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A radical campaign can chase the Tories out

Let’s transform the mood around the election (Pic: Neil Terry) This general election is an opportunity to kick out the Tories and break from a decade of austerity, scapegoating of Muslims and migrants, and inaction over climate change. If the Tories lose the election on 12 December, it will be a …

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Is Labour gearing up for a radical general election?

Jeremy Corbyn speaking at the Labour Party conference Jeremy Corbyn has promised Labour’s election programme will be “the most radical and exciting plan for real change ever put before the British electorate”. If the policies that Labour Party members have voted for make it into the manifesto, then that might …

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University workers headed for strikes over pensions and pay

Huge university strikes are set to sweep across Britain after workers voted for action in two ballots. UCU union members have voted in overwhelming numbers to stage walkouts to defend their working conditions, pay and pensions. Some 74 percent of workers across 147 universities voted to strike over pay and …

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Revealed—Royal Mail is recruiting strikebreakers

Postal worker voted overwhelmingly for strikes (Pic: @CWUnews on Twitter) Bosses at Royal Mail are recruiting a scab workforce of thousands to try and break a coming national strike. CWU union members have discovered adverts for more than 6,000 temporary Royal Mail jobs at workplaces right around the country. The …

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Post workers ready to fight

Postal workers used gate meetings to build support for the dispute (Pic: Guy Smallman)   Postal workers are working to build support for a possible national strike in Royal Mail following an astonishing strike vote last week. The workers’ CWU union plans “a massive public engagement exercise” to get people …

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Battle for rights at HS2 site AND unions’ round-up

Angry members of the Unite union London and Eastern construction branch blocked all the entrances to the main HS2 site in Euston, north London, on Friday last week. Employers Skanksa and Costain are accused by the union of failing to meet their agreed obligations negotiated some time ago. These include …

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