28 August 2019

Merseyside Matalan workers walk out over pay deal

Workers at a Matalan warehouse and distribution centre in Knowsley, Merseyside have taken strike action against a proposed pay deal.

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29 May 2019

Fight the far-right - fight for socialist policies

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka Tommy Robinson, attempted to hold a Euro-election rally in the Bootle Dock area on 19 May

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20 June 2018

Knowsley council pushed back on cuts and privatisation

The right-wing Labour group in Knowsley council, Merseyside, has been forced into a climbdown on two important measures.

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23 August 2017

The Socialist inbox

Do you have something to say? Letters to the Socialist's editors

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26 July 2017

Plans to bring A-levels back to Knowsley abandoned

Education chiefs have abandoned plans to bring back A-level provision into the borough of Knowsley, Liverpool

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8 February 2017

The Socialist Inbox

Letters to the Socialist's editors including Roger Bannister's retirement, Sri Lankan strikes and ambulance staff shortages.

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28 September 2016

Knowsley: No A-level education on offer

In an area with such poverty and neglect as Knowsley, Merseyside, its shocking that no A-levels course will be on offer anymore.

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11 May 2016

TUSC election campaigns show opposition to cuts

Elections took place on 5 May for the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, the Greater London Authority, and for 124 local authorities in England. The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition stood to show opposition to the cuts consensus.

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13 April 2016

No A-level courses in Knowsley thanks to 'academies' system

Within a few weeks there will be no A-level provision in the borough of Knowsley, Merseyside. This is a chilling portent of what will happen to education in working class areas if the Tories and Blairites are allowed to get away with turning council-run schools into 'academies' run by unaccountable private profiteers.

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21 October 2015

For a fighting, socialist general secretary

Unison members need a general secretary who will put their interests first.

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14 October 2015

Unison general secretary election: Roger Bannister wins place on ballot paper

Rank-and-file socialist Roger Bannister has received the 25 branch nominations needed to run for general secretary of Unison, Britain's largest public sector union.

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10 June 2015

Them & Us

Cash for iPads: In the run-up to the general election, 60 MPs went on a spending spree claiming £70,000 expenses on iPads and computer laptops shortly before the deadline blocking such purchases

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15 April 2015

'Liverpool 47' councillors in TUSC challenge

This year's TUSC parliamentary and local election challenge in Liverpool will be spearheaded by former members of the 1983-87 Labour Council who defied Margaret Thatcher's government, built 5,000 homes and created thousands of jobs and apprenticeships in the city

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13 March 2014

Workplace news in brief

Knowsley College: Unison members in Knowsley Community College took further strike action on 6 March, in support of their sacked senior steward Barry Dunne

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18 December 2013

Knowsley college strike to defend union steward

Unison members in Knowsley Community College took strike action in support of sacked senior steward Barry Dunne

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27 March 2013

Striking against the 'fast track to the sack'

Teachers in two of Knowsley's primary schools have taken strike action against the introduction of a punitive appraisal scheme...

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6 February 2013

Seeking TUSC candidates in Knowsley

There are three impending byelections in Knowsley borough and we want to put up Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition candidates in all three, writes Hugh Caffrey

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24 September 2012

Knowsley council fears anti-privatisation campaign

As recently reported in the Socialist, Knowsley's 100% Labour-run council plans to become a "commissioning council". Commissioning is privatisation!

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31 August 2012

Fight begins against massive outsourcing by Knowsley's Labour council

Knowsley council on Merseyside has announced shocking plans to outsource almost all its services and jobs

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17 November 2010

Jobs threat in Knowsley

Council officers announced 400 job losses on 9 November in Knowsley, north Merseyside, with more to follow. Jeff Bowe, a Knowsley Unison member, explained the situation to Hugh Caffrey:...

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