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21 April 2020
PPE shortages: "I feel so bloody angry"
The guidelines we follow on use of PPE have changed dramatically during this pandemic. At first we were told we must wear full PPE for every patient suspected of having Covid 19.
8 April 2020
A day in the life of a frontline worker
I'm a learning disabilities day centre care worker for a London council
31 March 2020
The global coronavirus pandemic has exposed the fragility of capitalist food supply systems - whose rationale is based on maximising profits rather than meeting human needs
30 March 2020
Scandalous conditions in food distribution centre
"Too little, too late" is ringing in many workers' ears. In my workplace, a food distribution centre, it definitely echoes.
11 March 2020
Supermarkets are ruled by profit - unions should control supply limits
Many shop and supermarket shelves are being stripped of hand wash, toilet rolls and some food lines such as dry pasta, as people panic buy and stockpile because of coronavirus, writes Scott Jones, Usdaw union member (personal capacity).
19 February 2020
Peterborough food workers picket and protest
There was a noisy demonstration outside Peterborough's Pioneer Foods site on the Orton Southgate industrial estate for two hours on 11 February
15 January 2020
No free ride for the airline bosses - nationalise Flybe now!
Airline Flybe - which provides domestic flights in the UK - is in trouble.
15 January 2020
Environmental journalist and campaigner George Monbiot recently narrated a thought-provoking documentary on Channel 4 - Apocalypse Cow.
15 January 2020
Sustainable food production and the need for socialism
Millions of predominately young people around the world protested in 2019 at the lack of governmental action to halt global warming which is leading to catastrophic climate change.
13 November 2019
'McStrikers' demand £15 an hour
On 12 November, McDonald's workers at six restaurants in south London took strike action, and protests took place in towns and cities around the country, as part of the fast food workers' global day of action.
2 October 2019
Workers at Karro Foods in Hull have won a 7.1% pay increase over two years
6 August 2019
Hull: Karro Food meat processors strike against poverty pay
A pork foods plant in Hull that hasn't witnessed a strike in 30 years is now seeing strikes each Monday organised by general union GMB
17 April 2019
Deliveroo workers protest at firm's Nottingham roadshow
Deliveroo riders and supporters protested in Nottingham on 13 April at the company's 'roadshow' in the city centre.
31 October 2018
60% of wildlife wiped out - urgent action needed to save planet
Since 1970, 60% of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles have been wiped out due to deforestation, farming techniques and other human activity.
17 October 2018
No to fat-cat top judges' £59k pay hike - fight for decent pay for criminal justice workers
The Senior Salaries Review Body recommends that salaries for High Court judges be increased by 32%, taking them from £181,500 to £240,000 a year. The establishment pay board says this is needed to recruit future judges.
12 September 2018
4m children in homes that can't afford fruit and veg
£10 an hour now Scrap benefit cuts: Four million children in the UK live in households unable to afford enough fruit, vegetables, fish and other essential food groups to meet government nutrition guidelines, says the Food Foundation.
5 September 2018
It's one world for the super-rich, and another for the rest of us. Lehman Brothers blow-out v workers' debt pile-up; golden chicken wings v McDonald's ads for kids
22 August 2018
Letters to the Socialist's editors including antisemitism and Labour, Trump, plastic and food and more.
25 July 2018
Universal credit causes £24m rent arrears
The inept Tory government is yet again in the firing line after further details emerged about the shambolic roll-out of the cruel 'universal credit' welfare system
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