Issues

tim_toon2503.jpg
Issue - 2315
Dated - 11 Aug 2012
The banks are still robbing us

Years of economic crisis have pushed ordinary people around the world into poverty and despair. But bankers have seen their wealth soar.

2315

Sign up for our daily email update ‘Breakfast in Red’

In this issue

Unions rally against rail fare rises
News

Unions rally against rail fare rises

Trade unions, transport campaigners and passenger groups are holding a day of action today, Tuesday, to protest against increases in rail fares.
14 August 2012
Solid bus strike hits Abellio
News

Solid bus strike hits Abellio

A strike by bus workers in the Unite union shut down the Abellio garage in Byfleet, Surrey, on Monday morning.
13 August 2012
National call centre strike solid in face of management tactics
News

National call centre strike solid in face of management tactics

In a long running battle over conditions, 6,000 PCS members in Job Centre Plus call centres struck on Monday. Pickets were defiant across the country, despite dirty tactics by Department for Work and Pensions management.
13 August 2012
News Image
News

Sunderland anti-fascists protest against the National Front

Anti-Nazis outnumbered the fascist National Front (NF) in Sunderland last Saturday as it tried to hold a demonstration in the city.
12 August 2012
News Image
News

Abellio Surrey bus workers to strike against pay freeze

Bus workers in the Unite union at Abellio Surrey are set to strike tomorrow, Monday 13 August, against a planned pay freeze for this year.
12 August 2012
Leeds council sacks a leading strategist behind the racist EDL
News

Leeds council sacks a leading strategist behind the racist EDL

A key figure in the shadowy network of strategists behind the racist English Defence League (EDL) has been sacked by Leeds City Council.
09 August 2012
Tube cleaners walk out for their second two-day strike over pay
News

Tube cleaners walk out for their second two-day strike over pay

Cleaners on the London Underground walked out today, Thursday, for the start of a two-day strike over pay and conditions.
09 August 2012
Traffic wardens in Camden start three-day strike for decent pay
News

Traffic wardens in Camden start three-day strike for decent pay

Traffic wardens in Camden were in confident mood today, Thursday, for the start of their second strike over pay.
09 August 2012
News Image
News

It’s not just the weather that’s causing food prices to rise

It will be a hungry summer for billions around the world as global food prices head to an all-time high. The prices of corn, wheat and soy have surged by 30 to 50 percent.
07 August 2012
News Image
What We Think

The media, crime and racism

The horrific case of Shafilea Ahmed, who was murdered by her parents for refusing an arranged marriage, has sparked outrage. The press has raged about how South Asians and Muslims have to learn "British values".
07 August 2012
News Image
News

News round-up

Phone hacking: Brooks charged Police have formally charged ex-News International boss Rebekah Brooks with a series of offences related to phone hacking. Six others journalists from the News of the World, including David Cameron’s former aide Andy Coulson, have also been charged.
07 August 2012
The banks are still robbing us
News

The banks are still robbing us

Years of economic crisis have pushed ordinary people around the world into poverty and despair. But bankers have seen their wealth soar.
07 August 2012