The following resolution was adopted by a meeting of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (UK) on Sunday May 12, 2024. It calls for the release of Ukrainian Trotskyist Bogdan Syrotiuk, an opponent of NATO’s proxy war in Ukraine, who was jailed by the Zelensky regime on April 25. The World …
Read More »Editorial: Only working-class action can defend workers’ rights
TRADE union determination to “generate industrial power in the workplace” is the correct approach to attacks on our rights from the Boris Johnson government. Discussions on the impact of leaving the EU on our rights have generated more heat than light. A misplaced faith in the EU to protect workers’ …
Read More »Editorial: Royal Mail’s strike ban bid shows the need to overhaul anti-union laws
THERE is nothing our propertied classes like more than a deregulated market. The guiding principle of the neoliberal counter-movement in economics which gained ascendancy in the late 20th century is that state regulation is an unnecessary burden on the entrepreneurial spirit that hinders economic growth and competition. Of course, the …
Read More »Posties vow to fight against Royal Mail’s ‘desperate and sinister move’ to block strike
POSTAL WORKERS have vowed to fight a “desperate and sinister move” by Royal Mail to invalidate a strike ballot overwhelmingly supported by postal workers. Royal Mail bosses are seeking an injunction to block the planned strike, which could disrupt Christmas post as well as postal voting in the run-up to the …
Read More »Dubai’s Princess Haya ‘flees with £31million after ditching billionaire ruler’
The wife of Dubai’s billionaire ruler has fled to London with £31million following the break-up of their marriage, according to reports. Princess Haya Al Hussein, 45, is claimed to have been helped by a German diplomat after fleeing Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. It has sparked a potential diplomatic …
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