public and third sector

A report from Hackney Independent on the recent protests at Broadway Market.

In 2014, Glasgow intends to host the Commonwealth Games. In 2007 and 2008, Glasgow intends to prepare for that great event by selling off football pitches at Maryhill Road, North Kelvinside; Acre Road, Summerston; and Cowlairs Park, Springburn.

Following two meetings of residents of the areas, a new association of residents has started in Possilpark in Glasgow.

A translation of a communique from the anarcho-syndicalist union the CNT-France, calling for a unified response to the attacks upon worker's rights in France.

The tax offices of Caen have been occupied by 300 students between 3 and 5pm in protest against the contract of first employmeny (CPE) and all the casual and precarious contracts.

Tuesday 28th March could see strike action by one and a half million workers across more than nine different unions. The strike has been provoked by an attack on the local government pension scheme, with the labour government planning to increase the age workers can retire at.

Residents of the Whiston and Goldsmiths' estates - and especially those in Debdale Court - are less than impressed with Hackney Council and British Waterways over the proposed development at Acton's Lock. An article by Hackney Independent from 2006.

Goldner interviews Scott McGuire about the attempts of Boston Public Workers to resist the effects…

Kenny McLachlan, late chairperson of Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust, had the last laugh from beyond the…

libcom has just heard that a hearing at Shoreditch County Court has resulted in an eviction order being granted at Dalston Theatre, it could therefore be evicted any time after 7pm this evening.

Public sector workers striking across Germany talk about their experiences and the strike.

For the third time in two years, the major unions have agreed to ballot for a general strike over public sector pensions.