After more than a decade of a systemic undermining of the public services, the people are organising massively in the public sphere. To counterattack these movements, the Government has proposed to threaten our freedom with the ‘Public Order Bill’. These are uncertain times.
Trade Unions
All struggles must be united as we are all oppressed
This is the thinking of Selma James, who advocates the union between feminism, anti-racism and the environmental movements, and for whom a Care Income is an instrument to end poverty, reduce inequalities and protect the planet.
Call not to end furloughs
Don’t end furlough, adapt it to avoid a bleak autumn and provide longer-term support for workers, urges Unite. Do not end furlough, adapt it to avoid a bleak autumn and provide longer-term support for workers, urges the trade union organisation. On the eve of the government’s contribution to the […]
Demand a new normal
In light of the pitiful 1% NHS staff pay rise, the looming threat of mass unemployment and the new Police, crime, sentencing and courts bill, a protest will take to the streets of London on Saturday 26 June. Elle McHale “After Covid, demand a new normal.” This is […]
Cammell Laird to lay off 178 workers
Unite the Union, has branded the announcement last Friday that the Cammell Laird shipbuilding yard in Birkenhead is intending to make 178 workers redundant, as “totally unacceptable”. The yard currently has a workforce of approximately 700 workers. Despite there being a job retention scheme in place at the yard, […]