UCU has has announced today that it will open new industrial action ballots over cuts to pensions and deteriorating pay and conditions, paving the way for action to continue throughout the remainder of 2022.
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Austerity
Frances Coppola – Greece: The Greatest Depression
The Greek people have just lived through a Depression as deep as the Great Depression and considerably longer. It is now the greatest recorded peacetime Depression. Read here
Environment
Transport & Environment: Europe’s luxury cruise ships emit as much toxic sulphur as 1bn cars – study
Cruise ship pollution around ports is higher than pre-pandemic levels, but air pollutants from cruise ships fell 80% in Venice following the city’s ban on large ships. Read HERE
National Politics
Iain Boyd: How Hamas’ Rockets Got Around Israel’s Iron Dome Air Defense System
Israel was caught off guard by a large-scale missile attack by Hamas, the Gaza-based Palestinian militant group: an analysis Read HERE Iron Dome System – Photo: Israel Defence Forces/Public Domain
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