Strikes

Birmingham bin workers’ strike, one year on: Inside the forgotten neighbourhoods lined with rubbish
Employment

Birmingham bin workers’ strike, one year on: Inside the forgotten neighbourhoods lined with rubbish

On the day marking one year since refuse collectors went on strike in Birmingham, Big Issue headed to the neighbourhoods hit hardest by rubbish left in the wake of the industrial dispute

Letters: If it was about national pride, the England flags would’ve been flying a long time ago
Letters

Letters: If it was about national pride, the England flags would’ve been flying a long time ago

We all know what these flag-flyers really mean, says a reader

Forget Xenomorphs: The real threat in Alien was wage inequality and corporate greed
FIlm

Forget Xenomorphs: The real threat in Alien was wage inequality and corporate greed

What if Alien (1979) wasn’t just a sci-fi horror film, but a warning about corporate betrayal and working-class struggles?

Patients are dying and facing ‘horrible tragedies’ due to Manchester’s mental health care crisis, staff say
Mental health

Patients are dying and facing ‘horrible tragedies’ due to Manchester’s mental health care crisis, staff say

This is how Donald Trump’s tariff war could affect your bin collection
Paul McNamee

This is how Donald Trump’s tariff war could affect your bin collection

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We all clapped for the NHS during the Covid pandemic. Did it actually do… anything?
Five years since the pandemic

We all clapped for the NHS during the Covid pandemic. Did it actually do… anything?

How the miners’ strike changed the way Britain works, 40 years on
Miners' strike

How the miners’ strike changed the way Britain works, 40 years on

Mick Lynch exposed a glaring ignorance towards trade unions. His retirement leaves big shoes to fill
Taj Ali

Mick Lynch exposed a glaring ignorance towards trade unions. His retirement leaves big shoes to fill

No, unions are not ‘holding the country to ransom’
Trade Unions

No, unions are not ‘holding the country to ransom’

I’m a union organiser in Coventry. Here’s how Amazon’s ‘union busting’ works
Stuart Richards

I’m a union organiser in Coventry. Here’s how Amazon’s ‘union busting’ works

DWP Jobcentre security guards ‘suffer’ and turn to food banks as wages fail to cover basics
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP Jobcentre security guards ‘suffer’ and turn to food banks as wages fail to cover basics

‘It’s David vs Goliath’: Inside Amazon workers’ historic battle for trade union recognition
Trade unions

‘It’s David vs Goliath’: Inside Amazon workers’ historic battle for trade union recognition

Inside the years-long pay row in Scotland risking the futures of working-class students
Education

Inside the years-long pay row in Scotland risking the futures of working-class students

Train strikes: Rail passengers weigh in as Aslef drivers ‘grind services to a halt’
train strikes

Train strikes: Rail passengers weigh in as Aslef drivers ‘grind services to a halt’

Labour’s workers’ rights plan slammed as ‘unrecognisable’ and a ‘betrayal’ by Unite union boss
Workers' rights

Labour’s workers’ rights plan slammed as ‘unrecognisable’ and a ‘betrayal’ by Unite union boss

Aslef boss Mick Whelan on train strikes, hope with Labour and why Brits must reject ‘politics of envy’
Train strikes

Aslef boss Mick Whelan on train strikes, hope with Labour and why Brits must reject ‘politics of envy’

Train drivers to stage more strikes in May, ASLEF union announces: ‘We won’t back down’
Train strikes

Train drivers to stage more strikes in May, ASLEF union announces: ‘We won’t back down’

‘What are we going to do?’: Misery for commuters as train strikes continue
Train strikes

‘What are we going to do?’: Misery for commuters as train strikes continue

Rolling driver walkouts and crippling shut downs: Will the Tube and train strikes ever end?
Rail strikes

Rolling driver walkouts and crippling shut downs: Will the Tube and train strikes ever end?

Tube and train strikes: Disruption for rail passengers as London Underground strike called off
Rail strikes

Tube and train strikes: Disruption for rail passengers as London Underground strike called off

Union urges workers in Northern Ireland to block roads and occupy buildings if strikes fail
Strikes

Union urges workers in Northern Ireland to block roads and occupy buildings if strikes fail

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Travelling by train in UK has become a story of hope over expectation
Robin Ince

Travelling by train in UK has become a story of hope over expectation

Key public services are in bad shape across the board, say most Brits – with NHS faring the worst
Public services

Key public services are in bad shape across the board, say most Brits – with NHS faring the worst

Labour’s Keir Starmer should take inspiration from Joe Biden on strikes and picket lines
Strikes

Labour’s Keir Starmer should take inspiration from Joe Biden on strikes and picket lines

University strike disrupts freshers’ week as staff slam ‘very worst employers’
Strikes

University strike disrupts freshers’ week as staff slam ‘very worst employers’