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30 April 2012
Swansea trades council May Day march and rally
A May Day march in Swansea on Saturday reflected the changeable weather South Wales has suffered recently; however, it was representative of some important struggles taking place
25 April 2012
Hillingdon - Bob Crow: Nearly 70 local people in Uxbridge, west London, listened to Bob Crow argue the case for TUSC on 18 April...
18 April 2012
Come and hear TUSC candidates standing in your area
Thursday 19 April 7-9pm, Cardiff Bus Sports and Social Club, Tudor St, Riverside...
8 March 2012
Stop Remploy factory closures!
Swansea Trades Council has pledged support for the ongoing fight to save Remploy factories, following yesterday's announcement by the government of the closure of 36 factories
21 September 2011
Wales mine deaths: Privatisation comes under the spotlight
The tragic deaths of four coalminers at the Gleision Colliery in the Swansea Valley, South Wales, has inevitably raised the issue of safety in the mining industry...
16 September 2011
Remploy workers "will not go gently" - or at all!
Remploy workers won't be bullied by the 'millionaires club' in the government into giving up the fight to save supported employment in the UK, writes Les Woodward
14 September 2011
Greenwich: As we reported last week, Socialist Party member Onay Kasab (Kaz) has been expelled from Unison for allegedly encouraging Greenwich branch members to leave Unison and join Unite...
31 August 2011
6,500 Swansea children in poverty
In 2010, a report commissioned by Swansea council's Children and Young People's Overview and Scrutiny board estimated that 6,500 children live in poverty in the city, write Ronnie Job and Sharif Bhagat, Swansea Socialist Party.
3 August 2011
Action to save our libraries: Planned strike action by Lambeth libraries staff for 22 July was postponed as the council management conceded that there will be no compulsory redundancies, writes Andy Tullis, Lambeth Unison.
25 July 2011
Coastguards campaign to save Swansea coastguard station
Over 200 people packed into Oystermouth primary school, Swansea on Friday evening (22 July) to hear coastguards and local campaigners make the case for saving Swansea coastguard station, writes Dave Warren (PCS South West Wales).
18 July 2011
Stop Swansea coastguard closure
Coastguards and the people of Swansea are reeling following the shock announcement that Swansea coastguard station is to close, with 28 job losses
Wales May Day celebrations, with young TUSC supporter, photo Les Woodward
3 May 2011
A busy May Day bank holiday weekend in south west Wales
Socialist Party members and supporters in south west Wales are exhausted but enthusiastic after the Bank Holiday weekend, writes Alec Thraves, Swansea Socialist Party
27 April 2011
TUSC election challenge: vote socialist to stop the cuts
Round the country: Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts (TUSC) candidates in Bristol are standing in 16 seats across Bristol in the local elections...
27 April 2011
Swansea says: make the fat cats pay!
On Saturday 23 May the Socialist Party in Swansea held a public ballot in the city centre that asked who should be responsible for paying for the financial crisis: banks and big business, or public sector workers such as teachers, nurses, and civil servants?, writes Claire Job, Secretary, Swansea Socialist Party.
Thousands of workers, students and anti-cuts campaigners marched through Cardiff on Saturday 5 March to tell visiting Con Dems we don't accept your cuts, photo Paul Mattsson
7 March 2011
Cardiff march and rally against cuts
Thousands of workers, students and anti-cuts campaigners marched through Cardiff on Saturday 5 March to send a message to the visiting Con Dems - we don't accept your cuts!
3 March 2011
Fighting the cuts: Thousands protest, lobby and occupy
Reports from around the UK: Thousands of people demonstrated against cuts last week, as shown in these reports in this week's issue of the Socialist from Hull, Camden, Lambeth, Haringey, Lewisham, Birmingham, Swansea and Bradford
Remploy workers rally against closure threat in 2007, photo Bob Severn
18 February 2011
Disabled factory workers at Remploy, the government funded manufacturing company, are considering taking strike action to defend their jobs. An edited version of this article appeared in The Socialist newspaper.
Swansea workers protest against cuts and privatisation in Wales, photo Swansea Socialist Party
9 February 2011
Council unions in Swansea make a start against cuts
Hundreds of local authority members of the unions GMB, Ucatt, Unison and Unite attended meetings in Swansea on 8 February.
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