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16 October 2019
Minimum wage debate: how can we end the scandal of low pay?
The minimum wage hasn't ended low pay. In-work poverty and the number of working poor has increased.
16 October 2019
Marion is on the election ballot paper, having won 39 nominations
16 October 2019
Hackney SEND transport workers achieve victory
Drivers and passenger assistants employed by Hackney Council in the Special Education Needs Service have won an outstanding victory following strike action in support of a pay claim.
16 October 2019
RMT: Jared Wood - Fighting cuts, defending jobs, pay and conditions
Ballot papers will be posted to RMT transport union members this week to fill a seat on the union's executive committee from the London transport region.
9 October 2019
BEIS: Outsourced caterers' indefinite strike victory
More than nine months of action, including three months on indefinite strike, have paid off
9 October 2019
Socialism: The alternative to capitalist austerity, low pay and crisis
Capitalism means chaos for the majority of us, while the bosses get rich off the work we do.
9 October 2019
Sainsbury's workers who took two 24-hour strikes at Waltham Point distribution centre have forced the bosses to concede on the main issue of the dispute - a massive reduction in sickness pay from 26 weeks to just two
2 October 2019
Egypt: Street protests challenge Trump's favourite dictator
Street protests in Cairo and several other Egyptian cities broke out on 20 and 21 September. Although only involving dozens or a few hundred, at first, they grew in numbers and spread to other cities.
2 October 2019
End low pay - support Salford Royal security workers' action
Outsourced security staff in Salford Royal - an outstanding NHS hospital - have voted for strike action with a 100% turnout and 100% yes vote in a ballot!
2 October 2019
Crown Paints dispute - union senior steward speaks out
Workers, members of the GMB union, at Crown Paints in Hull have in recent weeks taken four days of strike action in pursuit of a just pay claim. Shane Allinson, GMB senior steward, has made a statement about the dispute
Newham sixth form college picket line, 17th October 2019, photo by Scott Jones
11 September 2019
Newham sixth form college picket line, 17th October 2019, photo by Scott Jones
Newham sixth form college picket line, 17th October 2019, photo by Scott Jones
11 September 2019
Drivers and passenger assistants employed by Hackney council in the Special Education Needs Service have won a victory
11 September 2019
11 September 2019
Students and workers unite against fees, low pay climate change
Boris Johnson and his Tory government are teetering on the edge of a precipice. Students and young workers have been hit hard by cuts and want to see the back of this pro-austerity government.
11 September 2019
Short reports of workplace and trade union struggles
11 September 2019
UCU ballots - yes to strike action on pensions, pay, workloads and equality
University staff in the University and College Union (UCU) are currently voting on strike action - this time in two ballots. The ballots close on 30 October.
11 September 2019
PCS strike at BEIS: "The life we live is not liveable"
PCS members working as cleaners and catering staff at the government's business department, BEIS, are on indefinite strike. The workers are employed by private companies Aramark and ISS.
6 September 2019
PCS strike at BEIS - "the life we live is not liveable"
PCS union members working as cleaners and catering staff at the government's business department, BEIS, are on indefinite strike
4 September 2019
Science Museum Group staff strike over pay restraint
13% over four years. That's how much workers in the Science Museum Group (SMG) have lost in pay over the last four years of below-inflation pay deals.
4 September 2019
Nottingham college workers plan 15 days of walkouts
University and College Union (UCU) members at Nottingham College are to begin 15 days of strike action.
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