The mirage of universal basic income
7 June 2023
The idea of a universal basic income does not stand up to close examination and offers nothing for workers. The latest proposals are no different.
7 June 2023
The idea of a universal basic income does not stand up to close examination and offers nothing for workers. The latest proposals are no different.
6 June 2023
Importing nurses from other countries is no answer to NHS staff shortages. Retaining nurses already working would be a step in the right direction.
6 June 2023
Unite members at the Coca Cola Europacific Partners plant in Wakefield, Europe’s largest, will strike for fourteen days this month after 87 per cent of those voting in a ballot rejected the employer’s offer of a 6 per cent rise.
1 May 2023
Two key pay disputes in the rail industry are no nearer settlement. Both Aslef and RMT unions have announced strikes In the face of employer and government intransigence.
The resurgence in working class struggle – after years of relative quiet – is proof that progress is possible.
For Britain to leave the EU and then seek to join other trade blocs is the opposite of asserting independence and sovereignty.
A historic decision was taken at the Unison Health Care Service Group Conference in Bournemouth on 18 April when members unanimously backed a motion to “call time” on the NHS Pay Review Body (PRB) system.
On 17 April University and College Union declared that university members have won a “historic victory” in achieving restoration of their pension.
The High Court has granted a judicial review of the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone...
The well crafted and deliberate attacks on education by government are now being resisted by workers, who believe this is a critical point in the struggle to arrest decline…
It is time to examine the case for electric vehicles. The arguments, rooted in net zero dogma, don’t stand up to reality. Investment is needed, not imposed targets…
Control is the power of directing what happens in a country, or an industry. We say workers must take control, but that has quite a different meaning for workers than for capitalists…
A report from the TUC and transport unions calls for a massive increase in investment and financial support for public transport outside of London – rail, tram and bus…
Separatism takes different forms across Britain, a reactionary movement backed only by a minority. The struggle for unity will have to be persistent and strategic…
This book describes how modern, transnational capitalism operates against the interests of workers everywhere, out of reach of national governments…
Only the ruling class benefited from slavery. During the long struggle to end it over 1.5 million of Britain’s 12 million people signed petitions against it…
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, speaking at an International Monetary Fund meeting in April, said the pension system needs reform to ensure pensioners receive higher returns. That would seem to mean higher risk and more speculation.
25 April 2023
Farmers Weekly has revealed that British farmers were being ripped off by a large-scale fraud, with huge quantities of foreign pork passed off as British.
25 April 2023
Postal delivery workers have settled their lengthy pay struggle. Their union, CWU, will put the agreement to members. Separately, Post Office counter workers have settled their own dispute.
25 April 2023
The census should be a valuable source of data for national planning. But there are serious questions about the validity of the latest results.
30 March 2023
Workers on the Woolwich ferry services across the River Thames have won a hard-fought victory in a struggle which started with the now discredited Briggs Marine, and continued with Transport for London when it took over in January 2021.
20 March 2023
Spurred by the England Lionesses, the government has announced support for equal access to school sport, football in particular.
18 March 2023
Control over borders is the best way for a country to develop its economy and benefit its people. Such self-determination and independence serve the cause of workers everywhere.
17 March 2023
A new statement on the fundamental approach of the Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist) – to class, country, independence and control.
16 March 2023
NHS workers have achieved a signal victory in their pay campaign. The improved offerwill be put to members by their unions with a recommendation to accept.
14 March 2023
Transport secretary Mark Harper has announced delays to much needed transport projects. His plans have attracted criticism from industry and unions.
14 March 2023
RMT members employed by the 14 train operating companies are continuing their long running dispute over pay and conditions.
14 March 2023
RMT is conducting a referendum ballot of its Network Rail members after an improved offer from the employer. They have now voted to accept.
13 March 2023
BBC journalists are starting industrial action in defence of their jobs and their local stations. They have called a 24-hour strike on Wednesday 15 March, Budget Day, followed by a work to rule.
13 March 2023
Musicians, concert goers and radio listeners have united to condemn the BBC’s decision to close the BBC Singers as part of a plan to cut 20 per cent of jobs in BBC orchestras and music ensembles.