Energy supplier Centrica is expecting an almost eightfold increase in net profit. This at a time where 34% of adults in Britain face a choice between ‘heating or eating’ due, among other things, to a twofold increase in energy prices in the last year.
Tag Archives: Strikes and protests
Solidarity with striking rail cleaners – Victory to the RMT
Full solidarity with rail cleaners taking strike action with the RMT.
TU Group: TUC speaks out against anti-union laws
Considering the long term attack on unions by the ruling class, claims that new legislation aims to encourage negotiating without accompanying strike action seem to be deliberately misleading, seemingly intended to mislead those who are not observing the reality of the ruling class’s onslaught on the working class.
PFI is a monkey on our backs
An island of coal in a sea of oil, with huge potential for wind and water power providing energy to power our industry. All the requisite skill to make steel, glass, or innovative buildings from timber and other materials and an educated workforce to fill our hospitals, schools and houses with technology and the equipment we need.
Brighton TUC fringe meeting draws near…
At the TUC Conference in Brighton this September, all the real talk will be happening on the fringe. From 7pm on the evening of Monday 12 September, the Workers Party will be offering three great speakers for the bargain price of £4.89.
Enough is Enough – Break the Link with Labour!
The Workers Party welcomes the emergence of every campaign which genuinely seeks to stand up for working class interests. The five demands of Enough is Enough mirror closely those commitmentsContinue reading “Enough is Enough – Break the Link with Labour!”
Members Voice: Don’t Pay UK smeared me as an anti-semite!
Workers Party member Dr Phil Bevin argues we shouldn’t be putting our trust in the Don’t Pay UK campaign – and he’s certainly got a story to tell. It’s aContinue reading “Members Voice: Don’t Pay UK smeared me as an anti-semite!”
Bus drivers to strike in North West
In a matter of days, Arriva bus drivers in the North West will take to the picket line in the second time in less than five years.
Norwich city council: Bring all council workers back onto the payroll!
The Workers Party of Britain deplores the failure of Norwich city council to deliver on its promise to harmonise outsourced employees with the terms and conditions of workers directly employed by the council.
Victory to the Manchester bus strike!
The Workers Party of Britain denounces the ‘fire and rehire’ stunt being pulled by Go North West and salutes the example being set by the striking Manchester bus drivers.