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London's graffiti artists and taggers have been especially busy on Bakerloo and Central line trains recently. There has been an explosion both of large, colourful pieces along the sides of trains – ...
The GMB appears to be rattled by NEU conference's decision to crack on with organising support staff in schools. This poster (pictured) has been appearing on school noticeboards. No doubt, the ...
At Sheffield University, as University and College Union (UCU) members strike against compulsory redundancies (30 April and 6-16 May), the student Anti-Cuts Coalition has visited pickets, given ...
Often, to workers, it doesn’t much matter what job we do so long as we earn a living. Workers grow and process food; they work in factories to produce clothes, toys, washing machines, cars; they work ...
“The governing caste”, wrote Marx in 1855, “in England is by no means the same as the ruling class”. The relations between governing caste and ruling class, and between the state and other classes, ...
Pressure on Labour to back down on the disability benefit cuts is growing after its defeat by Reform in the 1 May Runcorn by-election. Prominent elected Labour representatives have blamed the cuts, in ...
Israel’s security cabinet has approved a plan for a sustained military occupation of Gaza. Government officials have told the press that the plan involves a renewed offensive aimed at “conquering” and ...
The Birmingham bin workers strike is heating up even further and approaching the second month of all-out strike action. Negotiations between the Unite union and the council are still not going great.
The Health Care Support Workers’ strike in Nottingham is continuing, with more days of strike action planned for 13, 14, 19, 20, 21 May. Management show no sign of ...
The initial wave of strikes called in Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner’s Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) concluded on 2 May. PCS members based in Newcastle had two ...