Melissa Benn, School wars: The battle for Britain’s education (Verso Books, 2011). Sugata Bose, His Majesty’s opponent: Subhas Chandra Bose and India’s struggle against empire (Belknap Press, 2011). Simon Butler & Ian Angus, Too many people?: Population, immigration, and the environmental crisis (Haymarket Books, 2011). Mark Curtis, Secret Affairs: Britain’s Collusion with Radical Islam (Clipper […]
A full-time secure job that pays the bills is all but a distant dream for most people; just as capitalism’s longstanding dream-come-true of a steady flow of flexibly underemployed and poorly paid human fodder is becoming the daily reality for an ever increasing number of people. In this nightmare scenario, temporary recruitment agencies fulfill a […]
Last year, after a long and vibrant fight against some of the world’s most powerful capitalists, militant rank-and-file members of Unite were able to defeat their bosses. In this sweet victory, electricians across the country had united and forced some of Britain’s largest construction and engineering companies to jettison their attempts to force workers to […]
Updated July 2016. Midlands: In December 2008, workers at 2 Sisters’ three poultry processing sites in the Midlands in the Unite union balloted for industrial action over low pay. “2 Sisters has offered £214 per week. This is just 8p an hour above the minimum wage for staff who work a 37.5 hour week.” Birmingham: […]
Post written by Lucy Stokes On 30th June 2012 Disabled People Against the Cuts (DPAC) launched East Midlands Disabled People Against Cuts, with people from Nottingham, Northampton, Leicester and Market Harborough attending the meeting. The main speakers were Linda Burnip and Debbie Jolly, who cofounded DPAC. We talked about what activities to do in the […]
With the breathtaking announcement of the government’s plans to close or sell-off the 54 factories that provide employment for disabled workers, on the 19th and 26th of July disabled workers across the country will be taking strike action (from 6am onwards) to oppose the coalition’s brutal attacks on their livelihoods. Please join the Socialist Party […]
In their relentless search for profits the most natural way that Britain’s largest food manufacturers bolster their bank balances is by viciously attacking the pay and conditions of their employees, and of course by sacking staff. At present, managements’ excuse for such aggression is the so-called financial crisis. Little mention is made of the fact […]
Tory “human rights” advocate Joanna Lumley presently serves as M&S’s high profile ambassador for PlanA, which is the name for their latest highly publicised ethical trading initiative. Yet given the ongoing attacks on the pay and conditions of the employees of M&S’s major suppliers here in Leicester – that is, at the RF Brookes factory […]
Guest post by Brent Kennedy (Socialist Party, Carlisle branch) Why make a lot of profit out of your workers when you can make a fortune out of them? That’s the greedy attitude of 2 Sisters Food Group towards their workers at Cavaghan & Gray in Carlisle. The company has increased its profits by a third, […]
Veolia is a huge multinational corporation, employing in excess of 330,000 people worldwide. Like all capitalist enterprises, Veolia, in its bloodsucking pursuit of profits, is engaged in a perpetual struggle to force down its most vulnerable employees wages and conditions. This improves profit margins, further increases the gap between the richest and poorest in society, […]
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