Militancy at Lambeth College strike despite injunction
Estelle Cooch reports from today's strike at Lambeth College
The resistance by lecturers at Lambeth College to the vicious attacks on their pay and conditions is quickly becoming a beacon to trade unionists and activists...
Lambeth College all out strike to win!
Mark Winter discusses the importance of the Lambeth College UCU strike against changes to their contracts and what can be learnt from the experiences of the Tower Hamlets College strike.
Tube strike round-up – Reports from today’s action
London is effectively shut down today as RMT workers go on strike. Søren takes a look at how the pickets are going with a round-up of reports.
The RMT, which represents tube workers across the...
Shoe strikes escalate as protests surge
Tens of thousands of Chinese workers employed by a Taiwanese firm Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings have been on strike for almost two weeks in a dispute that has now become news around the world....
University staff should reject a 2% rise
Amy Gilligan is a researcher and UCU member at Cambridge. This article originally appeared at the Labour blog Left Futures. (pic: UCU strike at Manchester Metropolitan University.)
UCU and EIS members in higher education are currently...
UKIP and the deadly truth about construction jobs and safety
by Anindya Bhattacharyya and Brian Parkin
"EU policy at work. British workers are hit by unlimited cheap labour. Take back control of our country. Vote UKIP 22 May." A picture of a white, presumably British,...
Taking control of the future of the city
What are cities? How do they work? Ruth Lorimer asks basic questions that outline a fresh Marxist approach to grasping what neoliberal capitalism is doing to our urban spaces.
Strands running through urban space
Cities are inspiring and exciting...
Ukraine, Russia and the miners of the Donbass
Miners in the Donbass region have played a crucial role in Ukrainian politics since 1989, and are key today, argues Nick Evans
The situation in eastern Ukraine is becoming more and more dangerous. It is...
Inoculation against bosses’ lies
Ian Allinson discusses how his workplace gained confidence through exposing their bosses' lies
In 2003 I went on strike for the first time. We wanted improved sick pay, increased pay and equal pay. There had...
Having no job is a daily grind in itself – on unemployment.
Mary Turner writes about her son struggling to find work.
My son is shy and does not always mix well with other people. He lacks certain social skills, but he is a lovely person and...