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Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
18 July 2012
Bosses bank in on corporate olympics - we get austerity!
A staggering £24 billion is expected to be spent on the Olympic Games, but young people face little enjoyment and no long term benefit from this costly outlay, writes Suzanne Beishon, London organiser, Youth Fight for Jobs and Education.
11 July 2012
GMB members working for Remploy have voted 80% for strike action and nearly 90% for action short of strike, to stop factory closures and defend jobs, writes Remploy strike vote.
11 July 2012
Minimum wage, minimum security
As a young unemployed person living in East London the Olympics were painted as a brilliant chance for me to find work, not only within the Olympic park but also in other businesses in the surrounding areas...
4 July 2012
Tax haven in the city: The 'event of the summer' will be treated just like the tax havens of Jersey or the Virgin Islands...
16 June 2012
London bus strike on Friday over Olympic award
London buses will come to a standstill on Friday 22 June as bus workers from every London bus operator will take strike action across the capital for the first time in a generation, writes Unite the union
13 June 2012
Olympics - a fair deal for transport workers
London bus workers strike together: Bus workers across London have voted overwhelmingly for strike action. Dates are to be announced
13 June 2012
Olympic's sponsor exploits workers
Multinational sportswear corporation and Olympics sponsor Adidas owes its workers in Indonesia, who it paid as little as 45 pence an hour, $1.8 million (£1.2 million) in unpaid wages...
13 June 2012
'Austerity Games' to highlight young people's plight
Young people and trade unionists from across the country will be sending teams to Hackney Marshes to compete in the 'Austerity Games' in the week before the Olympics
6 June 2012
Wonga windfall: £1 billion. That's the estimated value of pay-day loan company Wonga if it decides to go ahead with floating on the stock market.
6 June 2012
Victory at Ratcliffe: After the walkout of over 600 construction workers at Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station near Nottingham, Unite health and safety rep Jason Poulter has been reinstated...
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