Pay strike at Wolverhampton College
10 April 2019
Wolverhampton College staff have been taking to the picket lines across three college sites in a fight for a more money.
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Turn anger into action
Brexit will only be delivered if the people move to enforce it by neutering an obstructionist parliament.
Cold wind blows for jobs in offshore power
9 April 2019
Despite politicians’ promises, new contracts for wind farms in the seas off Scotland are not going to Scottish yards.
Euro finance shock - more to come
26 March 2019
The EU’s financial weakness from earlier financial crises reappeared at the end of 2018 after the European Central Bank announced that growth would be lower than expected and inflation higher. That was a dress rehearsal for what is to come.
Honda to end manufacturing in Britain
26 March 2019
Honda announced last month that it will close its only British factory as part of restructuring plans. Unite the union is organising a march and rally on Saturday 30 March in response, seeking to save the plant.
May abandons control
25 March 2019
By her visit last week to Brussels, Theresa May has finally abandoned all pretence that she aims to deliver Brexit.
Reunite the NHS
18 March 2019
There are positive signs that fragmentation of the NHS in England is coming to an end. Professional bodies, unions and others are unanimous that the 2012 Health and Social Care Act should go.
Brexit and the world economy
18 March 2019
Brexit is about politics first and foremost. But with a global economic slump coming, it makes economic sense too.
Leavers are doing it for themselves
18 March 2019
Something is stirring in Britain. Away from parliament and the parliamentary parties, people are starting to organise to defend Brexit in organisations such as Leavers of Britain.
Leaving the EU: A practical guide to action
18 March 2019
Suggestions from a pro-Brexit activist on practical steps can we take to spread the fight to leave the EU.
Dishonourable members
15 March 2019
All that is rotten in Britain has come together in the Palace of Westminster.
Italian scientists take a stand against the ECJ
12 March 2019
Researchers from Italy took their campaign for scientific freedom to Brussels last week – by eating rice pudding in front of the European Parliament…