate how to win equal pay across Scotland’s colleges will be held on Friday of next week in Glasgow.
Workers at the School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas) in London walked out unofficially on Tuesday of this week. It was their third unofficial strike in a week to defend Soas Unison union branch secretary Sandy Nicoll.
Shaker Aamer was finally released from the US prison camp Guantanamo after almost 14 years of imprisonment without trial and no charges on Friday of last week.
“On June 9th, 2006, [Aamer] was beaten for two-and-a-half hours straight. Seven naval military police participated in his beating. Mr Aamer stated he had refused to provide a retina scan and fingerprints."
Shaker Aamer’s lawyer, Gareth Peirce, demands the closure of Guantanamo Bay
Hundreds of Barnet council workers in north London walked out for the seventh time this year today, Monday, against another wave of privatisation by the Tory council.
Some 200 people joined the United Family and Friends Campaign procession in central London today, Saturday.
Shaker Aamer has thanked all those who have campaigned for his release when he arrived home after his release from the US prison camp Guantanamo Bay.
The campaign to defend victimised Unison union rep Sandy Nicholl escalated today, Friday. Workers from two unions at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas) walked out unofficially in protest.
Shaker Aamer, the last British resident held in US prison camp Guantanamo Bay, has been released after over 14 years. He is finally being flown back to London.
Over 500 workers and students rallied this afternoon, Thursday, to defend suspended Unison union branch secretary Sandy Nicoll outside the School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas).
