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7 October 2020
Hugo Pierre's fighting programme to transform the union
Socialist Party member Hugo Pierre is a candidate in Unison's general secretary election
5 August 2020
Unite union branch pledges to support socialist candidates who oppose cuts
The response by Tory Kent County Council to Covid-19 is to launch a public consultation entitled: "Have your say on Kent County Council's spending priorities and approach following the Covid-19 pandemic"
20 July 2020
United Left general secretary hustings shows widest debate needed for left in Unite
In the vote following the hustings Steve Turner defeated fellow AGS Howard Beckett by 3 votes.
12 February 2020
PCS union: Uniting the left around a leadership that can win for members
The 2020 national elections of the PCS, a union of civil servants and private sector workers on government contracts, are at a key stage. Branches throughout the union are meeting to agree nominations for president and national executive committee.
29 January 2020
No 'blank cheque' for Labour leadership candidates
The nomination stage of the Labour leadership contest is in full swing, but without the enthusiasm within and beyond the party's rank and file that marked the surge behind Jeremy Corbyn
29 January 2020
PCS union elections: Nominate candidates fighting austerity and for union democracy
When I stood to be general secretary nearly 10,000 PCS union members voted for my campaign, to rebuild a fighting democratic union.
29 January 2020
Unite union nominates Long-Bailey and Burgon
The Unite union executive council overwhelmingly agreed to nominate Rebecca Long-Bailey and Richard Burgon as Labour Party leader and deputy leader respectively at its special meeting on Friday 24 January.
15 January 2020
The process to elect a new leader of the Labour Party is underway and poses an essential question. What will happen to the potential, opened up by Jeremy Corbyn's unexpected leadership victory in 2015, to win a mass party in the interests of the working class?
8 January 2020
Commitment to socialist policies and democratic party needed.
The nomination process for the Labour Party's leadership and deputy leadership contests has begun, with the ballot to take place from 21 February to 2 April.
23 October 2019
Enfield North Labour Party: Defend local democracy
Many Labour Party constituencies finally got the go-ahead to start the process of selecting their parliamentary candidate in September.
25 September 2019
PCS NEC bypasses members on backing Labour candidates
Last week's decision by the leadership of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union to recommend to members in England and Wales that they vote for all Labour candidates without qualification in a future general election could prove to be a damaging mistake, coming hard on the heels of further moves against Jeremy Corbyn by the right-wing Blairites at this week's Labour Party conference.
22 May 2019
Haringey: Socialists' stance fully vindicated
Barbara Blake was one of three right-wing Blairite Labour candidates to stand for the ward of Seven Sisters, Haringey, north London, during the 2018 council elections.
1 May 2019
Local elections 2019: Time to stand up and fight the cuts!
Across England, 91% of schools are facing funding cuts. Education is being damaged by Tory austerity. Labour councils could prevent these cuts in their areas by allowing schools to run legal licensed deficits. Instead, Labour councils continue to enforce Tory cuts.
3 April 2019
PCS elections: Support socialist candidates
National elections in the PCS civil servants' union start on 16 April and finish 9 May. They are for the national executive committee (NEC), which is elected annually, and the assistant general secretary (AGS) position - elected for a five-year term
3 April 2019
Vote for socialist mayor and council candidates
Devastating 62% cuts in Leicester: In Leicester, spending on all council services, excluding social care, has been slashed by no less than 62% in ten years. This has had a devastating effect.
20 March 2019
Socialist Party's Sue Atkins wins big support for anti-cuts, socialist policies
The Coxford ward council byelection in Southampton took place on 14 March.
12 December 2018
New twist in Derby TUSC election agent case
A recent ruling by the Electoral Commission has cast new light on the case of Chris Fernandez, the local election agent for eight Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) candidates at the 2016 council elections in Derby, who earlier this year was jailed for alleged 'electoral fraud'.
9 May 2018
May 3 elections: the TUSC results report
TUSC stood 111 council candidates in 33 authorities
9 May 2018
TUSC vote up in Waltham Forest but many voters stay away
While campaigning in Waltham Forest, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) campaigners encountered rage among people suffering under the right-wing Labour council.
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