Gate Gourmet dispute costs BA £35-£45m British Airways has estimated that this summer's Gate Gourmet staff dispute cost it between £35m and £45m.
West Midland firefighters vote to strike Fire crews vote for strike action West Midlands firefighters have voted in favour of strike action over changes to their shift system.
Exposing John Prescott's housing policies The office Of The Deputy Prime Minister (ODMP) laid down the Decent Homes Standards to improve social housing by 2010, therefore directly benefiting communities. The flip side to this is the destruction of communities in Co-op run social housing.
NHS workers strike in Newcastle Over 600 staff at hospitals in Newcastle were out on a 24 hour strike this week with more potential action coming up.
First Bus drivers' sixth strike First Bus drivers in north Staffordshire and south Cheshire are on their sixth one-day strike, part of an ongoing pay dispute.
Secure in the knowledge... If you go down to the festival today... In a special report, Matt D enters the murky world of security.
Mail to be private? A major review of Royal Mail has suggested that 20% of the company should be given to employees, as more jobs losses and rural office closures are announced and amid condemnation of plans to remove the public service's monopoly.
House of Commons cleaners to strike again Cleaners at the House of Commons plan to strike for a second time in a bitter dispute over low pay and poor working conditions
Debord's New Book (review) - by The Red Menace The Red Menace was produced by an informal group of communists and appeared for several issues in late 1980s London. It contained news and…
1917-1945: Anti-Parliamentary Communism: The movement for workers councils in Britain - Mark Shipway A history of the libertarian socialist movement in the UK in the first half of the…
Gate Gourmet dispute continues Although it's dropped out of the headlines, the Gate Gourmet dispute is still very much going on.
Unions back down, public sector workers split in pensions deal The government has claimed a victory in the pensions crisis after they secured their target for total pensions savings up to 2055.
