Atos: We’ve won the battle but not the war
As Atos is forced to rebrand and pull out of Work Capability Assessment, Gill George discusses the misery they have inflicted and argues we need to take on the Tories as well.
Lambeth College staff vote to ballot for strike action
At a packed branch meeting on Wednesday, members of UCU and Unison voted to ballot for indefinite strike action over proposed new contracts.
200 strong angry NHS meeting in South East London
Ian Crosson reports on the campaign to Save Lewisham Hospital.
Oxford protests cuts to homeless provision
Around 250 people joined a lobby today against a proposed 38% cut in Oxford County Council’s budget for homeless provision.
Portugal: Telemedicine workers strike against layoffs
(picture from Apoio S24)
Portuguese workers in a health call centre have gone on strike for the second time in a month, reports João Camargo
On Friday more than half of the 400 workers of the...
UCU strike: outrage, resentment and cheeky chants
UCU union members in higher education went on strike across England and Wales today for two hours.
All out student strike in Kiev
(picture via direct-action.org.ua)
Ukrainian students are on strike against the police and for workers rights. Nick Evans reports.
Since 10am on Monday 20 January, students at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy have been on indefinite strike. This adds...
Our University, Our Streets demo
Students and workers marched from ULU to the Royal Courts of Justice via SOAS and Holborn police station, demanding #copsoffcampus, #justice4mark and #fairpay.
The case for a higher education workers inquiry
Jamie Woodcock and Sølvi Goard make the case for a workers’ inquiry in higher education:
Higher education is the second most casualised sector in the UK economy after catering. It is undergoing huge and far...
Sussex disciplinary hearings adjourned due to bias
Students at Sussex University “have been victimised and made examples of”, writes Jelena Timotijevic at Defend the Right to Protest:
The kangaroo court set up by the university’s management managed to appoint a senior member of...