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A judge at an employment tribunal this week ordered the reinstatement of Yunus Bakhsh, the high profile nurse and activist who was sacked illegally for his trade union activities.

Joan Miro is one of the supreme artists of the 20th century and the current exhibition of his work at the Tate Modern is a wonderful experience.

Hundreds of council workers in Dundee walked out unofficially today when their management reneged on a temporary worker agreement. The workers include the council’s joiners, painters, plumbers, scaffolders and others who carry out essential work in the city.

A strike by tens of thousands of government workers has paralysed Botswana in southern Africa since Monday.

Journalists at the North London & Herts Newspapers took their message to the streets in their first week of strikes, which began on Tuesday.

Hundreds of people from across the Midlands are set to join with trade unionists on Saturday of next week as part of a fight for jobs in Stoke on Trent.

Austerity doesn’t work. The Greeks tried it—and they are now in danger of defaulting on their loans. Portugal tried it—and it has now had to ask for a bailout of up to 80 billion euros.

The Red Stuff Shop is proud to announce a new range of memorabilia in preparation for the Marriage of Convenience 2011. Get your anti-royal wedding bunting, mugs, stickers, badges and more.

The Tory and media smear campaign against benefit "fraudsters" deliberately confuses fitness to work with disability. They want us to believe that only the "genuinely disabled" are unable to work.

"I’ve got a degree and a qualification in law. But it took me over a year to get an interview for a job.

The Tories have launched an all-out attack on disabled people in Britain. As the economic crisis continues to bite, they have turned on people they consider are not making their contribution to society.

The first steps to achieve a mass strike in Britain were taken last week.