22 July 2021

Public sector pay - NHS, teachers - Prepare for action!

Health workers have been told that they are only worth a 3% pay rise. Teachers have been told they are worth nothing in terms of a pay rise this year. Hundreds of thousands of civil servants face a pay freeze. A million and a half council workers have already been told they are only worth 1.5%.

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14 July 2021

Workplace round-up

Bexley bin workers strike: Bexley bin workers have started a two-week strike. Taking confidence from the recent victory of bin workers at Thurrock, another Tory-controlled council, workers are striking against private company Serco.

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14 July 2021

We need councillors who will end housing crisis - vote TUSC in Staines on 22 July

I am standing for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) in the Staines ward by-election for Spelthorne Council.

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14 July 2021

Stop Pimlico gentrification

Residents on a housing estate in Pimlico in London protested on 10 June. Redevelopment plans for their area include properties which will be at 80% of market rents.

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14 July 2021

Dagenham school workers strike against 'fire and rehire' pay cuts

School workers at Valence Primary School in Dagenham, east London are on strike against grim mistreatment through 'fire and rehire' pay cuts and demotions.

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7 July 2021

TV - Statue wars: one summer in Bristol

This is a programme about the Black Lives Matter movement in Bristol. Historically, Bristol's economy has been built on exploitation, especially the blood, sweat and tears of kidnapped and enslaved people

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7 July 2021

Stop environmental destruction in Barnsley

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7 July 2021

Road closures: Hackney residents have not been consulted

400 people took part in an anti-road closure demo in Hackney, east London, on 26 June. The protesters we spoke to recognised that something had to be done about the pollution, but felt that the way the

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7 July 2021

Fund the measures needed to stop the Covid spread in schools

The increasing number of Covid cases among pupils, and the need for school 'bubbles' to isolate, means that over 370,000 pupils are in isolation and having to learn at home

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7 July 2021

Oaks Park strikers rally

Staff at Oaks Park High School - a large community school in Redbridge, east London - who have been striking over the victimisation of a trade union rep, and against a wider culture of bullying, lobbied Redbridge Town Hall in Ilford on 5 July.

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7 July 2021

Striking Ealing parking attendants rally outside council

An Ealing parking attendants' strike rally on 30 June was lively and angry. The picket lines take place outside the council offices, in an effort to put pressure on the Labour council to intervene and

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7 July 2021

Derby academies closed by strikes against brutal cuts and changes

Teachers, members of the National Education Union (NEU) at two Derby schools - Lees Brook Academy and Merrill Academy - were out on strike for a full day on 1 July

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30 June 2021

Sandwell Leisure workers: No to 'fire and rehire'

On 25 June, Unison union members working for Sandwell Leisure Trust (SLT), West Midlands, organised a strike at a number of leisure centres across the borough

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30 June 2021

Brighton: Moulsecoomb strike against academisation

Deaf to the overwhelming opposition of parents, students, staff and their unions, the local community and council, Lee Mason-Ellis and the Pioneer Academy chain are intent on taking over Moulsecoomb Primary School in Brighton in September

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30 June 2021

North London Socialist Party: How can a party for the working class be built?

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30 June 2021

End bullying and victimisation at Oaks Park school

Tuesday 29 June saw the start of another three days of strike action by staff at Oaks Park High School - a large community school in Redbridge, east London, - over the victimisation of a trade union rep, and against a wider culture of bullying

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Eviction resistance in Walthamstow, London, 29.6.21. Nadia addressing the crowd after bailiffs say they're not entering her home today!

29 June 2021

Eviction resistance in Walthamstow, London, mobilised by Waltham Forest Socialist Party and supported by Waltham Forest trades council, 29.6.21. Nadia addressing the crowd after bailiffs say they're not entering her home today!

Eviction resistance in Walthamstow, London, mobilised by Waltham Forest Socialist Party and supported by Waltham Forest trades council, 29.6.21. Nadia addressing the crowd after bailiffs say they're not entering her home today!

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23 June 2021

Oaks Park school strike against bully bosses

Bully bosses looked agitated as Oaks Park High School pickets belted out 'Solidarity Forever' to the peals of a union rep's trumpet on 22 June.

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23 June 2021

London Socialist Party young members' day school

Young members of the Socialist Party met in Hyde Park, London, on Saturday 14 June to discuss the issues facing young people in the city and the youth campaigns that we can launch over the summer.

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23 June 2021

Carmarthenshire: Fighting for trade union recognition at council-owned company

Plaid Cymru-led Carmarthenshire County Council needs to instruct Cwm Environmental to implement a Trade Union Recognition Agreement (TURA) immediately.

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