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CHANGE SLOW TO COME: Scotland Justice Secretary Angela Constance (SNP) meets prison officers during a visit the new HMP and YOI Stirling
Probation Service / 30 May 2025
30 May 2025

IAN LAWRENCE welcomes the government sentencing review but warns past experience shows such words rarely translate into meaningful action

A university student attends a protest inside Tehran University after a smoke grenade was thrown by anti-riot police, in Tehran, Iran, December 30, 2017
Workers' Rights / 29 May 2025
29 May 2025
Workers' Rights / 28 May 2025
28 May 2025
Office workers and commuters walking through Canary Wharf in London during the morning rush hour
Workers' Rights / 13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper makes a speech at the Organised Immigration Crime Summit at Lancaster House in central London, March 31, 2025
Workers' Rights / 11 May 2025
11 May 2025

Unions and campaigners condemn Home Secretary after government confirms scrapping of care worker visas

Palestinians collect water in jerrycans at a distribution point west of Gaza City, Sunday, May 11, 2025
Palestine / 11 May 2025
11 May 2025
School children during a Year 5 class at a primary school in Yorkshire, November 27, 2019
Education / 9 May 2025
9 May 2025
© Henry Fowler, Strike Map
Workers' Rights / 9 May 2025
9 May 2025

Hundreds travel to Birmingham to join ‘mega picket’ of striking refuse workers and supporters

Activists from Reform UK at Merchants House of Glasgow, as First Minister John Swinney convenes a gathering on protecting Scotland's values and democratic resilience, which brings together political, faith and community leaders from across society
Labour Movement / 10 May 2025
10 May 2025

From Workers’ Memorial Day to May Day rallies, TOM MORRISON examines the real challenges facing the labour movement as Reform UK’s glossy literature exploits legitimate grievances in traditional left strongholds

Strike Map activists visit striking refuse workers in Birmingham, April 29, 2025 [Pic: Strike Map]
Workers' Rights / 9 May 2025
9 May 2025

Thousands to join ‘megapicket’ in solidarity with striking refuse workers in Birmingham

Workers' Rights / 8 May 2025
8 May 2025
Strike Map activists visit striking refuse workers in Birmingham, April 29, 2025 [Pic: Strike Map]
Workers' Rights / 8 May 2025
8 May 2025

As Birmingham’s refuse workers fight brutal pay cuts, Strike Map rallies mass solidarity, with unions, activists, and workers converging to defy scab labour and police intimidation. The message to Labour? Back workers or face rebellion, writes HENRY FOWLER and ROBERT POOLE