The Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) are set to launch their Bakers‘ Dozen manifesto that they and their members want to see introduced by the next UK Government. Aimed especially at the Labour Party, the Bakers‘ Dozen report and manifesto lays out 13 policy demands that would transform the lives of their members and working class people across… Read more »
A new poll of headteachers has once again shown that there is widespread opposition to the current law mandating schools to hold a daily act of collective Christian worship. Almost 2,000 school leaders were surveyed, with 70% of them opposed to the legal requirement. Humanists UK has long campaigned for the replacement of compulsory Christian worship in… Read more »
Latest articles
By Alex Stevenson Britain’s biggest banks may have to be broken up, the governor of the Bank of England suggested last night. In a speech to Scottish business organisations in Edinburgh last night Mervyn King confronted the ongoing problem of banks’ everyday activities and their riskier investment functions which contributed to excessive risk-taking in the… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Last-ditch attempts to reach agreement between postal workers’ representatives and the Royal Mail are taking place today as tomorrow’s industrial action looms. No deal was reached despite 12 hours of negotiations yesterday. A final attempt to reach agreement to prevent the industrial action will take place later. The Communication Workers’ Union remained… Read more »
