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Covid-19 couldn’t be more dangerous – so shut the construction sites
If managers continue to ignore reasonable requests and health advice, then it’s time to organise coronavirus walkouts to force greedy employers to close down building sites, says DAVE SMITH
Construction workers on the site of the new St James' Shopping Centre that is being built in Edinburgh city centre, during the coronavirus outbreak
Campaigners from across the continent will gather in Brussels on June 14 to oppose Europe’s accelerating militarisation and cuts to public services, write MAGGIE SIMPSON and BOB ORAM of No Cold War Britain
National co-ordinator for General Strike 100, HENRY FOWLER, continues his nationwide tour of partner organisations by visiting the Modern Records Centre at Warwick University
GEOFF BOTTOMS recalls meeting Fidel Castro in the ’90s after joining a Pastors for Peace caravan to Cuba, and reflects on how international support is still vital to help the island withstand economic warfare
The Ivors Academy’s hike in entry fees could turn this respected peer-assessed event into an exclusive preserve for those wealthy enough to compete, warns BEN LUNN
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“STAY at home unless you are an essential service.”
That’s the official advice for everyone right now. Except if you work on a building site.
Immediately after Boris Johnson’s speech, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities & Local Government Robert Jenrick tweeted “advice for the housing, construction and building maintenance industries,” which stated that “if you are working on site, you can continue to do so.”
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