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Starmer consolidates post-Corbyn Blairite transformation of Labour
Bakers’ union votes to disaffiliate from Labour; Trade unions must fight for a new workers’ party.
The person who said New Labour was “intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich” is now intensely happy about the results of this year’s Labour Party conference. Architect of Blairism, Peter Mandelson, is “thrilled” at this “tremendous win for Keir Starmer”.
International
German election: A change of capitalist government, but disaster for Die Linke
The result of the Bundestag elections on 26 September heralds a new political period for Germany. The two big ‘peoples parties’, the social-democrat SPD and Christian-democrat CDU/CSU bloc, have massively
People’s budgets
News
NHS workers reject 3% pay insult
Driver shortages – a view from the inside
Black history month
Black history month and its relevance today
Climate change
Workplace news
NEU deputy general secretary election
A fighting strategy to win on workload, pay and cuts: This government left it to the very end of last term to confirm that its ‘reward’ to teachers for all their relentless hours of work during the pandemic would be to cut their pay!
Corby and Burton Latimer Weetabix engineers strike
Engineers at Weetabix worked throughout the pandemic to feed the nation. Weetabix profits increased by nearly 20% to £81 million in 2020, yet the company is intent on using ‘fire and rehire’ to drive
Fightback to save Birmingham GKN jobs!
Rank-and-file members of Unite in the Chester Road GKN workforce in Erdington, Birmingham have voted overwhelmingly for an all-out strike
Flexibility to suit workers not the bosses
College workers walk out in pay dispute
Campaigns
London tenants v greedy contractors
Bromsgrove protest for NHS fair pay
Sabina Nessa vigil: End violence against women
Six months and here we are again, remembering another woman murdered. That was one of the big emotions on the vigil for Sabina Nessa near her home in Kidbrooke, south London.
Youth and Students
More market chaos: York students given digs in Hull
