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7 March 2018
Despite sub-zero temperatures from the "Beast from the East" on the first morning of the strike and intimidating tactics from the local management, FCC recycling workers are standing firm
24 January 2018
May's "war on plastic" still puts profits before the planet
A rapidly growing mountain of plastic waste is polluting the world's land and oceans
17 August 2017
Bin workers - fighting back wins!
Following magnificent action, Brum's bin workers have forced a management retreat.
8 February 2017
NHS: fight for funding - not passport checks
Right-wing politicians and newspapers are trying to blame the austerity and privatisation-induced NHS crisis on so-called 'health tourists'. The Socialist spoke to Aislinn Macklin-Doherty, a doctor involved in last year's strikes.
12 December 2016
Bin workers strike against draconian management
130 Doncaster waste transfer workers struck on 12 December over a 'draconian' management style and the victimisation and sacking of two colleagues.
28 September 2016
£46m spent on suspending public sector workers
Bosses in the public sector have spent £46 million suspending workers over the past three years.
25 July 2016
Food waste - the logic of capitalism
New figures that half of all food produced in the US is thrown away brings the question of the wastefulness of capitalism into sharp relief.
4 November 2015
Long hours ruining health without lifting productivity
Studies now show that working long hours doesn't just damage your health - it doesn't even get more done.
29 October 2015
Hinkley deal - no point in nuclear
The recent visit of Chinese Premier Xi Jinping seems to have sealed the deal on the Hinkley Point C nuclear reactor - a deal which is disastrous in every aspect.
2 September 2015
Nuclear Secrets: a dangerous dead end
TV review: Geoff Jones reviews the BBC4 TV programme Britain's Nuclear Secrets - Inside Sellafield (on BBC iPlayer until 10 September).
28 January 2015
Inept waste site renationalised
Sellafield nuclear reprocessing site is a poorly managed deposit for tens of thousands of tonnes of dangerous nuclear waste
13 October 2014
Recycling workers strike over pay and conditions
30 GMB members at Sheffield's five recycling centres took four days' strike action
19 February 2014
'Criminal' waste and 'legal' waste
A lot of food is wasted in Britain. At farms, 'wonky' vegetables are rejected; at warehouses huge amounts of packaged foods are discarded because of split packets or minor blemishes
27 November 2013
Russ Bowering has won a victory against victimisation by Hull waste disposal contractor FCC
10 September 2012
Sheffield Socialist Party pickets strike-breaking facility
So Mr Scott, councillor responsible for waste (mis) management, how much council taxpayers' money did you waste this weekend on your strike breaking operation?
6 June 2012
Solid strikes show that Veolia privatisation is rubbish
Private waste management contractor Veolia have met with solid resistance in their attacks on workers' pay and conditions in Sheffield, writes Chaz Lockett.
29 May 2012
Strike at Sheffield 'Dump It Sites'
Around 40 GMB members who work at the five recycling centres (Dump It Sites) in Sheffield took three days of strike action
Flooding in the centre of Gloucester, 2007, photo Chris Moore
9 May 2012
We are in drought. This is Thames Water's message for South East England, appearing on giant billboard images of cracked, dry earth, writes James Ivens.
23 April 2012
Gateshead campaigners told to 'move house' if they don't like waste-site plans
In Wrekenton, the Campground Action Committee was set up to fight proposals being put forward by French multinational SITA
5 January 2011
Private ownership, public pollution
A STUDY in the USA has found that tap water in 31 out of 35 major cities contains exceedingly high levels of chromium 6 - a highly toxic and carcinogenic substance associated with waste contamination from the heavy metals industry...
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