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London postal workers have scored a partial, but perhaps ultimately pyrrhic, victory in their battles against closures and job losses at three Royal Mail workplaces in the capital (the mail centres at Twelvetrees in Bow and the Nine Elms centre in south London and the delivery centre at Rathbone Place).
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From the ISO Zimbabwe:
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The cuts programme is Europe-wide. Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and Greece are all making big cuts in social provision.
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Hamish Meldrum, chair of the council of the very mainstream and small-c conservative British Medical Association, has condemned "ill-conceived plans and dogma-driven policies" in the NHS.
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Hot on the heels of our last issue, the new issue of Tubeworker reports on last week's excellent Tube Lines strike, urges a Yes vote in the impending London Underground ballot, and reports on cleaners
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The Iranian government now says it is going to release the jailed leader of the Tehran bus drivers, Mansour Osanloo.
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Until 23 June Kevin Rudd was prime minister of Australia, and the media were dismissing chatter about challenges to his position. The next day, as academic Nick Economou put it: "He's a goner. You can stick a fork in him".
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By Dale Street
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Fundamental attacks on civil service workers are coming thick and fast. We are entering a very different period compared to anything that has gone before.
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John McDonnell, supported by the Trade Union Co-ordinating Group, presented his Private Members' Bill to parliament on 30 June.
