Brighton university staff go on indefinite strike as one VC ‘flaunts his champagne lifestyle’ in their faces
Striking staff at Brighton University took their campaign to an international conference on Tuesday 4 July. It was over a ...
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At Brighton University and beyond, higher education is in turmoil
Academic institutions across the UK are in turmoil. Strikes, pickets, marking and assessment boycotts (MABs), and large-scale protests are recurring ...
RMT and disabled activists hit back at leaked Tory rail plans to close ticket offices
Leaked government plans have revealed that it's allegedly planning to allow train operating companies to perform mass ticket office closures. ...
IWW union wins back Plymouth hospitality worker’s unpaid wages
Members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) carried out a picket at a Plymouth restaurant last week, calling ...
TUC links ‘dismal’ Tory policies to the coronavirus carnage that hit insecure workers
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has urged the Covid-19 Inquiry to "examine how 'unchecked growth' of insecure work left millions ...
Sneering presenters got schooled by Mick Lynch… again
Mick Lynch thrashes Britain's rubbish posho TV interviewers so often you'd think they'd give up. But they haven't. So, he's ...
Mick Lynch is back schooling journalists as the RMT goes on strike
Mick Lynch is back at it. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union leader has attacked the government as rail ...
UCU have an uphill battle to restore confidence in their own members
Many casualised staff have felt increasingly let down by the University and College Union (UCU) over the last year. Casualised ...
The TUC has called an ’emergency protest’ to stop the anti-strike bill becoming law
With the anti-strikes bill back in the House of Commons on Monday 22 May, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) is ...
Unite just travelled 6,000 miles to defend a group of workers sacked by Port of Felixstowe
Unite the Union has taken the fight for the so-called Felixstowe Four to the front door of the company that ...
Royal Mail’s catastrophic financial free fall leaves the CWU in a difficult position
As predicted, beleaguered Royal Mail made huge losses during the last financial year. It's hardly a surprise, given what the ...
TransPennine Express to be brought back under government control due to litany of failures
The government announced on 11 May that it's taking TransPennine Express under its control. It's blaming persistent delays and cancellations ...
The FBU saying it will ‘hold fire services to account’ may not be enough to save them
Content warning: The following article contains mention of rape. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has made what it calls a ...
Writers Guild downs tools in protest against ‘uberization’ of their jobs in the streaming era
On 2 May, thousands of Writers Guild of America (WGA) workers downed tools and picketed studios in New York and ...
On the 90th anniversary, we should remember the start of the Nazi crackdown on trade unions
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) sent out a message on the 90th anniversary of the Nazi's repression of trade unions. ...
Thank God for the RMT, ASLEF, and Unite – as the CWU and RCN come under fire
Bosses and the Tory government are trying to bring UK trade unions to their knees. Not that this is a ...
CWU leaders anger members, while Tories’ hardline approach to the NEU and RCN continues
It's been a mixed bag of news about trade unions in recent days. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has agreed ...
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