28 September 2017

ThyssenKrupp - Tata steel merger

There is still massive uncertainty over the future of the Port Talbot plant and others

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27 September 2017

CWU strike ballot to win 'Four Pillars'

On 6 September, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) served notice to Royal Mail for a strike ballot

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20 September 2017

CWU strike ballot - why I'm voting Yes

We are demanding pay, terms and conditions which reflect the service we provide

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13 September 2017

CWU members prepare for industrial action at Royal Mail

After months of unsatisfactory talks, the union leadership has decided to ballot for strikes over the company's attacks

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6 September 2017

Tories weak: time for the TUC to act

Trade unions will converge on Brighton this week for this year's annual TUC Congress at the end of a summer which has seen a wave of strikes

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6 September 2017

Bosses' pensions robbery

Pensions are back in the headlines with the news that FTSE 350 companies' pension deficits are equivalent to 70% of their annual profits

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6 September 2017

UN slams Tories for disabled rights ruin

Reverse all the cuts now!: A damning UN report has criticised the government's attacks on disabled people in Britain. It states legislation has "failed to recognise living independently and being included in the community as a human right."

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30 August 2017

BT attack on pension benefits

For the second time in nine years BT is seeking to attack the pension benefits of its workers

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9 August 2017

Coordinated action needed to break pay restraint

The misery of austerity for millions of workers is set to continue under the Tories. Chancellor Phillip Hammond has defended the 1% pay cap and claimed that public sector workers are overpaid

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26 July 2017

'Freedom riders' lobby against violent policing

Pensioners and disabled people from South Yorkshire Freedom Riders are to travel by coach to York on 31 July to lobby a police misconduct hearing

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5 July 2017

Pensioners oppose DUP deal

The Merseyside Pensioners Association (MPA) is affiliated to the National Pensioners Convention, a campaigning organisation for decent pensions and the rights of pensioners generally

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17 May 2017

Pensions strikes continue at BMW

National Shop Stewards' Network (NSSN) supporters once again traveled up from Bristol and Gloucestershire on Tuesday 16th May to bring support and solidarity to BMW workers at the Mini plant in Swindon, writes Matt Carey, Bristol South Socialist Party.

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10 May 2017

Workers fight back against race to the bottom!

Many strikes and protests are taking place

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5 May 2017

Pensions strike at Rolls Royce

Production lines are quiet today at the Goodwood plant as hundreds of noisy pickets are providing a 'welcoming party' for visiting BMW board members from Germany

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26 April 2017

BMW strikers determined to win pensions dispute

Workers at BMW's engine plant in Coleshill, Warwickshire, held the first of five separate 24-hour strikes

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26 April 2017

Benefit bullies

A man with chronic health problems died after the hated 'work capability assessment' found him 'fit to work'

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19 April 2017

Weapons workers continue pension strike

Picket lines surrounded entrances at the Atomic Weapons Establishment in Aldermaston and Burghfield on 10 April as Unite the Union members voted emphatically to continue their pension strike

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19 April 2017

900 carers quit a day - nationalise social care now

Over 900 carers quit every day last year in England

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19 April 2017

Fightback against Royal Mail pension attack needed

This year's CWU conference takes place while Royal Mail attacks pensions

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12 April 2017

School cuts can be beaten

Schools are under the greatest threat for more than a generation and an equally powerful response is needed. In the next couple of months, the scale of the cuts will be evident

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