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UN reports rise in global youth unemployment

According to the latest United Nations International Labour Organisation (ILO) report (Global Trends for Youth) the number of unemployed young people worldwide has risen by four million since 2007...

Con-Dems' hypocrisy over children's care

Tory MP Elizabeth Truss has lamented the lack of quality, affordable childcare. She should know - her Con-Dem government have all but wiped out children's services in some parts of the country.

PCS conference votes for more joint action against cuts

Delegates at the Public and Commercial Services union's annual conference this morning (23rd May) voted in favour of further joint-union national strike action at the end of June against cuts to pensions, pay and jobs...

Hospital jobs scandal - Action now to save the NHS!

Lies about protecting the NHS helped the Tories get into government. Now the Con-Dems' destruction of the health service could trigger their downfall.

Rochdale: far right attempts to exploit tragedy of abuse

The conviction of nine Rochdale men on 10 May for child sex offences has been seized upon by far-right groups

Them & Us

Big Society goes global: I think I have misjudged David Cameron. When he talked about the Big Society I did not realise it stretched all the way to Greece.

Mass TUC demonstration in London on 20 October

The TUC is to organise a mass demonstration in London under the banner of 'A Future That Works' on Saturday 20 October 2012. A march through central London will culminate in a rally in Hyde Park...

Why prison officers joined the protests

Interview: On 10 May, members of the POA prison workers' union took part in protest meetings outside prisons against pension cuts. POA assistant general secretary Joe Simpson speaks about the action.

The Queen's Speech - What readers thought

More attacks on workers and their rights: This year's Queen's Speech has been dismissed by press commentators as 'lacking in substance'. But that doesn't mean it doesn't contain some more poison for workers.

The phone-hacking scandal: profits, power and corruption

The Leveson inquiry into phone hacking has gone to the heart of Rupert Murdoch's media empire, exposing its rotten and corrupt workings. Peter Taaffe reviews Dial M for Murdoch, a book detailing the scandal and its consequences.

10 May sees united strike - but teacher unions shirk their responsibilities

The 10 May public sector strike sent a clear message to ministers that this fight against pension robbery is far from over, writes Martin Powell-Davies, NUT executive member.

Rebekah Brooks reveals Murdoch's reach into the heart of government

More than just good friends: Many people will have felt a sense of relief when it was announced that Rebekah Brooks, former editor of the News of the World (NoTW) and chief executive of News International, is to face charges of perverting the course of justice, writes Ben Norman.

JP Morgan: banksters at it again

The financial sector is back in the news as it emerged that cowboy investors at JP Morgan's London office have lost $2 billion (£1.2 billion), leading to a run on shares which swept $19 billion off the bank's market value in just two days, writes Ross Saunders.

Them & Us

Gas Mk 4.4 million: Centrica, the company that owns formerly nationalised British Gas, has warned that rising bills will continue...

The battle to defend pensions continues

No matter how much ConDem ministers play down the 10 May pension strike they know this dispute isn't over, and neither are the crises faced by their government

NUT Executive "shirks its responsibilites"

Martin Powell-Davies, a Socialist Party member who is on the national executive committee of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) has posted on his blog a report of yesterday's NUT executive meeting and the executive's attitude to further action on pensions

Pensions strike reports - 10th May

Prison officers have walked out to join hundreds of thousands of other public sector workers taking strike action in defence of their pensions, including trade unionists in PCS, Unite, UCU, and Nipsa

Rejection of austerity in France

Election results: How did TUSC do?

This year's elections were the second set of local polls contested by the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) since it was formed in early 2010 writes Clive Heemskerk, TUSC national nominating officer.

Them & Us

iPads for MPs: Up to £660. That's how much the gadget of the moment, the iPad, will set you back. Months of hard saving for most of us - but not if you're an MP. 70 MPs have already claimed expenses for an iPad