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Pay and conditions highlights

  • Disputes / Royal Mail: high court bans the strike

    For how long will we accept the right of bosses’ courts to decide how workers’ organisations are run?

    26 Nov 2019 ,
  • Working-class history / Avtar Jouhl: lifelong class fighter against racism

    Comrade Avtar reflects on a life of struggle in the IWA and the trade unions from the 1950s to the 1990s.

    10 Nov 2019 , International Socialist
  • USA / General Motors workers on strike in the US

    The workers have paid a heavy price for their employer’s return to profitability.

    25 Oct 2019 ,
  • Disputes / Royal Mail workers vote overwhelmingly to strike

    Mail workers are ready to fight for their pay and conditions, but is their union prepared to back them?

    24 Oct 2019 ,
  • Pay and conditions / Cleaners demand fair pay at government department

    Outsourced staff are on strike for living wages at the department of business.

    16 Aug 2019 ,
  • Education / Teachers given pay rise, but schools forced to pay

    Government will fund a 0.75 percent increase, with schools told to find most of the required cash from their own budgets.

    8 Aug 2019 ,
  • Pay and conditions / GMB protest at Rugeley Amazon

    British trade union seems more worried about defending the profits of shareholders than the interests of workers.

    21 Jul 2019 , Birmingham Worker
  • Pay and conditions / Railway pensions under attack

    As profiteering franchise bidders haggle with the government over contract terms, workers’ hard-earned pensions are once more under threat.

    8 Jul 2019 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Support the Sellafield strikers!

    Workers at the Sellafield nuclear plant are in revolt against poverty wages and management bullying.

    28 May 2019 , Proletarian
  • Society / Hunger on the rise in Britain, despite economic ‘recovery’

    In-work poverty testifies as to who really paid to bail out the banks in 2008. And while hunger is on the rise, one-third of food produced every year is wasted.

    20 May 2019 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Privatisation directors’ fat salaries come from ripping off health service workers

    Sodexo and Mitie are the latest hospital outsourcing companies to face industrial action by staff over terrible pay and conditions.

    14 May 2019 ,
  • Disputes / Left-Labour-controlled Newham is not such a New Jerusalem

    Despite working for a Labour council and a Corbynite mayor, council workers in Newham face pay cuts and bullying.

    13 May 2019 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Brum bin strike concludes with a payout

    A new deal was concluded in March to appease workers’ anger at secret payouts to GMB members during the 2017 strike.

    24 Mar 2019 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Deliveroo strikes spread

    Increasing numbers of workers in the gig economy are fighting for basic rights at work.

    17 Mar 2019 ,
  • Divide and rule / Asda continues to flout equal pay rulings

    Automation and unequal pay are just two of the tools being used by retail giants to divide workers, reduce costs and win the cut-throat war of competition.

    14 Mar 2019 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / South Western railworkers win battle to keep the guard on the train

    Safe and affordable public transport for all. Support our rail workers!

    19 Feb 2019 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Deliveroo strike in Bristol: gig economy workers fight back

    Resistance to the poverty pay and union-busting tactics of so many zero-hour and gig economy employers is gathering momentum.

    23 Jan 2019 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Refuse, resist! Brum rubbish collectors ready to strike as council talks fail

    Brummie binmen are days away from an all-out strike, clashing once again with a Labour council that has rewarded scabs and blacklisted strikers.

    20 Jan 2019 , Sputnik
  • Health / Newcross Healthcare: rinsing the public coffers

    The true face of privatisation in our public services, where greed and abuse are rewarded and people come last.

    15 Jan 2019 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Support the workers against Condor and the ships of shame!

    Defend Brexit and fight for better working conditions for all.

    12 Jan 2019 ,
  • Civil liberties / Branding the wage slaves

    British companies are starting to experiment with microchipping their staff as a way of keeping tabs on their movements.

    24 Dec 2018 ,
  • Lay-offs and closures / Support Asda Queslett workers’ fight for jobs

    Don’t let machines come before jobs, nor profit before people.

