Unite general secretary Sharon Graham warns of strikes by bus drivers (Jacob King/PA) (PA Archive) A series of nationwide strikes by bus drivers is being threatened in disputes over pay and conditions. Around 7,500 members of Unite are either striking or balloting to take industrial action in areas including Birkenhead, …
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The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) passed a resolution in support of the 350 Birmingham bin workers at its meeting on April 27. We publish the resolution below. The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee at Royal Mail sends its solidarity to Birmingham bin workers now in the seventh week of their …
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Sharon Graham, the general secretary of Unite, has taken pole position within the trade union bureaucracy in advocating for the Labour government’s militarist agenda. Graham welcomed Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s February 25 announcement in Parliament of an increase in military spending from 2.3 percent to 2.5 percent of GDP …
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The strike wave that first broke out in the UK last summer has now been going on for almost a year, impacting the rail network, Royal Mail, the National Health Service (NHS), the education sectors, local authorities and the civil service. Provoked by the worst cost-of-living crisis in living memory, …
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Tens of thousands of National Health Service (NHS) nurses will strike again Tuesday, after the first such action in British history was taken last Thursday. They will be followed by more than 10,000 ambulance workers Wednesday. Health workers are fighting a massive real-terms pay cut imposed by the Sunak government, …
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Workers in the UK are in a strong position to launch an offensive for improved wages and conditions but are being hamstrung by the trade unions. The Sunday Times admits as much in an April 17 article showing that the British ruling class is acutely aware of the social explosion …
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