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Trade unions and workplace
Left candidate needed for Unite general secretary election
The nomination period for the Unite general secretary election has closed. All four candidates – Steve Turner, Sharon Graham, Howard Beckett and Gerard Coyne – have gained enough branch nominations to
Majority of BFAWU members vote to break from Labour
Right lose control in Unison NEC election
Engineers in fourth week of strike action against huge fire-and-rehire attacks
Leicester University workers strike against redundancies
PCS conference 2021: Divide between union leaders and rank-and-file exposed
Socialist Party to the fore at Unison LG conference
At the conference on 13 June, our region had two motions on the agenda, which I moved.
Redbridge school walkout over victimised union rep
NHS
Underpaid and overworked – NHS workers say: ‘Enough is enough’
Now is the time to fight for the NHS
Save Leicester General Hospital
International news
Will Biden’s new foreign policy change the direction of US imperialism?
Tamil Solidarity asylum victory
Who represents the Palestinians?
International solidarity protests
News
Make vaccine technology public, nationalise big-pharma
Schools need resources to tackle ‘routine’ sexual harassment
Neonatal leave introduced: Unions must fight for extensions and full pay
Beth Roper inquest: Train company failures ignored
Birmingham Clean Air Zone a tax on the poor
Campaigns and party news
Enfield byelection: We need councillors prepared to resist
Vote TUSC in Bush Hill Park on 1 July: North London Socialist Party member John Dolan is standing in the by-election in Bush Hill Park in Enfield on 1 July. John is the candidate for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC).
Queues at Socialist Party stall in Cov
We held a very enthusiastic national online meeting for Socialist Party finance organisers on 13 June, with 50 members taking part
Readers’ opinion
Books that inspired me: The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists