Weak and unpopular coalition can be defeated

National shop stewards conference – Unite to stop the cuts

The mood to fight the cuts, which brought over half a million onto the streets on 26 March, has been boiling up. Thousands of trade unionists have voted to support strike action against the cuts, writes Linda Taaffe, National Shop Stewards Network secretary.

As the cost of living soars…: ‘We are going to fight back’!

An offer we must refuse

Why Liverpool needs a needs budget

Showing an alternative to cuts in Dorset

Battling to defend the NHS

In the Con-Dems’ Health and Social Care Bill the NHS faces a serious attack on its very existence. But the huge anger the Bill has inspired is putting massive pressure on the coalition government. Here…

NHS demo in London needs to be a step towards united national strike action

Unison leaders failing to adopt the demands of health workers

Challenging Tories’ plans to kill our health service

PCS conference: developing strategies for struggle

PCS conference was genuinely historic. Delegates voted overwhelmingly to support the national executive’s emergency motion calling for an industrial action ballot to oppose the government’s attacks on…

UCU facing battles on all fronts

Southampton city council workers strike

Three day strike to stop redundancies at Sheffield College

Firefighters discuss strategy to fight cuts

Workplace news in brief

“We are London Met Uni, not EasyMet”

In April 2011 London Metropolitan University announced the closure of 70% of its courses, since then a joint campaign by staff and students has been fighting to defend the university

Atos Origin – profiting from pain

‘Slutwalk’ protests: Women reject sexism

Over recent weeks a number of issues have come up which highlight the degree of sexism women face, here and internationally, and the opposition to it

Slave labour schemes must be resisted

Leadership failed print workers in vital battle

Wapping exhibition review: Throughout May the Marx Memorial Library (MML) in Clerkenwell Green, London has been largely given over to the ‘News International Dispute; 25 years on’ exhibition, writes Bill Mullins.

Review: The street that cut everything

McNulty’s railway report: not ‘value for money’!

Sir Roy McNulty’s railway ‘value for money’ report, commissioned by the government, seems to blame and penalise workers for the failed privatisation policies of successive Tory and Labour governments

Care homes privatisation hits the elderly

31,000 people living in care homes face uncertainty over their future, writes John Sharpe.

News in brief

Eyewitness report: Mass youth protests in Spain

Since 15 May, central squares in towns and cities across Spain have been occupied. In the run up to the local and municipal elections which took place on 22 May, the mainly young protesters demanded real democracy

Ireland: ‘Reclaim the unions’

Greece: Resist bosses’ agenda and the far right

Greece’s second 24-hour general strike held this year, on 11 May, saw massive workers’ participation and completely paralysed every aspect of economic life in Greece