    19 Dec 2018 , Birmingham Worker
  • Pay and conditions / Marriott hotel staff walk-outs across the USA

    Hard-pressed hospitality workers are fighting back over low pay and increasingly brutal conditions.

    9 Dec 2018 ,
  • Disputes / Birmingham: Two-faced council breaks promises to binmen and residents

    Birmingham’s militant binmen deserve our full support as their dispute looks set to break out again this Christmas.

    1 Dec 2018 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / Bristol bus protest highlights failing public transport in Britain

    Workers must demand renationalisation as the first step towards affordability, planning, and the sanity of a socialist economy.

    25 Nov 2018 , Proletarian
  • France / Macron compares French workers to Asterix and the Gauls

    Yet as the class struggle intensifies it is Asterix and Obelix who symbolically represent the determination to resist exploitation and oppression.

    22 Nov 2018 , Lalkar
  • Pay and conditions / University of Manchester support staff to strike against pension attacks

    Cleaners, caterers, security and admin staff are fighting to defend their right to a dignified retirement.

    17 Nov 2018 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Glasgow: Teachers take to the streets

    Pay and conditions in the profession continue to decline, leading to a retention and recruitment crisis in our schools.

    16 Nov 2018 , Proletarian
  • Society / Meaningful employment is a right for all

    Useful work well done for collective benefit brings personal fulfilment. A society that can't provide such work to its members is not fit for purpose.

    28 Oct 2018 ,
  • Disputes / Support the Glasgow women’s strike for equal pay

    But beware the Labour wolf in sheep's clothing!

    23 Oct 2018 ,
  • Disputes / FE lecturers ballot over derisory pay offer

    It is not the job of workers to square the accounts of their employers.

    17 Oct 2018 ,
  • Pay and conditions / Courier strikes

    As the food delivery industry consolidates itself, the winning companies and putting the screws on drivers to up their profits.

    16 Oct 2018 , Proletarian
  • Industry / Dental industry: another ‘self-employed’ scam

    Privatisation has led to massive concentration in dentistry, with employees rebranded as ‘associates’.

    10 Oct 2018 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Theft of steelworkers’ pensions

    Successful campaigners lose up to half their entitlement, shafted after all by caveats in the small print.

    9 Oct 2018 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Bosses’ pay soars

    While Labour business rep worries over ‘undermining public trust in business’!

    9 Oct 2018 , Proletarian
  • Korea / Victory for Samsung workers

    Electronics giant finally forced to concede to safety concerns after over 100 worker deaths and more than 1,000 days of sit-in protest .

    6 Oct 2018 , Lalkar
  • Disputes / Support the fast food strikers!

    Fast food workers across Britain are organising to demand decent pay and conditions.

    3 Oct 2018 ,
  • Pay and conditions / University of London workers strike a blow against the outsourcing racket

    A simple demand for a basic rights is causing consternation in the camp of the class enemy.

    20 Sep 2018 , Lalkar
  • Disputes / Support Birmingham’s homecare workers

    Before Labour councillors privatise the service completely.

    19 Sep 2018 , Birmingham Worker
  • Disputes / West Midlands firefighters threat of strike causes employer to retreat?

    Long live workers’ militant unity.

    11 Aug 2018 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Gig economy faces legal setbacks

    Curbs being put on fictitious ‘self-employment’.

    9 Aug 2018 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Court victory for workers’ rights

    Supreme court makes landmark ruling against the practice of fake 'self-employment' by which companies strip workers of their rights.

    27 Jul 2018 , Lalkar
  • Disputes / French rail workers lead the fight to defend pay and conditions

    Macron's government hopes to use divide-and-rule tactics to break the resistance of the French working class.

    22 Jun 2018 ,
  • Disputes / TGI Fridays staff strike over tips ‘redistribution’

    Cut-throat competition in the oversupplied public dining sector is forcing real wages down even as the minimum wage officially goes up.

    21 Jun 2018 ,
  • Disputes / Glasgow lowlife

    Yet another 'arms-length' union-busting operation as Glasgow city council's chosen privateers hire scabs rather than pay agreed wages.

    15 May 2018 ,
  • Disputes / University workers sold down the river

    With friends like the University and College Union leadership, who needs enemies?

