Bosses at Northampton General Hospital had locked out up to 78 biomedical scientists for five days as Socialist Worker went to press.
Patients who occupied a mental health drop-in centre in Cambridge for nearly four months have saved it from closure.
Health workers are organising two events ahead of the NHS’s birthday on 5 July, as part of a national campaign for better pay.
Workers at King’s College London have overwhelmingly voted for strikes to stop job cuts.
NUT general secretary Christine Blower was re-elected with 73 percent of votes. Her challenger Martin Powell Davies of the Socialist Party got 27 percent.
Bedroom tax, London Pride, BBC, Ritzy strike, Media bias and rail safety
Residents of council estates from several London boroughs met last Sunday to launch a new campaign to save homes facing demolition. It was agreed to campaign against the demolitions, to lobby the Housing Committee at City Hall, and to oppose the real estate property developers’ trade fair at Olympia, London, in October.
The inquest into the death of Cherry Groce began on Monday of this week.
Hillsborough inquests hear of previous crushes | Cops search over a million young people | Cops in Greater Manchester caught changing records | Energy fat cats to make even more cash
Join me on the picket lines, says kitchen assistant Wendy Harris
The militias fighting for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) in Syria and Iraq have declared a new Islamic state, a “Caliphate”.
Revolutionary socialist organisations in Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Tunisia, Syria and Morocco have issued a joint statement condemning the sectarianism ripping Iraq apart.
