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Category: Strike

July 4, 2017July 4, 2017mbarker2012

Unions Unite in Calling for an End to Austerity

December 7, 2016December 7, 2016mbarker2012

If the Tories are Intent on Inflicting “Pain” on the Working Class, Then it is Beholden on the Labour Party to Offer Some Reprieve

November 21, 2016November 21, 2016mbarker2012

Durham Teaching Assistants Demand That Their Labour Council Not Slash Their Pay

August 8, 2016August 8, 2016mbarker2012

Renationalising Our Railways

June 30, 2016August 19, 2016mbarker2012

Demanding an Education System That Works For All!

April 27, 2016April 27, 2016mbarker2012

Misreporting on the Junior Doctors Strike

April 26, 2016April 26, 2016mbarker2012

Leicester Doctors All-Out to Defend the NHS

March 15, 2016March 16, 2016mbarker2012

Government Attacks Youth, and Teachers Fight Back

January 12, 2016January 14, 2016mbarker2012

Don’t Just Moan, Organise!

September 21, 2015August 29, 2016mbarker2012

Onslaught on Union Rights

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