UK-based solidarity groups once again come together to express their support for Aboriginal peoples, their struggle to defend their lands and oppose the presence of transnational corporations. In addition, to discuss what the conquest of the American continent really meant. On the agenda: 9 and 12 October. Â The presence […]
Struggles
Building solidarity to win
The country has been hit by a wave of threatened redundancies, cuts, unemployment. In response UCU members are fighting back, they are working together in an attempt to halt, and even prevent, some of these plans from being carried out. Elle McHale Across the country, UCU branches are […]
A history of shame
Earth Strike is organising a protest outside the headquarters of the Multinational Rio Tinto to make clear its list of ‘sins’ and the impact it has had in different parts of the world. The protest will take place on 5 June, but they are already calling on people to join […]
Hinkley Point C and threatened deskilling of electricians
An industrial disagreement is ongoing at Hinkley Point C after it was recently discovered that two training standards had been introduced by the Engineering Construction Training Board (ECITB) that would undermine the role of the electrician, without Unite, the UKâs construction union, input or agreement. The matter has been […]
Trade unionists were spied ‘for decades’
In his opening statements, made on 6Â November, on behalf of trade unions represented at the Undercover Policing Inquiry chaired by Judge Mittings, Lord John Hendy QC revealed that undercover police officers were spying on trade unionists for four decades. Â Such infiltration dates back to at least 1973. There […]