3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (738+ words) You could hear them long before you could see them. Scores of striking low paid NHS workers were shouting their defiance on megaphones outside Guy’s hospital in central London on Thursday. “Band two, no way… we want decent pay,” they…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (486+ words) Bus drivers on the picket line in north London demand air con (Picture: Guy Smallman) Bus drivers at Arriva North London have voted to accept a “significantly improved” deal after a series of strikes. The Unite union members walked out…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (416+ words) Trade unionists taking part in a workplace day of action in solidarity with Palestine An important anti-war motion is being proposed by the UCU union at this year’s TUC union federation conference, which begins on 13 September. The motion is supported…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago   (1363+ words) Trade unions are hugely important for building resistance to oppression, climate change and inequality. But the British labour movement sometimes seems to spend more time commemorating the glorious defeats of the past than supporting the struggles of today. Workers in…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (535+ words) Protesters from Fossil Free London demand that Andy Burnham says no to North Sea oil (Pic: @fossilfreeLDN) It is a fallacy that North Sea oil will make our bills cheaper. That’s the conclusion of a new paper submitted to the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (716+ words) Strikers met with a group of Palestinian students and their teachers Strikers from the Institute of Cancer Research were invited by Manchester and Trafford Trades Councils for a bumper meeting last week, bringing together strikers from across the city. We…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (447+ words) Rupert Lowe in his constituency (Pic: @RupertLowe10 on X) Rupert Lowe, MP for Great Yarmouth, makes a great deal of donating his Westminster salary to charities in his constituency. He can afford to. Lowe, the leader of the far right Restore Britain…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (608+ words) A new report on the government’s “Prevent” scheme has exposed its claims to be combatting terrorism. Prevent was created by the Labour government in 2003, at the height of its “War on Terror”. Its remit was significantly broadened under the Tories....

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (540+ words) The pamphlet talks about equality, domestic abuse and sexual violence The home office has issued a pamphlet that feeds the far right’s racist lies. The pamphlet is aimed at those seeking asylum in Britain. It talks about how in Britain…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (798+ words) St Edmund’s College, Cambridge employed racist and eugenicist Noah Carl until 2019 (Pic: Wikimedia commons) Professor Jason Arday was not hired by the University of Cambridge because the prestigious university has gone “woke”. Jason joined an institution increasingly infected by the…...