Trade gap with EU widens
14 March 2016
The latest round of trade figures issued last week dramatically underlined the reality behind Britain’s unequal trade with the European Union.
Newcastle Grassroots Out meeting welcomes trade union speaker
14 March 2016
Well over 1,000 people packed the Tyne Theatre and Opera House to attend the first Newcastle meeting of Grassroots Out.
Glasgow meeting discusses why to leave EU
14 March 2016
A CPBML meeting in Glasgow on why trade unionists should vote to leave the EU drew a diverse and enthusiastic audience ready to contribute their own ideas.
Victory for Airbus 8 against fascist law
9 March 2016
Eight Spanish workers have been cleared of criminal charges under a fascist labour law dating back to the Franco regime. The British government’s current Trade Union Bill aims to introduce something similar.
Pay again - local government
9 March 2016
The Trade Union Bill will soon to become an Act. This may even save local government trade unions from another fiasco over the so-called fight for pay in this year’s pay round.
No British visas for Cubans
9 March 2016
Cuba and the USA are making the opening moves of diplomacy between themselves. Yet Britain has introduced a surreptitious blockade of its own.
Dutch to vote on EU-Ukraine agreement
3 March 2016
Referendums are becoming contagious. On 16 April the Netherlands will vote on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement – and could scupper it for good.
Out of the EU! New referendum pamphlet
2 March 2016
The CPBML has just published a new 8-page pamphlet outlining why a vote to leave the EU is vital in the June referendum.
Opera chorus vote for strike
1 March 2016
Members of the Equity union at the English National Opera in London have voted unanimously to strike over pay cuts and new contracts.
Hospital HR passes the buck
28 February 2016
Under the guise of “employee relations advice”, King’s College Hospital Trust has implemented a glorious modern-day example of how to undermine a union.
Our TTIP will help you, EU told ExxonMobil
27 February 2016
A document obtained by the Guardian newspaper exposes the reality of the secret Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations from the EU side.
Don't bail out the banks again
It is plain that the capitalist world is in an absolute mess – and that another financial crisis is brewing.
Academics to fight on pay
The University and College Union and the Educational Institute of Scotland have submitted a national pay claim for a 5 per cent pay rise for academic staff.
Anti-union laws - the Spanish model
The TUC’s cringeworthy “Love your Union” week from 8 to 14 February against the Trade Union Bill left many trade unionists at a total loss.
Speak Up for Libraries
Tuesday 9 February: Speak Up For Libraries held a rally at Central Hall Westminster, followed by a lobby of MPs.
Change needed in FE
Members of the University and College Union (UCU) and Unison working in further education went on strike for the day on 24 February in colleges in England that have refused to make any pay offer for 2015-16.
Syria siege broken
The Syrian army has broken the siege of the Nubl and al-Zahra towns in Aleppo after four years.
No help for anti-EU ministers, says Cabinet Secretary
26 February 2016
Downing Street has imposed rules to prevent civil servants and special advisers from assisting ministers campaigning for Britain to leave the EU.
Government abandons steel
26 February 2016
Business Secretary Sajid Javid told a manufacturing conference this week that public funds wouldn't be used to rescue steel. He didn’t add that EU rules would prohibit it.
Are we witnessing the strange death of the European Union?
26 February 2016
Referendums all over the place, borders going up. Is the EU starting to collapse?
A strike worth remembering
26 February 2016
The historian and novelist John Tully tells the story of a forgotten strike of 1889. This book brings the struggle of those workers back to life and gives an insight into how our class developed into an organised labour movement.
Soviet planning versus capitalist chaos
They called it the ‘Great Breakthrough’ – the launch of the Soviet Union’s first five-year plan in 1928. While the Soviet Union grew, within a year the capitalism world was plunged into slump with the Wall Street crash…
Inequality, social justice and surplus value
You can’t buck economic laws. It’s not an accident that capitalism doesn’t distribute the results of labour equally.
Housing: a national issue, and a class issue
The new Housing and Planning Bill cultivates and exploits the crisis in housing to strengthen the class power of a tiny minority…
You thought TTIP was bad? Take a look at TiSA
The EU is preparing to hand over power to global corporations to say how we must trade in services – all services. And all in secret.
Why trade unionists should vote to leave
One of the big lies of the European Union is that it is somehow good for workers. In fact, the EU is attacking the basis of all progress at work – effective collective bargaining…
No borders, no control
Free movement? In the EU it just means freedom for employers to lower pay and avoid training…
CPBML launches Leave! page
23 February 2016
The CPBML today announced a new web resource, cpbml.org.uk/leave – a dedicated page laying out the arguments for a Leave vote in the referendum set for 23 June.
A future for Britain
On 23 June workers can use the referendum to strike the most important blow against capitalism in Britain in 70 years – voting to leave.
Vote to leave, trade unionists urged
14 February 2016
Trade unionists have every reason to vote to leave the EU – despite of the view of the TUC and a number of their member unions. This was the theme of a lively meeting held by the CPBML at Conway Hall in London on 11 February.