THE Trades Union and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) has announced that it will contest the widely predicted by-election in Rutherglen and Hamilton West. A by-election in the seat appears inevitable after the decision by Westminster’s standards committee to suspend Margaret Ferrier for 30 days following her conviction for breach of Covid-19 regulations. But …
Read More »Why is Britain’s Socialist Workers Party downplaying the no-confidence petition against the RCN nurses’ union leadership?
The below-inflation pay deal between Britain’s main health unions and the Conservative government has provoked anger among National Health Service (NHS) workers. It is likely the deal will be rejected by nurses in balloting that closes Friday April 14, with members of Unison, Unite and other health unions voting on …
Read More »UK unions call off National Health Service strikes to enter sell-out negotiations
Britain’s trade union bureaucracy has called off every strike planned this week by National Health Service (NHS) workers. This is part of a concerted effort to end months of strikes throughout the public and private sectors with below inflation pay settlements. An eight-month strike wave that began last summer has …
Read More »UK trade union bureaucracy tries to sabotage mounting strike wave
Britain’s trade union bureaucracy is making desperate efforts to sabotage the fight of millions of workers against attacks by the employers and government on wages, conditions, pensions and jobs. Last Friday, the GMB union called off a planned strike by thousands of ambulance workers, set to go ahead on December …
Read More »Health workers hold protests to highlight deteriorating terms and conditions
HEALTH workers will today hold a series of lunchtime protests aimed at highlighting deteriorating terms and conditions for staff. The Unison-organised protests at sites in Belfast and the Southern trust area will see the union’s members joined by colleagues from Nipsa, Unite, the British Medical Association and the Royal College …
Read More »All the services grinding to a halt from Omicron Covid ahead of Christmas
Trains across the country are being cancelled as the number of people off due to Covid-19 hits vital services, raising fears the country will come to a standstill over Christmas. Most of the main rail operators have been forced to run reduced timetables. Staff absences are also affecting hospitals as …
Read More »Labour leadership hopefuls court votes of the ‘big five’ unions | Politics
Labour leadership hopefuls and their supporters are wooing union executive members as they seek to make the final ballot which will decide who will lead the party. Representatives of the five remaining candidates – Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy, Sir Keir Starmer, Emily Thornberry and Jess Phillips – have approached general …
Read More »Brexit: Unison to vote for ‘back remain now’ motion at Labour conference in blow to Corbyn – live news | Politics
One of the many surprising features about Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader in 2015 was that he managed to get chosen by a party that is overwhelming in favour of EU membership despite, for most of his career, being in favour of the UK being out. Corbyn accepted remain …
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