Gloucestershire’s phlebotomists have brought their historic strike to a close after almost a year of action, leaving a legacy of determination – and a clear lesson about the power of solidarity in the face of anti-union laws and austerity, says FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
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IN PREVIOUS Ramblings I have written about a remarkable creature, the horseshoe crab.
This 10-eyed “living fossil” isn’t actually a crab at all but it is very endangered and becoming more so.
Horseshoe crabs are arthropods. They live in salt and brackish water, primarily in and around shallow coastal seas. The first time I saw them they were climbing mangrove trees in Florida’s everglades.
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