13 January 2021

Refund student rent and fees - fight for free education and make the 1% pay

A statement from the Swansea University rent strike

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13 January 2021

Dispatches from the front - health workers speak out

"Cases are rising and we are struggling to cope"

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13 January 2021

Get stuck in to build a fighting, democratic PCS union

PCS Broad Left Network conference: The PCS Broad Left Network (BLN) conference takes place on Saturday 16 January.

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13 January 2021

Our health and livelihoods before their profits

100% pay now!: The health crisis is now worse than at any time since the start of the pandemic. More people are in hospital and more are dying daily.

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13 January 2021

Bosses earn workers' annual wage in three days

Within the first three days of 2021, the already super-rich bosses of the 'FTSE 100' companies earned more than an average worker's annual salary.

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6 January 2021

Protect the NHS - Funding, Pay, PPE, Public ownership

The Tory government's plea to "protect the NHS" is rank hypocrisy.

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6 January 2021

University teaching moves online in England

Like in the rest of education, university staff and students are left in disarray by this consistently inconsistent and incompetent Tory government.

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6 January 2021

British Gas workers on strike against fire and re-hire pay cut

British Gas workers begin five days of strike action on Thursday 7 January, with potentially more to follow

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6 January 2021

Nottingham City Council: Major battles against cuts ahead

Nottingham's Labour Council faces a decisive choice: whether it defends services, jobs and terms and conditions, or implements major cuts.

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16 December 2020

Mass testing - we need trade union oversight and full pay for all

How effective are the resources being put into testing?

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16 December 2020

Union conference stripped of powers by NEC

The NEC of the PCS union decided to remove key powers from the 2021 annual delegate conference

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16 December 2020

Fight for NHS pay and funding

On 2 March 2020, as coronavirus cases rose to four in a day, Boris Johnson told us that Britain was "well-prepared with a fantastic NHS"

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16 December 2020

Stop 'fire and rehire' at British Gas

As a loyal employee of over 20 years I am disgusted with the way senior management at British Gas are treating their staff.

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9 December 2020

RMT gen sec election - vote for Steve Hedley

The upcoming general secretary election is an opportunity for RMT transport union members to change the direction of our trade union.

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9 December 2020

Further education workers win pay rise in Wales

Workers in further education in Wales have won a long overdue pay increase. This will mean we are not left behind by the pay rise that was announced for school teachers in the summer.

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9 December 2020

Welsh trades councils rally against the pay-freeze

Speakers from several unions called for an end to the public sector pay freeze.

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9 December 2020

High street jobs, safety and pay: We have to fight

Hospitality: Understaffed and underpaid, now it's got worse: Bar worker John Williams, a Socialist Party member in Cardiff, spoke at a protest to oppose the pay freeze in the public and private sector on 5 December.

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9 December 2020

Fund NHS, not Tory crony contracts

The Tories clapped for the NHS. Heroes, they said. The NHS is safe in our hands, they said. Liars! Instead, Johnson and co have given lucrative contracts to their friends and family.

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9 December 2020

Should Corbyn stand for London Mayor?

Working-class people need better than Dodd's 'austerity later' policies.

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9 December 2020

HMRC pay talks - PCS needs to organise members now

Revenue and Customs (HMRC) management's business case for pay linked to contract changes has been agreed by the Treasury

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