22 September 2021

10 years since Occupy

In October 2011, unemployment hit its highest level for 17 years, with youth unemployment heading for 1 million

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22 September 2021

NHS workers reject 3% insult

GMB members have voted 93% in favour of rejecting the 3% pay deal for NHS workers

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22 September 2021

New strike dates in EMR guards dispute

RMT East Midlands Railway train guards have started a new series of strikes in their long-running dispute about pay cuts for new staff and safety concerns

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22 September 2021

Oaks Park strikers call eleven days' more action

The Oaks Park picket line on 15 September was as angry and determined as the day it began, when school workers said 'enough' to bullying management and the unjust letting go of National Education Union (NEU) rep Keiran Mahon

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22 September 2021

Workers at 13 colleges to strike over pay

University and College Union (UCU) members at 13 colleges across England will begin strike action on 28 September in a dispute over pay, leading the way for other public sector workers seeking to fight back

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15 September 2021

Oaks Park school: Redbridge Labour council backs strike-breaking bullies

Illegal strike-breaking, a dossier of testimonials about management bullying, and victimisation of a union rep who fought for Covid safety

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15 September 2021

Solidarity to the striking workers at Charité and Vivantes hospitals in Berlin

Socialist Party trade unionists in the NHS have sent the following message of support to striking health workers in Germany.

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15 September 2021

Goodlord dispute: Labour's leadership weasled out of backing strike action

In April this year, Scott Hunter, a member of the Socialist Party and a striker at Goodlord, in east London, wrote to his local Labour MP, Emily Thornberry, asking for support for the workers fighting against 'fire and rehire'

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8 September 2021

Bexley bin workers win big gains after six-week strike

Bexley bin workers in Unite have won improvements to pay and conditions

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8 September 2021

DHL workers to strike against wage theft

Unite members working for DHL at Jaguar Land Rover are balloting for strike action following the company's failure to pay workers the wages owed to them

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25 August 2021

Woolwich ferry strikers - the action necessary to win

Unite the Union members working on the Woolwich Ferry have been taking discontinuous strike action since 14 May

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25 August 2021

Liverpool university strike saves jobs

Liverpool University and Colleges Union (UCU) is in a long running dispute with Liverpool University over plans to slash 47 jobs in the health and life sciences department

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25 August 2021

East Midlands rail strikes continue

RMT senior conductors and train managers took strike action again on Sunday 15 and 22 August on East Midland Railways (EMR) and Intercity

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11 August 2021

Ballot majority essential to continue DVLA strike action

The action over workplace safety at DVLA has entered its fifth month

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11 August 2021

RMT strike solid on East Midlands rail

On Sundays throughout August and September, the RMT is striking on East Midlands Railway

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11 August 2021

Defend the NHS. Fight the Tory pay insult. Prepare strike action!

NHS workers have been protesting for a 15% pay rise. The Tories' response? After the initial 1% slap in the face they've been forced under pressure to offer 3%. But NHS workers have lost around 20% in the last ten years. For the rest of the public sector the Tories are offering between 1.5% and nothing!

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11 August 2021

Night tube strike suspended to allow talks - scrap compulsory duties!

Strikes by drivers on London Underground (LU), that were due to take place between 3-6 August, were suspended to allow more talks on resolving the dispute at conciliation service Acas.

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11 August 2021

NHS: Kick out the privatisers, Fight for funding, Build for strike action

Profit vultures descend on the NHS backlog: A recent report of new deals between the NHS and private hospitals and private healthcare groups comes as no surprise

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11 August 2021

Thanks to the miners - an example of workers' struggle and solidarity

"Thanks to Margaret Thatcher, who closed so many coal mines across the country, we had a big early start and we're now moving rapidly away from coal altogether"

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28 July 2021

Israel: Hospital ancillary workers' strike suspended

Following three days of strike action by government hospital ancillary workers, the employers have agreed to cancel the elimination of 200 posts created to handle the Covid pandemic

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