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A week of strikes in Britain and Northern Ireland

August 2, 2022 Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) & Militant Left (CWI Ireland) reporters

Between Wednesday 27 July and Monday 1st, August national strike action took place in Britain for four days, organised by three trade unions (RMT, Aslef, and CWU) – in defence of their members’ living standards […]

Britain: Coventry bin workers defeat strike-breaking Labour council

August 2, 2022 Dave Griffiths, Coventry Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

With a 12.9% pay increase and Coventry council agreeing that the bogus charges against Unite the Union’s senior shop steward Pete Randle would not be pursued, Coventry’s HGV drivers have achieved a significant win. This […]