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End the “hostile environment” for refugees!
Migrants and refugees continue to be systematically treated as disposable by the British government and are as such repeatedly put into vulnerable positions. Rishi Sunak has emphasized that the stopping of people trying to cross the Channel in small boats is his top focus.
Royal Mail: Vote Yes and escalate the action to win!
“A strike is not just for Christmas”, read defiant placards across the hundreds of Communication Workers Union (CWU) “Vote Yes” gate meetings in Royal Mail delivery offices, which have been taking place over January.
NHS at breaking point: Fight for safe staffing levels
The depth of the crisis in the NHS is difficult to overstate. While bosses have talked of "recovery plans" and politicians of "building back better", health and social care services have continued to crumble.
The bitter legacy of Margaret Thatcher
Thatcher’s reputation and legacy has left a deep scar across the whole face of British society which is still very keenly felt today by successive generations.
Debenhams & Arcadia: stop the retail jobs slaughter!
Debenhams and Arcadia must open their books to the workers to show where the money has gone. In 2015, the Arcadia Group - owned by multi-millionaire retail tycoon Sir Philip Green - famously sold off the failing BHS department store for £1, but not before Green took £400 million out of the company for himself!
Lockdown should end when workers say so
The Tory Government’s failure to convincingly meet their own five tests increases both the likelihood and severity of a second wave of the pandemic.
#McStrike claims important victory – Precarious workers: Organise to win!
McDonald's workers in Britain are set to receive their biggest pay increase in over a decade at the end of January, which will see increases of 6.7% across non-franchise stores and some workers receiving £10/hour. The decision comes in the wake of an historic strike of McDonald's workers in September last year.
Corbyn's Campaign Rocks Establishment
The Labour Party bureaucracy, the big business media and the entire establishment have been shocked by the momentum…
Britain: Reject the lie that is austerity
Trade unions must now act to resist Osborne offensive On Wednesday 3 December the Tories declared all-out war…
Workers need a pay rise – how can we pay for it?
End poverty, inequality and capitalism “Britain needs a pay rise” is the demand of the TUC’s demonstration on…