Education union colluding with Labour against the workers

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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
Health / An NHS nurse speaks out on pay, privatisation and demoralisation

The conditions that have led to a haemorrhaging of trained staff from the health service have not come about by accident and will take a serious fight to reverse.

18 Jul 2023 , Lalkar
Korea / South Korean workers strike for secure work and better living standards

Strikers demand job security, healthcare, social housing and the right to free assembly in latest class-war skirmish.

19 Dec 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
Pay and conditions / Bringing Kaplan to book: time to get organised in the gig economy

A reminder that the whole reason for having trade unions is to fight the workers’ corner everywhere.

21 Feb 2021 ,
Social wage / Work doesn’t pay and British families know it

Fourteen million people, including four million children, live in poverty in Britain, and more than half of those come from working families.

19 Feb 2020 , Proletarian
Social wage / ‘We often see grown men in tears – they can’t believe they’re here’

Manchester reporter discovers dismay, rage and defiance in Oldham, a town bruised by universal credit and austerity.

7 Aug 2019 , Manchester Evening News
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 fast food strikers!

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

3 Oct 2018 ,
Disputes / Support the McWorkers: class against class!

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

12 Feb 2018 ,
Divide and rule / General election results: the Scottish context

The faith of the Scottish workers in the SNP will inevitably be dashed.

1 Jun 2015 , Proletarian
Theatre / Shrewsbury 24: United We Stand review

Culture, education and entertainment are brilliantly combined in Neil Gore's moving and insightful play.

1 Jun 2015 , Proletarian

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A dark side to Irish nationalism
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Arun Som: translation genius who brought Soviet books to Bengali masses
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Paris Declaration: The rising tide of global war and our tasks
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Joti Brar: British people being subjected to a major psyop regarding Ukraine
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USA punishes Venezuela for presidential election results with sanctions and theft
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The reactionary nightmare of ‘gender fluidity’
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Education union colluding with Labour against the workers
9
Lies, damned lies, and the British ‘Labour’ party’s imperial propaganda
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Alex Mckay: Trade unions can do more than fight for narrow wage increases

Zero-hour contracts highlights

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.

Health / An NHS nurse speaks out on pay, privatisation and demoralisation

The conditions that have led to a haemorrhaging of trained staff from the health service have not come about by accident and will take a serious fight to reverse.

Korea / South Korean workers strike for secure work and better living standards

Strikers demand job security, healthcare, social housing and the right to free assembly in latest class-war skirmish.

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.

Pay and conditions / Bringing Kaplan to book: time to get organised in the gig economy

A reminder that the whole reason for having trade unions is to fight the workers’ corner everywhere.

Social wage / Work doesn’t pay and British families know it

Fourteen million people, including four million children, live in poverty in Britain, and more than half of those come from working families.

Social wage / ‘We often see grown men in tears – they can’t believe they’re here’

Manchester reporter discovers dismay, rage and defiance in Oldham, a town bruised by universal credit and austerity.

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.

Disputes / Support the fast food strikers!

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

Disputes / Support the McWorkers: class against class!

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

Divide and rule / General election results: the Scottish context

The faith of the Scottish workers in the SNP will inevitably be dashed.

Theatre / Shrewsbury 24: United We Stand review

Culture, education and entertainment are brilliantly combined in Neil Gore's moving and insightful play.

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