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November 2008

Ireland: Union welcomes Obama victory, hopes for end of neo-liberal era

The trade union Unite has welcomed the election of Barack Obama as President-elect of the United States of America and expressed its hope that the victory will signal the end of the neo-liberal economic era, which was commenced in the 1980s by Ronald Reagan and supported in the UK by Margaret Thatcher. More ...

'One healthcare system for the rich and another for the poor'

UNISON, Britain's largest public sector trade union, has condemned the UK Government's decision to allow National Health Service patients who can afford to do so to pay extra for expensive drug treatments which are not available free on the NHS. More ...

Conference: The Capitalist Economic Crisis

10.30-5.30, Saturday 22nd November 2008
University of London Union, Malet St More ...