Fee-strapped Dundee university faces bankruptcy; staff expected to pay

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Education / Fee-strapped Dundee university faces bankruptcy; staff expected to pay

The Blair-era policy of turning students into cash cows and universities into business units has come crashing down.

1 Aug 2025 , Proletarian
Trade unions / The Spark: Unions shilling for Labour on Ukraine, gender and more

The first issue of our industrial news sheet examines recent cases of trade union leaderships failing their members and the wider working class.

1 Aug 2025 , Proletarian
Disputes / Birmingham bin workers smelling rats

Neither the council nor the unions seem in any hurry to bring this dispute to a conclusion. Workers are left wondering why.

1 Jul 2025 , Lalkar

Pay and conditions / Enable care workers strike against poverty pay in Scotland

Low pay has become such an issue in the care sector that up to 30 percent of vacancies are unfilled.

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Health / A nurse’s view of the continuing sabotage of the NHS

Our health service is well advanced on the road to total privatisation.

1 May 2025 , Lalkar
Education / Education union colluding with Labour against the workers

The NEU has thrown in the towel of struggle, betraying not only its own rank-and-file membership but also the wider interests of the working class.

8 Oct 2024 , Proletarian
Trade unions / Mass non-cooperation urgently needed to help end Gaza blitzkrieg

Workers have power to prevent Britain’s continued military, propaganda and logistical support for zionist massacres.

1 Nov 2023 , Proletarian
Trade unions / The real trade union barons

Having been absorbed into the fabric of the state machine, most trade union leaders now work not to aid but to suppress their members’ struggles.

20 May 2023 , Class Consciousness Project
Trade unions / NHS pay offer exposes the limitations of trade unionism

The NHS dispute has brought into sharp focus the inability of modern trade unions in Britain to advance working-class aims.

29 Mar 2023 , Proletarian
Disputes / Support the Tower Hamlets strikers!

The Labour-run council plans to sack thousands of workers and re-hire them on dodgy new contracts with worse pay and conditions.

16 Jul 2020 , Proletarian
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
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 / 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
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

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Trade unions / Communist work in the trade unions

How should Marxists approach union work? Which demands are most useful in developing workers’ class-consciousness?

19 Jul 2024, Proletarian

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The fight against bureaucracy in the Soviet Union under Stalin

What do we mean when we talk about bureaucracy? How did it manifest in the Soviet Union? What was done by Stalin and the Bolsheviks to counteract it?
2
Divide and rule tactics are keeping workers powerless
3
The Communist Party of Venezuela enters a new stage
4
US and EU sanctions have killed 38 million people since 1970
5
Dr Rahmeh Aladwan arrested amid targeted intimidation campaign
6
A tale of two chants: Why Starmer now casts even the police as antisemitic
7
Why is Trinidad and Tobego government aiding US war plans in the Caribbean?
8
The reactionary nightmare of ‘gender fluidity’
9
Israeli prisoner: ‘Palestinians are the rightful owners of Palestine’
10
What is the purpose of the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ movement?

Unison highlights

Education / Fee-strapped Dundee university faces bankruptcy; staff expected to pay

The Blair-era policy of turning students into cash cows and universities into business units has come crashing down.

Trade unions / The Spark: Unions shilling for Labour on Ukraine, gender and more

The first issue of our industrial news sheet examines recent cases of trade union leaderships failing their members and the wider working class.

Disputes / Birmingham bin workers smelling rats

Neither the council nor the unions seem in any hurry to bring this dispute to a conclusion. Workers are left wondering why.

Pay and conditions / Enable care workers strike against poverty pay in Scotland

Low pay has become such an issue in the care sector that up to 30 percent of vacancies are unfilled.

Health / A nurse’s view of the continuing sabotage of the NHS

Our health service is well advanced on the road to total privatisation.

Education / Education union colluding with Labour against the workers

The NEU has thrown in the towel of struggle, betraying not only its own rank-and-file membership but also the wider interests of the working class.

Trade unions / Mass non-cooperation urgently needed to help end Gaza blitzkrieg

Workers have power to prevent Britain’s continued military, propaganda and logistical support for zionist massacres.

Trade unions / The real trade union barons

Having been absorbed into the fabric of the state machine, most trade union leaders now work not to aid but to suppress their members’ struggles.

Trade unions / NHS pay offer exposes the limitations of trade unionism

The NHS dispute has brought into sharp focus the inability of modern trade unions in Britain to advance working-class aims.

Disputes / Support the Tower Hamlets strikers!

The Labour-run council plans to sack thousands of workers and re-hire them on dodgy new contracts with worse pay and conditions.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Unison topics

Unison theory

Trade unions / Communist work in the trade unions

How should Marxists approach union work? Which demands are most useful in developing workers’ class-consciousness?

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