Rolls-Royce workers take up the fight for engineering
Rolls-Royce workers at in Lancashire are to strike for three weeks in November against the company’s plan to move production offshore.
Workers November/December 2020
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Break the separatist mindset!
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Made in Barlick
Instead of looking abroad, Rolls-Royce would do well to follow the example of another local company, Hope Technology.
We have the power
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Research: EU funding grab
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Nobel Prize: Rebuke for ECJ
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STUC: public spending ‘plot’?
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Tanker drivers set to strike
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NHS: self-sufficiency is the answer [Print version]
Health services have relied on imported workers for too long. It is unethical and in the long term unproductive.
Cuba begins clinical trials of Covid-19 vaccine
Cuba has begun trials of a coronavirus vaccine – the first vaccine against the virus in Latin America to achieve certification by the World Health Organization.
The rise of nuclear power [print version]
Britain’s nuclear power industry had its origins in outstanding research – and led to the first atomic electricity station in the capitalist world…
Jobs, training as HS2 gears up
The building of HS2 is finally moving from preparatory work to full-scale construction works...
NHS - Getting ready
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