With pay stagnating and conditions under constant review by management bus workers in the Midlands have voted three to one in favour of industrial action.

In this age of "La Pensée Unique" and corporate control of the mass media it's rare to find articles that get through the editing control net. But this from the International Herald Tribune no less, is one of those rare ones.

Two major victories for government supporters of Private Finance Initiative (PFI) funding for improvements to public services have been approved in the last two weeks.

Latest news from the anti-CPE struggle from across France from Wednesday 5 April including blockades of businesses and roads.

A political, critical and subjective report by a Sorbonne delegate on the National Student Coordination held in Aix-en-Provence on 25-26 March 2006.

Hour-by-hour coverage of the day of strikes, demonstrations and further blockades and occupations across France against the new employment law.

Updates on General Assembly votes on high school occupations in Nantes, France in opposition to the CPE.

An eyewitness report of another anti-CPE demonstration from our correspondent in Bordeaux, Jay Taylor.

Workers at the Born NedCar plant walked out yesterday in a row over job cuts. The Dutch manufacturer NedCar is a joint-venture of DaimlerCrysler…

As the protests agains the First Employment Contract (CPE) continue in France, young workers and students across the world have begun to show support for the French movement or take similar action themselves.