Defending higher education
20 May 2025
Members of the Universities and College Union continue to take action in defence of higher education in this country
Jobs
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Fighting university redundances [updated]
23 April 2025
Many UK universities face ruin due to their reliance on the bloated fees of international students. Student numbers are dropping; it’s left to university staff to pick up the pieces.
Banks shut up shop
23 April 2025
Banks continue to close branches to save costs, denying cash and banking facilities to an increasing number of people.
Post Office closures
14 November 2024
The Post Office has announced plans for job losses and closures in the wake of the Horizon scandal. The Communication Workers Union has called for a halt, and will fight the job losses if the plan goes ahead.
Grangemouth workers march
On Saturday 3 August workers marched past the Grangemouth oil and gas refinery, near Falkirk, Scotland. This was a further boost to their campaign to save their jobs at the site.
No guarantees on Tata Steel
17 July 2024
The new government has given no guarantees on the future of Tata Steel in Port Talbot. Trade unions had hopes of a positive outcome after the election, but still face job losses.
Take charge, take control
These are critical times for the working class and for Britain. Our fight is here, and no election changes that.
Universities: Action across the country
Members of the University and College Union are taking action across the country in defence of jobs and conditions.
Union says no to a ban on oil exploration
30 May 2024
The Unite trade union has launched a major campaign against a ban on oil and gas exploration in the North Sea. It says a transition in energy supply should not sacrifice energy security and workers’ jobs for net zero targets.
Steel – fight for Port Talbot jobs
30 May 2024
The fight for the future of Britain’s steel industry is focused on Port Talbot. Workers are threatening to strike over Tata’s rejection of their alternative plans to retain jobs and integrated production.
Rail travel grows despite government actions
9 April 2024
Rail passenger numbers have mushroomed despite government policy that in effect imposes managed decline.
Fighting for the English National Opera’s future
31 January 2024
ENO artists have suspended strike action in their pay and jobs dispute, pending further talks. But that’s only one step in their fight for the future of the company, which is being forced to move out of London in the name of “levelling up”.
Grangemouth refinery closure threat
1 December 2023
Plans to shut Scotland’s only oil refinery threaten skilled jobs and Britain’s industrial base.
HS2 sabotage hits train manufacture
2 October 2023
The government is planning further cuts to the HS2 rail project. This sabotage puts engineering jobs at risk as well as undermining the transport benefits.
Campaign for the future of steel
28 September 2023
Unite has launched a campaign to highlight the decline in Britain’s steel industry, with a plan for its future, including the demand that public contracts are obliged to use British steel.
Campaign to keep ticket offices open
20 July 2023
Train operating companies are running a short consultation on plans to close railway ticket offices. Rail workers are campaigning in opposition.
Employers – no interest but their own [Updated]
The ruling class never misses a chance to undermine workers. Under the cloak of helping refugees, they can’t resist the opportunity for hiring cheap labour.
Discussion meeting (via Zoom): A working class needs modern industry
Discussion meeting (via Zoom): A working class needs modern industry
Tuesday 11 January 2022 19:00
Can a working class without real employment create progress? What’s the future for Britain without viable industry?
Email info@cpbml.org.uk for an invitation.
Budget fails British seafarers, says RMT
1 November 2021
Shipping tax changes are a capitulation to global capitalism and do nothing to reverse long-term decline in seafarer jobs.
Deutsche Bahn axes British rail jobs
Deutsche Bahn, the German state-owned rail company, has axed nearly 900 jobs, a quarter of its British workforce.
Lights out on Teesside steel making
12 October 2015
On 12 October the liquidator of SSI Redcar announced the death of that steelworks. Over 2,000 workers will lose their jobs directly at the plant and more will be out of work as a result. This signifies a threat to Britain’s whole steel industry.
Rolls-Royce aero engines: fight to keep British jobs
5 September 2015
In the midst of significant investment on the back of large order books workers at aero engine giant Rolls-Royce have cooperated with the company during closures, restructuring and redundancies. But where has this left the British workforce?
Companies in merger frenzy
5 July 2015
The past two years have seen a significant rise in the volume of company mergers and acquisitions across the world – a straw in the wind of the next crash?
National Gallery: fighting on
7 February 2015
National Gallery workers were on strike for five days against privatisation proposals. They are part of a wider fight to defend Britain’s cultural heritage.
Fight against redundancies on Settle to Carlisle Railway
14 January 2015
Workers employed by the Settle and Carlisle Railway Development Company are taking further strike action in a fight over jobs.
Essex firefighters to walk out in jobs fight
10 January 2015
Firefighters in Essex, members of the Fire Brigades Union will walk out for part of their shift on 14 to 16 January in protest at plans to cut up to 200 jobs.
City pressures hit Britain’s aero engine maker
In November Rolls-Royce announced proposals to reduce its Aerospace Division workforce by 2,600 jobs worldwide over the next 18 months.
Ritzy sackings threat withdrawn
31 October 2014
Just three days after Ritzy cinema owners Picturehouse accounced that a quarter of the workforce would be sacked, the company has been forced to back down.