Tag Archives: Newport

By Dave Reid 150 workers, members of the BFAWU Bakers Union, rallied at the picket line at RJ Brookes in Rogerstone, Newport this morning supported by members of the National Shop Stewards Network, Youth Fight For Jobs and strikers from the National Museum of Wales. They are on a 48 hour strike against the company, owned by 2 Sisters, cutting ...

By Alec Thraves According to some commentators, the multinational Tata Group has a reputation of being a paternalistic and caring corporation that takes into consideration the wellbeing of its workforce. Try telling that to the 4,000 steelworkers in Port Talbot and the tens of thousands across the rest of England, Wales and Scotland who either work for Tata Steel or ...

By Dave Reid Over 500 angry people protested against the destruction of the Chartist mural in Newport by the right wing Labour council and Queensberry property developers. There had been a rising tide of opposition to the plans to destroy the mural which was culminating in the protest on Saturday 5 October, but the council pre-empted the protest by sending ...

By Dave Reid Chartism in the 19th century was the first political movement of the British working class and arguably the first mass workers movement in history. In 1838 the People’s Charter had been drawn up by the London Working Men’s Association demanding equal political rights for the working class. Property qualifications prevented workers from standing for parliament or even ...