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Support the cleaners' all-out strike for pay

Striking cleaners and caterers at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Beis) have entered the fifth week of an indefinite strike over low pay and outsourcing.

These NHS strikes in Bradford and Lincolnshire need your support

Health workers in Bradford and Lincolnshire are stepping up the fight against poverty pay and outsourcing—and they need solidarity.

Asda workers speak out - bullying and threats add to anger over new contract

Asda workers are furious at supermarket bosses’ plans to impose a punitive contract that would rip up their terms and conditions.

New jobs fears at British Steel

Jobs could be at risk at British Steel after it is set to be bought by Oyak, the Turkish military pension fund.

Tory plan for Brexit is a threat to two million EU migrants

Whether you voted Leave or Remain, we should all defend migrants’ rights writes Tomáš Tengely-Evans

12,000 march in Aberdeen for Scottish independence

The most popular chants were “Say hey, say ho, Boris Johnson's got to go” and “We want independence now”'.

London marchers show solidarity with Hong Kong protests

Up to 1,000 people joined the Stand With Hong Kong protest, which gathered in Trafalgar Square before marching to Downing Street and Parliament Square

Protesters stage ‘kiss-in’ in London against bigotry and LGBT+ hate

LGBT+ people staged a “kiss-in” to beat back the bigots in London’s Parliament Square on Friday.

Protests in London as India declares its control of Kashmir

The Indian government has held a special ceremony to announce that it is in control of the disputed area of Kashmir.

Angry Asda workers march against new contract

Up to 1,000 Asda workers and their supporters marched in Leeds against the bosses' assault on workers' lives.

News in brief - justice for Shukri Abdi, emissions rise, Home Office uses force

The police watchdog will investigate how cops handled the investigation into the death of a 12 year old school student in Greater Manchester.

PCS strikers unite their fights over pay and outsourcing with Liverpool protest

Cleaners and caterers from London and Liverpool marched together on Tuesday, uniting their battles over low pay and outsourcing.

National unity is unity with the bosses

A growing number of MPs have backed calls for a “national unity government” to stop a no-deal Brexit.

Tory cuts fail children in local authorities’ care

Around 50,000 children rely on care from councils whose services are inadequate, according to a study published last week.

Tories want more power for bullying and racist cops

'Law and order’ is green light for police to harass black people and the poor, says Tomáš Tengely-Evans

Education round up: Mass resignations at Ruskin College

The entire social work team at Ruskin College has resigned in solidarity with victimised union reps.

Local government round up: All-out libraries strike continues in Bromley

Striking library workers in Bromley, south east London, plan five demonstrations in addition to their continuing strike.

Workers ready for all out strike in Bradford NHS fight

Hundreds of health workers in West Yorkshire have voted to start an indefinite strike from Monday 26 August against a dangerous new form of privatisation.