It’s Monday at the GMB union’s annual conference in Brighton – and the air is thick with calls from senior Labour Party figures to strengthen workers’ rights and build more council housing.
Bristol home care workers protest against privatisation
Home care workers in Bristol protested on Tuesday of last week against the council’s plans to privatise their service
Fury at Southall centre closure
A lively campaign is developing in west London, against the closure of Southall Community Centre, which has been at the centre of the community for over 60 years.
Over 250 people came to the Bristol Organising For Fighting Unions (OFFU) meeting last week. It showed how OFFU can attract a broad range of trade union activists and also act as a forum for other campaigners.
Amicus members at Fujitsu in Manchester continue their long-running battle to defend union recognition and agreements on redundancy, redeployment and pay.
Groups of up to 100 workers stand in line outside at dawn to see if the boss will pick them to work for the day. This is not a scene from the beginning of the last century – but the reality of being a local authority worker in the 21st century.
Tanker drivers win 20 percent
Oil tanker drivers in the T&G union at ConocoPhillips contractor Suckling Transport have won a 20 percent pay increase after threatening a strike.
The Labour government showed last week the gulf between its own agenda and that of even the most moderate unions when a minister crushed a new law to provide employment protection for millions of temporary and migrant workers.
