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21 October 2015
'Britain First' - tiny and violent
TV review: We Want Our Country Back. Tiny far-right group 'Britain First' has attracted disproportionate levels of media coverage over the last year.
On the picket line at Barnfield College in Luton 2 October 2012, photo by Steve Glennon
3 October 2012
Barnfield College, Luton: Kick private profit out of education
On 2 October, lecturers at Barnfield college in Luton were on strike against an 'unlimited hours' contract...
9 May 2012
Police restrict anti-racist protesters in Luton
The streets of Luton were almost deserted as the far-right racist English Defence League (EDL) came to the town yet again, writes Steve Glennon.
9 February 2011
ON SATURDAY 5 February, the racist and hooligan English Defence League (EDL) marched through the centre of Luton...
23 February 2001
THOUSANDS of Vauxhall workers will take strike action this Thursday, 22 February, against the company's plans to shut its Luton plant and axe over 2,000 jobs...
26 January 2001
Car workers: Turn pressure into strike action
SATURDAY'S MAGNIFICENT 10,000-strong demo of Luton car workers, their families and other supporters reflected the anger people feel against the multinational companies who threaten to close down whole towns after the first nervous twitch of their shareholders...
26 January 2001
Show of strength from car workers
THE DEMONSTRATION became more upbeat as it went along and felt the support from the Saturday shoppers, many of whom joined the demo...
19 January 2001
Stop the bosses' jobs slaughter
Vauxhall Luton...Ford Dagenham...Corus Steel...: "BRITAIN IS working again" says Education and Employment secretary David Blunkett, adding that "jobs are there for the taking"...
12 January 2001
JUST BEFORE Christmas it was announced that when production of the Vauxhall Vectra was finished, the replacement model would not be made at the Luton plant, writes David Wevill, Vauxhall Ellesmere Port plant, personal capacity.
12 January 2001
THE LUTON factory is surrounded by smaller supplier factories who were told they had to locate nearby or they'd lose their contracts with Vauxhall, writes Bill Mullins.
5 January 2001
Vauxhall Luton - Angry workers ready for Action
AFTER CAR multinational General Motors (GM) announced it was closing its Vauxhall plant in Luton, angry workers laid siege to the firm's headquarters...
15 December 2000
Vauxhall threatened by profits crisis
AS WE go to press, the multinational General Motors has announced the closure of the Vauxhall plant in Luton. This is a massive blow to the thousands of workers and their families in the area, writes Bill Mullins.
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