Corbyn renews 3-line whip on MPs to vote against May’s deal
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has renewed the 3-line whip on his party’s MPs to vote down Theresa May’s dismal Brexit deal – the most extreme stricture a party leader can […]
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SKWAWKBOX launches GoCardless support option ready for 2019 gear-up
The SKWAWKBOX depends, by design, entirely on donations from supporters – it carries no advertising and pays its hosting provider extra to eliminate even the provider’s advertising, to ensure the […]
Huge victory for workers as #CammellLaird shelves redundancy plans
Shipyard workers and their unions have achieved a major victory in their fight to prevent hundreds of redundancies at the Cammell Laird shipyard on Merseyside. In a meeting this afternoon […]
Efforts to undermine #CammellLaird strikers pt 2: the petition
On Wednesday evening, the SKWAWKBOX published evidence of a coordinated campaign on social media to undermine the efforts and credibility of GMB and Unite members at the Cammell Laird shipyard […]
Coordinated efforts to undermine #CammellLaird strikers pt1: Twitter accounts spring up to troll
Union members at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead are united in a rolling strike action to defend their jobs after the company announced plans to make around forty percent […]
Activist and hero Harry Leslie Smith passes
Veteran Labour activist Harry Leslie Smith has died aged 95. Harry, who served in the Second World War and wrote movingly of the suffering and death of loved ones, friends […]
Impact: unions say Cammell ran short of gas even on day 1 of strike as lorries turned back
Unite and GMB members have been picketing the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead since Monday as part of rolling strike action in response to the company’s plan to impose almost […]
Cammell Laird workers hold mass walk-out today to defend their jobs
Workers at the Cammell Laird shipyard on Merseyside face the loss of almost three hundred jobs – just after the company won a new £619 million contract. Unions have […]
Excl video: “They squirmed back into the station” – Liverpool sees off fascist march – again
On Saturday, a coalition of the left once again joined forces in Liverpool to see off a planned march by neofascists. The city has a proud record of thwarting the […]
Labour RIGHT blocks Pittsburgh antisemitism motion
The Labour right has been at the forefront of attacks on the left and Jeremy Corbyn in all senses since Corbyn’s election as Labour leader – and the recent claims […]