Teaching assistants at York University in Toronto are on strike after management cut 800 TA posts. TAs are essential for students; they are the ones who actually teach the courses and do the grading rather than the professor. The management are also not doing enough to make the campus safe for women. If these attacks go ahead they will affect everyone at the university – send messages of support to CUPE3903strikecommittee@gmail.com.
Firefighters
5,000 Firefighters march through London
Film length: 4:38 As the Fire Brigades Union’s battle to stop the Government’s dangerous pension changes intensifies, 5,000 firefighters from all over Britain march through London. They explain that cuts to fire stations, fire engines, […]
Construction/Blacklisting
Direct action wins the day as spectacular & immediate victory humiliates bullying construction bosses at Canary Wharf. 27-7-15
On Monday REEL NEWS attended an inspiring action by supporters of the Blacklist Support Group at the site of Morgan Stanley in the heart of the Canary Wharf financial district. Though in modest numbers the […]
Council Workers
Southampton, 3rd August: city council strike escalates
Film Length: 14:01 ***FULL RESOLUTION VERSION AVAILABLE ON REEL NEWS 29 ** Council workers in Southampton are staging a serious fightback against Tory cuts. Rolling strike action by groups of key workers section by section […]