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My last column ended with a question. I find two commodities – a newspaper and a pint of milk – on sale in a shop at the same price.

RMT cleaners demonstration Rail and tube cleaners staged a demonstration outside City Hall in London last week calling for a "living wage" of £7.20 an hour

"Before becoming a student nurse I spent a lot of time working in bars and cafes," says John Finnegan, who came to Britain from Ireland.

Voting begins next week in the elections for the Unison national executive. The Unison United Left is calling for support for its own candidates and other candidates of the left.

Nine anti-war protesters, including socialist and civil rights campaigner Eamonn McCann, were in court in last week over their occupation of the offices of US arms manufacturer Raytheon in Derry, Northern Ireland, last August.

Hundreds of charity workers from a range of organisations are looking to strike as unrest hits the Scottish voluntary sector.

Tesco delivery drivers in the Lothians in Scotland claim they have been threatened with the sack unless they agree to controversial new contracts.

The RMT rail workers’ union called off a seven-day overtime ban of more than 2,000 London Underground maintenance workers that was due to begin on Monday of this week after talks with management.