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20 October 2021
University workers ballot for strike action
University and College Union (UCU) members in universities are being balloted over whether to take industrial action in two disputes
15 September 2021
Unite young and old to defend the pensions triple lock
The UK State Pension is £179.60 a week, among the lowest in Europe. It leaves over 2 million pensioners in poverty.
8 September 2021
University bosses push through pension cuts proposal
University bosses have pushed through their proposal to impose severe pension cuts to those in the 'USS' pension
14 July 2021
Defend the triple lock - Fight to end poverty pensions
More than 2.1 million British pensioners are living in poverty after paying housing costs, a rise of 200,000 on the previous year, and the highest for 15 years
24 March 2021
Lessons of the 2011 pensions strike: when workers showed their power
In 2011, trade unionists demonstrated in their hundreds of thousands and then took strike action in defence of their pensions and against public service cuts
10 February 2021
UK companies still operating final salary (or 'defined-benefit') pension schemes are anticipated to receive a £60 billion windfall as pension liabilities are expected to fall due to the impact of the pandemic on life expectancy
20 January 2021
PCS Broad Left Network conference
PCS Broad Left Network (BLN) joint equality officer and PCS NEC candidate
2 December 2020
Arcadia and Debenhams closures: Nationalise to save jobs and pensions
Arcadia's insolvency is not simply another Covid-affected collapse. Its problems predate the pandemic. Likewise Debenhams.
2 December 2020
What will the spending review mean for me?
Five Socialist Party members respond to the spending review, and what it means for youth, pensioners, schools, councils and those out of work.
15 July 2020
Defend free TV licences for pensioners!
The BBC has announced it will be knocking on pensioners' doors to collect £157.50 from 1 August, in pursuance of this Tory government's policy of withdrawing free TV licences for over-75s.
Fighting for over 250 jobs that are under threat at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff , photo M Kamish
13 July 2020
Fighting for over 250 jobs that are under threat at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff
25 May 2020
Care home workers suffer PPE shortage and job loss fears
My neighbour contacted me the other night. She is a care worker at a home for the elderly. She had seen the Socialist Party posters on my fence
22 April 2020
Tory think tank proposes attack on pensions
It was inevitable that the Tory government would try to offload the costs of dealing with the coronavirus crisis from their rich backers and onto the backs of working people, writes Roger Bannister, Liverpool Socialist Party.
25 February 2020
University workers' strike escalates
Workers at over 70 universities are out for 14 days in February and March.
11 February 2020
University strikers walk out for better pay and pensions
The University and College Union announced 14 days of further action
4 February 2020
14 more days of university strikes over pensions, pay and conditions
The UCU has announced 14 days of further strike action
29 January 2020
University and College Union: Pensions, pay and conditions dispute reach a crucial stage
As we go to press, a crucial meeting of the University and College Union (UCU) higher education committee is set to take place to decide the future strategy in the ongoing disputes over pensions, pay and conditions.
22 January 2020
Do you have something to say? Letters to the Socialist's editors. Labour leadership; pensions struggle; political policing; university stress
22 January 2020
France striker speaks: real, deep anger needs union strategy
For the moment, the strike relies on the workers' determination - we need to discuss demands to generalise the strike, and a political alternative
22 January 2020
Eyewitness report: workers' struggle in France on the boil
After more than 45 days of strikes and 62 weeks of 'gilets jaunes' protests, French workers' appetite for struggle endures
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