A national Stop the War demonstration will greet Gordon Brown in Manchester on 24 June as he is officially anointed as Tony Blair’s successor at the special Labour leadership conference.
Stop the War activists in Manchester and beyond are preparing to ensure that Gordon Brown can’t ignore the question of Iraq when he is officially declared leader at a Labour Party special conference on Sunday 24 June.
Lecturers at City College Manchester have put strike action on hold after management said that proposed new contracts would not be implemented for new starters.
Lecturers at City College Manchester have voted to strike. In an 85 percent yes vote for action, members of the UCU union have shown their anger at new contracts with fewer holidays and increased teaching hours for new lecturers.
There will be no street parties or popping of champagne corks in Britain to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome. The best that this country could manage was a half-hearted friendly football match between a Manchester United team and a motley collection of European footballers.
Amicus members at Fujitsu in Manchester continue their long-running battle to defend union recognition and agreements on redundancy, redeployment and pay.
Amicus union members at Fujitsu’s Manchester site restarted strike action and travelled to London on Wednesday of last week to present their case to MPs and ministers.
Over 300 workers at Manchester’s mental health and social care trust have won a victory against their bosses following a campaign that included strike action.
