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1 week ago January 8, 2021January 8, 2021mbarker2012

#StopTheBritishGasFire: A Picket Report from Leicester

1 week ago January 7, 2021January 7, 2021mbarker2012

All Leicester Colleges Eventually Do the Right Thing and Cancel BTEC Exams to Prevent Further Spread of Covid-19

1 week ago January 7, 2021January 7, 2021mbarker2012

Decisive Action Needed in the Fight for Covid Safety

1 week ago January 6, 2021January 6, 2021mbarker2012

Key Food Workers Continue the Struggle for Safe Working Condition at Greencore

1 week ago January 6, 2021January 6, 2021mbarker2012

Three Per Cent of People in Leicester Who Had No Symptoms Test Positive for Covid-19

2 weeks ago January 4, 2021January 4, 2021mbarker2012

Many Labour Leaders Can’t Understand the Meaning of Solidarity

2 weeks ago January 4, 2021January 4, 2021mbarker2012

Email Sent to Linden Primary School Governor Cllr Ruma Ali (January 4, 2021)

2 weeks ago January 4, 2021January 4, 2021mbarker2012

Schools in Leicester Moving to Online Teaching Under Pressure from Workers

2 weeks ago January 3, 2021January 4, 2021mbarker2012

Leicester City Mayor is “sympathetic” to Education Unions, But Workers Needs Solidarity Not Sympathy

2 weeks ago January 3, 2021January 3, 2021mbarker2012

Thousands More People Will Needlessly Die if the Government Ignores the Warnings of Education Workers

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  • Key Food Workers Continue the Struggle for Safe Working Condition at Greencore
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  • Sir David Samworth: The Family Man and His Nightmares About Organised Workers
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Recent Posts

  • #StopTheBritishGasFire: A Picket Report from Leicester
  • All Leicester Colleges Eventually Do the Right Thing and Cancel BTEC Exams to Prevent Further Spread of Covid-19
  • Decisive Action Needed in the Fight for Covid Safety
  • Key Food Workers Continue the Struggle for Safe Working Condition at Greencore
  • Three Per Cent of People in Leicester Who Had No Symptoms Test Positive for Covid-19
  • Many Labour Leaders Can’t Understand the Meaning of Solidarity
  • Email Sent to Linden Primary School Governor Cllr Ruma Ali (January 4, 2021)
  • Schools in Leicester Moving to Online Teaching Under Pressure from Workers
  • Leicester City Mayor is “sympathetic” to Education Unions, But Workers Needs Solidarity Not Sympathy
  • Thousands More People Will Needlessly Die if the Government Ignores the Warnings of Education Workers
  • Open Letter to Leicester City Council and the City Mayor on School Reopenings
  • Trust Unions, Not the Tories: Advice for Leicester’s Labour City Mayor
  • The Daily Telegraph Just Deleted an Article Showing the Vulnerability of Children to Covid-19 and then Immediately Misrepresented the Science of the Pandemics Spread to Attack Teachers
  • Organising to Keep Our Schools Closed to Save Lives
  • The Science of School Closures
  • The Truth Behind the “Schools Infection Survey”
  • Blundering into Christmas: How the Tories Kill the Working Class
  • Who is Missguided When it Comes to Workers Rights?
  • “All we’re asking for is a fair pay rise”
  • Children and Covid-19: A Scientific Update

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