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25 May 2012
Demo against cuts at Salford university
Despite exams, 50 students and staff attended a lunchtime protest against swingeing cuts at Salford university yesterday, 24th May, including the closure of Italian and across the board reductions in staffing, writes Salford Socialist Party.
25 May 2012
UN reports rise in global youth unemployment
According to the latest United Nations International Labour Organisation (ILO) report (Global Trends for Youth) the number of unemployed young people worldwide has risen by four million since 2007...
23 May 2012
PCS conference votes for more joint action against cuts
Delegates at the Public and Commercial Services union's annual conference this morning (23rd May) voted in favour of further joint-union national strike action at the end of June against cuts to pensions, pay and jobs...
21 May 2012
Youth Fight for Jobs Northern Ireland launched
Saturday 12th May saw a launch rally and gig for Youth Fight for Jobs - Northern Ireland, in the heart of Belfast, writes See:.
22 May 2012
NHS GMB members vote No to pensions deal
GMB members employed in the NHS have voted by an overwhelming 96.5% to reject the proposals on the table on changes to the NHS pension scheme...
22 May 2012
Mass TUC demonstration in London on 20 October
The TUC is to organise a mass demonstration in London under the banner of 'A Future That Works' on Saturday 20 October 2012. A march through central London will culminate in a rally in Hyde Park...
18 May 2012
Second strike by Tilbury dockers over attack on contracts
Dockers at Tilbury will strike again on Monday in their dispute with Enterprise Distribution Centre (EDC) over the arbitrary introduction of new contracts which will mean losing £2,500 on average a year...
18 May 2012
Public meetings against cuts in the rail industry
Rail unions and trades councils are holding public meetings and a day of action at the end of May opposing the government's proposed cuts to jobs and services in the rail industry...
18 May 2012
Russia: CWI supporters arrested during protests
Two members of the CWI in Moscow have today been arrested while participating in round-the-clock protests against Putin's rule which have taken place in Moscow since 6 May. Urgent protests needed!
17 May 2012
Work programme not reducing long-term unemployment
Unemployment statistics published yesterday show that the number of people who have been unemployed for more than one year is up 27,000 in the last three months, reaching a total of 887,000...
11 May 2012
NUT Executive "shirks its responsibilites"
Martin Powell-Davies, a Socialist Party member who is on the national executive committee of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) has posted on his blog a report of yesterday's NUT executive meeting and the executive's attitude to further action on pensions
10 May 2012
'Young Londoners - Forced Out?' campaign will be lobbying the newly elected London mayor and assembly at 10am on Friday 11th May to demand rent controls, house building, jobs and an affordable future for young people in London...
9 May 2012
Rejection of austerity in France
9 May 2012
Message of support to the 10 May strikers
Martin Powell Davies, a Socialist Party member and executive committee member of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), has written the following message of support to public sector workers striking on 10 May...
8 May 2012
The Scottish local government election result saw both the SNP and Labour declare victory. The SNP can point to their best ever local election result and now possess the largest number of councillors across...
1 May 2012
Now online: Socialist Party 2012 document on Britain
To read the Socialist Party's 2012 congress document on British Perspectives, as discussed and amended by the party's congress in March 2012, go to:
1 May 2012
Transport department workers vote to strike over cuts
Civil servants working for the Department for Transport (DfT) have voted for strike action to defend jobs, pay and services...
29 April 2012
Kazakhstan - Three socialist activists jailed
Larisa Boyar, a prominent activist of the Kazakhstan Socialist Movement, and two others - Baxatjan Torevozhina and Kanat Ibragimov - have been arrested and imprisoned...
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
24 April 2012
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24 April 2012
Remploy workers take the fight to parliament
"Maria Miller, factory killer!" was the chant heard outside DWP (Department of Work & Pensions) as Remploy workers took their campaign against factory closures to central London...
25 April 2012
London TUSC candidate condemns Newham's housing 'expulsion' outrage
"The contrast between the government's lavish expenditure on the 2012 Olympics and Queen's Jubilee with the treatment of families being deported from Newham like refugees in their own country is sickening".
24 April 2012
Libyan's legal action against British security forces
A former Libyan dissident, Abdel Hakim Belhadj is now taking legal action against British security forces and former Labour Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw.
19 April 2012
Unite's Health officer explains the need to strike
Up to 100,000 members of Unite, working for the NHS will be staging protests and industrial action on Thursday, 10 May over attacks to their pensions...
18 April 2012
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10 April 2012
PCS says 'shocking' tax avoidance shows cuts are unnecessary
Commenting on reports chancellor George Osborne was "shocked" by levels of tax avoidance by millionaires, Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka said:...
5 April 2012
Ireland - Tens of thousands demonstrate against household tax
6 April 2012
Housing safety nets for young people being scrapped by Tories
Suzanne Beishon, organiser of the 'Young Londoners - Forced Out?' campaign said: "The plans to scrap housing benefit for under-25s is another example of this Tory government ripping away every safety net that exists to protect young people from poverty and homelessness...
6 April 2012
Young people explain why they're angry
Youth Fight for Jobs campaigners invited young people to write signs about the issues they're angry about
30 March 2012
Galloway victory shows potential for challenges to the main parties
George Galloway's overwhelming win in Bradford West shows that Labour can no longer take its working-class voters for granted
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