Picturehouse strikers set for nine-day walkout despite bosses’ sack threat
Hundreds of workers will walk out tomorrow, disrupting the BFI’s London film festival, demanding the living wage, union recognition and the reinstatement of sacked strikers.
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Social democrats across Europe face electoral disaster. Labour is bucking the trend
Why? We’ve offered an alternative to austerity and have refused to pander to racism, writes Diane Abbott.
Diane Abbott promises a ‘new order’ for refugees and migrants under Labour
The shadow home secretary said Labour would not pander to the ‘immigration panic’ and would create a ‘humane system’ for migrants and refugees.
The backdrop to #HousingDay is Grenfell, growing homelessness and a housing crisis
Housing in Britain is in crisis. All the evidence shows that the government is utterly failing to respond properly.
Women more likely than men to be paid less than minimum wage
Two thirds of between 300,000 to 600,000 workers who are illegally paid below the minimum wage are women.
Our clubs and venues are shutting at an alarming rate — they need protection from developers
In the last ten years, the UK has lost half of its clubs and 10,000 of its pubs.
Prince Charles’s lobbying is an affront to our democracy — It’s time politicians took him on
His letters to the Scottish Government are just the most recent example in a long string of secretive, undemocratic lobbying.
Lambeth Council’s eviction of mother Clavia Chambers shows the brutality of our housing system
Thousands are being made homeless by a broken housing system say Lambeth Housing Activists who have been assisting the now homeless mother of two.
Only corporate democratisation can stop the growing polarisation of pay in UK
Companies should have a two-tier system of corporate management, a new board of stakeholders balancing out the power of the shareholders.
Pressure is mounting on Labour to stand candidates in Northern Ireland elections
One party member went on hunger strike to demand Labour ditch their pact with the SDLP and stand themselves.