5 May 2021

Goodlord strike forces talks - solidarity needed

The strike at lettings tech platform Goodlord has forced bosses into talks at mediation service Acas

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5 May 2021

Cladding: Tories refuse to protect leaseholders again

Socialist Party member Paul Kershaw, chair of the Unite housing workers' branch, spoke to Ed Spencer

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5 May 2021

Go Ahead offers deal to Manchester bus drivers

Bus drivers employed by Go North West in Manchester have been taking all-out, continuous strike, since the 28 February

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5 May 2021

Bellway must pay! Make our homes safe!

On 1 May more than 60 residents of the Caspian Quarter gathered outside Bellway's Barking showrooms to protest about the property developer's failure to replace flammable balconies

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28 April 2021

Goodlord strikers fight fire and rehire as part of day of action

Unite the Union held a mass picket outside the tenant referencing company Goodlord on 26 April as part of a day of action against 'fire and rehire.'

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21 April 2021

Bus workers protest Go-Ahead's 'fire and rehire'

The Go-Ahead group runs bus services in Manchester and is currently using 'fire and rehire' to cut drivers' pay and conditions. Go-Ahead is also a big operator in Transport for London (TfL).

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21 April 2021

Fight back against British Gas bosses' 'fire and rehire' offensive

On their 43rd day of strike action on 14 April, hundreds of GMB members in British Gas were facing the sack after refusing to agree the imposition of new contracts

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14 April 2021

SPS Technologies workers end strike after management backs down

Unite members at SPS Technologies in Leicester have ended their strike action against the attempt by management to attack their terms and conditions using 'fire and rehire' tactics.

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7 April 2021

The Socialist Inbox

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31 March 2021

British Gas workers strike ahead of 'fire and rehire' deadline

Thousands of British Gas engineers in the GMB union took strike action against before the deadline for the signing of new contracts, imposed through 'fire and rehire'.

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24 March 2021

Engineering workers strike against 'fire and rehire' in Leicester

Workers at SPS Technologies in Leicester have taken strike action against the company's 'fire and rehire' assault on their terms and conditions

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17 March 2021

Goodlord workers continue strike against 'fire and rehire'

Tenant-referencing workers at the tech company Goodlord in east London were again out on strike on 12 March against the company's attempts at 'fire and rehire'.

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10 March 2021

Strikers reject deal and carry on fighting

"We've told O'Shea to stick it!" - was the message to the British Gas CEO from the British Gas engineers' picket line in Leicester

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3 March 2021

Tech workers walk out against 'fire and rehire'

Tenant-referencing workers at the tech company Goodlord in east London were out on strike on 1 March against the company's fire-and-rehire scheme.

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3 March 2021

Manchester indefinite bus strike against 'fire and rehire'

Socialist Party members supported the hundreds of bus drivers in Manchester who are on strike over proposed changes by private company Go North West

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3 March 2021

1981: New Cross Massacre

On 2 March 1981, 20,000 young black people demonstrated in London against police and Tory government failures over the deadly New Cross fire which occurred on 18 January of that year.

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3 March 2021

British Gas strike

Around 7,000 British Gas engineers, members of the GMB trade union, are continuing their strike action because the company bosses have refused to withdraw their 'fire and rehire' contract which would leave workers on worse pay and conditions

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24 February 2021

GMB members continue fight against 'fire and rehire' in British Gas

British Gas workers were back out on strike from 19 February after their strike was suspended over the previous weekend for talks.

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17 February 2021

Tory cladding money will not make us safe

Despite the horrific scenes at Grenfell almost four years ago, around 700,000 people in the UK are still living in buildings fitted with combustible cladding

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10 February 2021

Striking workers fighting to win

British Gas engineers were on the pickets again on 5 Feb

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