    14 May 2018 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Why lecturers need to remain steadfast in defence of their pensions

    Plans to rob workers of their deferred wages and replace them with a slashed pot totally dependent on market fluctuations must be resisted.

    11 Mar 2018 ,
  • Pay and conditions / Council workers win skirmish with Manchester outsourcing cowboy

    The involvement of Labour councils in the outsourcing racket should make unions think twice about their generous donations to the party's coffers.

    11 Mar 2018 ,
  • Leaflets / Hands off lecturers’ pensions

    A decent pension for all workers is a right, not a privilege.

    1 Mar 2018 ,
  • Trade unions / Postal union caves in on pensions

    The CWU's failure to stand up to the marketisation of pensions will affect more than just postal workers.

    15 Feb 2018 ,
  • Disputes / Support the McWorkers: class against class!

    Organisation is a vital weapon in the fight for our rights.

    12 Feb 2018 ,
  • Disputes / Crossrail electricians walk out

    Blacklisting Balfour Beatty manager dismisses union members in an attept to avert strike action.

    1 Feb 2018 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Migrant workers in London: We are not the dirt we clean

    New unions are championing London's invisible workforce.

    1 Feb 2018 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Rail strikes multiplying

    The government and rail operators are continuing to force unsafe driver only operation onto staff and passengers.

    1 Feb 2018 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Pay gap widens: the rich get richer

    What the minimum wage did for us ...

    1 Feb 2018 , Proletarian
  • Cote d’Ivoire / Draconian response to customs officers’ strike in Cote d’Ivoire

    Behind Ouattara’s comprador regime lies the not-so-hidden hand of French and US imperialism.

    1 Dec 2017 , Proletarian
  • Trade unions / Aslef’s ‘shabby deal’

    Rail bosses use divide and rule tactics to weaken resistance to safety-cutting measures.

    1 Dec 2017 , Proletarian
  • Industry / Industry matters: Fighting the trade war harder

    1 Dec 2017 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Binmen on strike in Birmingham

    More council cuts = more rats! Birmingham’s refuse workers are mounting strong resistance to the latest austerity plans of the city’s Labour-led council.

    1 Aug 2017 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Editorial: Junior doctors vote to reject new contract

    Health secretary Jeremy Hunt vows to impose new conditions anyway as privatisation plans ramps up another gear.

    1 Aug 2016 , Proletarian
  • France / Strike wave hits France

    Workers are vigorously opposing their government’s attempt to rip up the French labour code.

    1 Aug 2016 , Proletarian
  • Trade unions / Blacklisters cough up but justice still denied

    Construction monopolies pay out token amounts to their victims in the hope of avoiding further exposure in the courts and media.

    1 Jun 2016 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Union-busting at Topshop

    Retail giant's outsourced cleaners protest against victimisation of activists.

    1 Jun 2016 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / No to the new doctors’ contract; save our NHS!

    Hunt declares victory for the government; BMA’s Malawana declares ... nothing.

    1 Jun 2016 , Proletarian
  • Lay-offs and closures / BHS workers facing loss of jobs and pensions

    This is not the ‘unacceptable face’ of capitalism; capitalism itself is unacceptable.

    1 Jun 2016 , Proletarian
  • Health / The junior doctors’ contract and the US corporate takeover of the NHS

    Dr Bob Gill explains the unreported and sinister drive behind the push for changing junior doctors’ contracts.

    1 Dec 2015 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Letter: Boycott the General Medical Council

    The medical profession needs a new, independent governing body, capable of acting in the true interests of patients.

    1 Dec 2015 , Proletarian
  • Proletarian news / Industry matters: Amazon unveiled

    1 Oct 2015 , Proletarian
  • Working-class history / The matchgirls’ strike of 1888

    A landmark victory in working-class history, with much relevance to the many workers today who are once more unorganised and unrepresented by any union.

    1 Jun 2008 , Proletarian

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    The latest proposals are simply an attempt to take the fire out of the strikers and wear down their resistance. Workers' reply? No capitulation!

    16 Mar 2018,

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