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A labour war has broken out in the state of Wisconsin, USA. Republican Governor Scott Walker has proposed a Bill to remove the right of public sector unions to engage in collective bargaining on any issue other than pay (and then they are forbidden from negotiating above-inflation pay increases).
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Following the uprisings in the bordering countries of Tunisia and Egypt the democratic revolution has spread to Libya.
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On 16 February the government set out their welfare reforms.
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On Friday 18 February 30 people demonstrated outside St Thomas’ hospital in Westminster in solidarity with 72 migrant workers who were “disappeared” (arrested without anyone's knowledge) by the UK Border Agency last month.
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Human rights charity Amnesty International has effectively de-recognised Unite for workers working outside the UK and is threatening to de-recognise the union for UK-based workers too.
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Academic workers in Higher Education will take part in three separate ballots as their union, the University and College Union (UCU), moves into action against the effects of enormous government cuts.
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Norfolk
250 people protested outside Norfolk County Council’s chamber, and dozens more protested inside it.
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The average anti-war song is often a pretty basic affair and they often work best like that.
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In the dark of the Crucible Theatre’s studio, a light is cast on a tall, middle-aged, middle-class Englishman.
