Resist the Supreme Court ruling — defend and extend trans rights!
Trans people and their allies are taking to the streets in huge numbers
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Birmingham bin strike: Test for Labour
The Tories are up in arms, demanding Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner intervenes in the Birmingham bin strike. Their aim? Convene a Cobra meeting and break the strike by drafting in private sector scab labour.
Women face a rising tide of reaction
By Rebecca Anderson Trump’s second term has brought into sharp focus the fact that progressive changes that seemed irreversible can
COP29: World leaders abandon efforts to address climate change
The COP29 conference demonstrated the total inability of capitalism to solve the climate crisis.
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PCS: Branches demand a Special Delegate Conference to overturn bureaucracy
As the government prepares to cut civil service jobs, a crisis in the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has
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Workers take on Amazon
Amazon is spending vast sums trying to defeat a campaign for trade union recognition.
Civil service unions: escalate now or never
By Rebecca Anderson UNLIKE OTHER public sector workers, the government’s 2022/23 pay offer to civil servants has not been improved
The NHS: Death by a thousand cuts
7.2 million people are on waiting lists for NHS treatment in England.
Leeds cost-of-living protest gives a voice to growing resistance
By Rebecca Anderson The 1st October Enough is Enough day of action in Leeds began at 10am when a thousand
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Public sector pay ballots: press for co-ordination
Nurses, refuse collectors, youth workers, teachers, lecturers and civil servants are being balloted.
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Starmer fails test of elections and strikes
Boris Johnson’s government suffered two significant by-election defeats on 23 June.
Leeds University workers launch week-long pay strike
By Rebecca Anderson A hundred Unison members picketed Leeds University this morning, an impressive turnout to kick off their week
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Tories put profit before climate
The Energy Security Strategy has been met with widespread criticism.
PCS members must organise for pay fight
The Civil Servants’ union PCS will hold a consultative ballot on pay and pensions between 14 February and 21 March.
We need to coordinate public sector pay ballots
By Rebecca Anderson THERE IS a real opportunity for coordinated strike action between two of Britain’s largest workforces: council workers,
Revolutionise the Climate movement
By Rebecca Anderson THE COP26 climate conference of world leaders, meeting this month in Glasgow, has been billed as the