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communist party of great britain (marxist-leninist)

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Health and safety highlights

  • China / Ella Rule: What I learned in Xinjiang

    Innovations abound as the Chinese region pushes ahead with its agricultural and industrial development.

    1 Jan 2025 , Lalkar

  • Korea / Massive strikes called as crisis deepens in occupied Korea

    Underpinning the scandals around corruption and authoritarianism is the US imperialists drive to restart the Korean war.

    14 Dec 2024 ,

  • Pay and conditions / Scottish Water workers vote to strike

    Bosses are trying to force the ‘modernisation’ of pay structures – ie, to enforce ever more draconian pay cuts on workers.

    7 Nov 2023 , Proletarian

  • Health / Are striking doctors really ‘greedy’ and ‘uncaring’?

    An answer to ‘The Times view on health sector strikes: Uncaring profession’

    21 Sep 2023 , Proletarian

  • Jamaica / The human cost of bauxite-alumina mining in Jamaica

    Another example of monopoly looting with no care for the consequences to people or environment.

    11 May 2023 ,

  • Housing / Poor housing kills

    The death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak has shone new light on a growing problem: the slum conditions being endured by too many in Britain today.

    9 Feb 2023 , Proletarian

  • Pay and conditions / Pardeep Singh and Boohoo: sweatshop and semi-slavery conditions on the rise

    An immigrant worker whose punishment beating was filmed by his employer serves as a stark reminder of the true face of capitalist exploitation.

    6 Feb 2023 ,

  • USA / US state revokes child protection laws instead of creating decent jobs for adults

    Wisconsin is planning to patch up the cracks in its faltering economy by getting children to work longer and later.

    10 Nov 2021 , Proletarian

  • Social wage / Don’t tell Newham we are all in it together

    The financial and physical inability to isolate or to work safely has led to far worse covid outcomes for the poorest in our society.

    10 Mar 2021 , Proletarian

  • Health / DVLA: Keeping non-essential staff in offices is endangering lives

    The biggest outbreak of covid yet recorded in Britain is taking place in a government office in Wales – and staff are still being forced to come in to work.

    27 Jan 2021 , Proletarian

  • Britain / Civil servants face coercion over return to the workplace

    In a desperate bid to restore city centre footfall, the government is pushing workers back into offices.

    16 Sep 2020 , Proletarian

  • Environment / Bayer AG forced to pay over $10bn to settle cancer claims

    A US court has unexpectedly agreed that Roundup does indeed cause cancer – and awarded unprecedented damages to victims.

    5 Aug 2020 , Proletarian

  • Health / PPE scandal: crony capitalists make a killing while frontline workers sacrificed

    Meanwhile, the system’s defenders are worried that workers might learn the right lessons.

    26 Jul 2020 , Proletarian

  • Industry / Leicester sweatshops keep their heads down despite covid panic

    Fashion industry gangmasters are riding out the storm, safe in the knowledge that it will be business as usual before long.

    17 Jul 2020 , Proletarian

  • Disputes / Drivers resist Goldstar intimidation

    Union-busting haulier cowboys forcing extremely dangerous conditions onto workers.

    6 Jul 2020 ,

  • Health / We are not battery hens: covid outbreaks in the meat packing industry

    Why are so many workers in the meat processing industry succumbing to the coronavirus?

    3 Jul 2020 , Proletarian

  • Pay and conditions / Conditions at Yodel: report by a worker

    Workers in the logistics industry are being sweated at ever-more intense and unendurable rates.

    26 Jun 2020 , Proletarian

  • Disputes / Covid couriers sacked for requesting PPE and social distancing

    Workers responsible for transporting covid test samples from hospitals to labs are being victimised for requesting basic safety measures.

    25 Jun 2020 ,

  • Industry / ‘Back to work’ stampede – and may the devil take the hindmost

    Reopening schools and workplaces without proper safety measures highlights the government’s true priorities.

    20 May 2020 , Proletarian

  • Pay and conditions / Workers in the US and Britain fight for workplace safety

    Wildcat strikes and a high-profile resignation are highlighting the anti-worker essence of capitalist accumulation.

    15 May 2020 , Proletarian

  • Health / Covid-19: Why is it that Cuba can manufacture PPE, but Britain can’t?

    Britain’s frontline workers continue to put their lives on the line, paid in broken promises and empty gestures.

    28 Apr 2020 , Proletarian

  • Health / Coronavirus stats are air-brushing the elderly

    Thousands of Covid-19 infections and deaths in Britain’s care homes have simply not been tracked or counted.

    20 Apr 2020 , Proletarian

  • Pay and conditions / Amazon is bad for your health

    What a surprise: working too hard and too long leads to unsafe working environments.

    4 Mar 2020 , Proletarian

  • Disputes / Stand with rail strikers defending passenger safety

    Railway bosses have abandoned the deal that was struck a year ago and are refusing to restart talks without preconditions.

    9 Jan 2020 , Proletarian

  • Disputes / Support the South Western Railway strike

    Railway workers are fighting to put safety ahead of profit: keep the guard on the train!

    3 Dec 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 / 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

  • 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

  • Leaflets / Support the northern trains strike!

    Shareholders get richer while workers and the public suffer.

    18 Mar 2018 ,

  • Trade unions / Super Puma helicopter still flying despite multiple fatal crashes

    The government continues to prioritise private profit over public safety.

    1 Dec 2017 , Proletarian

  • Health / The ongoing decimation of the NHS

    Nurses leaving en masse and operations rationed.

    1 Oct 2017 , Proletarian

  • Health / Cloak and dagger: the operation to kill the NHS

    The campaign to destroy the NHS is reaching its final stages: how did we get here and what can we do?

    1 Apr 2017 , Proletarian

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Health and safety theory

  • Georgia / Why reimagine Soviet Georgia?

    Despite 30 years of efforts to bury and vilify its memory, the resilience of communism remains undefeated.

    11 Feb 2024, Monthly Review

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