Royal Mail’s catastrophic financial free fall leaves the CWU in a difficult position
As predicted, beleaguered Royal Mail made huge losses during the last financial year. It's hardly a surprise, given what the ...
Tag: strikes
Writers Guild downs tools in protest against ‘uberization’ of their jobs in the streaming era
On 2 May, thousands of Writers Guild of America (WGA) workers downed tools and picketed studios in New York and ...
French unions defiant after police attacked May Day protesters across the country
Police attacked protesters in France during large May Day celebrations. The international labour holiday took place during ongoing strikes and ...
On the 90th anniversary, we should remember the start of the Nazi crackdown on trade unions
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) sent out a message on the 90th anniversary of the Nazi's repression of trade unions. ...
Thank God for the RMT, ASLEF, and Unite – as the CWU and RCN come under fire
Bosses and the Tory government are trying to bring UK trade unions to their knees. Not that this is a ...
CWU leaders anger members, while Tories’ hardline approach to the NEU and RCN continues
It's been a mixed bag of news about trade unions in recent days. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has agreed ...
Offshore workers forced to strike for better conditions prove that greedy bosses need to go
Unite offshore oil and gas workers will begin two days of strikes on Monday 24 April. Unite the Union has ...
Carnage for the Tories as new figures can’t hide the truth about the wrecked UK economy
The latest employment-related figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) paint a grim picture of the state of work ...
RMT and RCN set to strike again – as nurses stick two fingers up at their union
National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) members, and Royal College of Nursing (RCN) nurses, are set to ...
The French pensions revolt: A view from Marseille
France is in revolt. Ever since the 24 March decision by Macron to push through hated pension reforms without a ...
‘Disgraceful’ Royal Mail bosses’ latest CWU threat exposes them as shower of self-serving sh*ts
The dispute between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail has entered a bizarre parallel universe. The company has ...
‘Mega-strike’ brings Germany to a standstill in a fight for survival amid cost of living crisis
A major strike brought much of Germany's air traffic, rail service and commuter lines to a halt on 27 March, ...
Post Office workers should be ‘proud’ following big pay dispute development with CWU
Trade union the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has been fighting on behalf of Post Office workers in an ongoing pay ...
A Glasgow bar has been accused of sacking workers for union organising
The radical union Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) has accused a Glasgow bar of union busting. Saramago Bar, which ...
Workers in France are still refusing to back down to Macron’s pension reforms
On Thursday 23 March, French unions staged a new day of disruption against president Macron's pension reforms. Workers brought refineries ...
‘Bullying’ bosses sacked four Port of Felixstowe workers for organising the Unite strike
Four Unite the Union-backed workers from the Port of Felixstowe are taking on the company which owns it. This comes ...
Roadblocks and a no-confidence vote as Macron pushes French pension reforms without a vote
French President Emmanuel Macron is now facing intensified protests and a no-confidence motion in parliament. This comes after he pushed ...
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