London Education Workers Strike
Five further education colleges in London began their third wave of strikes last week over pay and working conditions. Three of the colleges
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Brighton Refuse Workers Strike
Refuse workers and HGV drivers working for Brighton and Hove Council’s outsourced refuse collection services, City Clean, have been on strike for over
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Clarks workers strike against fire and rehire
Over a hundred workers at the main distribution warehouse of Clarks Shoes in Street, Somerset have been on strike for over two weeks.
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Dastardly Duke is foiled!
We’ve previously reported on the Duke of Northumberland’s attempts to remove 37 allotment holders from his Syon House estate in London. It was
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The Edmonton incinerator
Another Labour council, Enfield, has shown that it is no friend of the working class by its decision to go ahead with a
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The Real Scroungers
During this sickening time of the Pandora Papers, mutliple crises, Covid cronyism, Branson, Musk and Bezos flying into space on profits they’ve amassed
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Dastardly duke puts on pressure
Back in December 2018 we reported here on Ralph Percy, the 12th Duke of Northumberland, and his foiled attempt to remove 37 allotments
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Violence Against Women
The recent rape and murder of Sarah Everard highlights the level of misogyny throughout the Metropolitan Police and society in general. The Met
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Strikes in Further and Higher Education
The start of the new academic year has seen a number of strikes throughout both further (FE) and higher education (HE). On September
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Quote of the week – Mother Jones
“I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes.
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