The real pensions crisis We are told today that we face a crisis. People are living longer, there is a demographic timebomb and, coupled with need to bring down deficit,…
N30 strike: live updates Updates and accounts of the massive November 30 strike against cuts, particularly of public sector pensions. Please post your news and accounts…
It was worse than we first thought, but never mind George Osborne has only just realised how bad the deficit actually was. To be fair he has only been in government for two years, so never mind…
Wage theft victory in South London A pub worker and South London SF have together won 6 weeks in stolen wages after a campaign of direct action and threatening pickets of a London…
When nurses fought back As nurses prepare to ballot for industrial action, and start to gain confidence, here is a look at when nurses in Britain were militant. They…
Has Health & Safety gone mad? The government appears to be hell bent on making huge changes in health and safety in the workplace. Is it justified?
Trade Union Bureaucracy & Class Treachery Following on from the article about 'partnership working'. Here is a brief look at the trade unions, issues around competing class forces, and…
Partnership working is a con A brief look at my own experience of trade unions working in 'partnership' with employers.
Ruling class could do with maths lessons The ConDem court jester and all round buffoon Danny Alexander, and tax thief Philip Green, have today made glaring errors in their multi-million…
Occupy everything! Students across the UK go into occupation for national day of action... NCAFC called a national day of action for November 23rd, a week ahead of the…
Service users in support of #N30 There's been a lot of talk lately about how unfair the public sector strikes are on service users. This assumes that service users don't support…
Black Flag 234 (late 2011) A bit belatedly, Black Flag would like to announce the free online release of issue 233 of the magazine, along with our customary teaser article…