The Unite union was holding sector conferences in Brighton this week.
The Tories have cut £10 billion from the NHS in the last three years and plan to cut another £10 billion by 2015.
Rescue workers were fighting to get to outlying regions of the Philippines hit by typhoon Haiyan as Socialist Worker went to press. In the worst-hit city of Tacloban more than 10,000 people are thought to have died.
David Cameron was set to attend a Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka this week.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has launched a criminal investigation into the death of 39 year old Leon Briggs in police custody on Monday of last week.
Campaigners and tenants protested against the bedroom tax outside parliament on Tuesday of this week, as MPs debated getting rid of it.
As BAE systems slashes jobs, strikes and occupations can hit back write Dave Sewell and Jon Woods
Newham council officials last week agreed to “try to find social housing in London” for the Focus E15 mothers.
Relatives and supporters of Shaker Aamer, the last British man in Guantanamo Bay, plan a march and rally on Saturday 23 November to mark the 12th anniversary of his detention.
Striking First Great Western (FGW) train cleaners demonstrated outside Paddington Station this morning, Friday, in their third strike for a living wage from outsourcing giant Mitie.
Thousands took to streets around the country to protest against austerity yesterday, Tuesday. The People’s Assembly coordinated the Burn Austerity day of action on bonfire night, with hacker group Anonymous also staging protests.
Photos from the picket lines of the anti-privatisation strike
