Predatory bosses feel the heat at Fox’s Glacier Mints
Confectionery workers at Valeo confectionery in Low Poppleton, York, who make Fox’s Glacier Mints, Mint Humbugs and Poppets, launched strike action against the company’s decision to fire and rehire them on worse pay and conditions. The action by management follows in...
Supreme Court refuses to hear Assange’s extradition appeal
On 14 March, Julian Assange’s defence lawyers issued a statement reporting that the Supreme Court had refused Assange permission to appeal on the basis that “the application does not raise an arguable point of law.” The case will now go back to District Judge Vanessa...
Mullin stands firm on not disclosing sources
The former MP for Sunderland South and investigative journalist Chris Mullin has refused to divulge the sources of his information about the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings in a hearing at the Old Bailey in London. Mullin told the court on Friday (25 February) that it...