Socialist Party :: Workplace and TU campaigns

The GMB general trade union has begun the election process for a new general secretary. It is a year since the toxic environment around previous general secretary Tim Roach was exposed, and it is no accident

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7 April 2021

Marley Tiles workers strike against bullying bosses

"The highest-paid bullies in the world", was the view of a striker at Marley Tiles near Reading taking part in a 24-hour strike on 31 March.

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7 April 2021

New British Gas deadline and strike dates

British Gas engineers will continue their strike on 14 April, the new deadline set for signing new contracts being forced on workers using 'fire and rehire'.

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31 March 2021

Preparing for the revolts to come

While the Covid pandemic continues to ravage the globe, the capitalist classes are - if anything - even more frightened of what they will face as the virus's grip lessens. The pandemic has revealed the failings of their system to billions of people.

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31 March 2021

Trade union fighters rally to support victimised workers

The RMT, National Shop Stewards Network and Southampton Trades Council came together to hold a very successful Zoom rally in defence of victimised trade unionists, RMT reps Declan Clune and Gary Carney, Unite bus shop steward Moe Muhsin Manir and National Education Union rep Kirstie Paton

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31 March 2021

We will not be the lost generation

The under-25s have accounted for two-thirds of all job losses over the last year.

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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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31 March 2021

Freeports spell deregulation, low pay and a new race to the bottom

Eight new freeports in England covering Felixstowe and Harwich, East Midlands Airport, Humber, Liverpool City Region, Plymouth, Solent, Thames and Teesside, each potentially up to 27 miles across, were launched in Sunak's latest budget

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31 March 2021

Nationalise Liberty Steel to save jobs

Liberty Steel, employing 5,000 workers, mainly located in Rotherham, has gone bust. The government has rejected a �170 million bailout demand from its tycoon boss Sanjeev Gupta.

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31 March 2021

BT Openreach engineers step up the pressure with five-day strike action

Engineers working for BT's Openreach have taken five days of strike action against the imposed regrading of their jobs.

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31 March 2021

Asda equal pay ruling victory - now fight for equal pay for all

Shopworkers in Asda have won the latest stage in their fight for equal pay in a ruling that could lead to a �500 million compensation claim.

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31 March 2021

SPS Technologies workers strike against potential pay loss of �3,000 a year

Unite members at SPS Technologies in Leicester have taken four one-day strikes against management's 'fire and rehire' attempts to destroy their terms and conditions

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31 March 2021

Deskilling protests by sparks electricians continue

Sparks were outside the north east England headquarters of NG Bailey in Newcastle, which, alongside Balfour Beatty, is attempting to lead the way among the giant companies deskilling electricians.

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31 March 2021

Goodlord strike starts to bite

The all-out action at lettings platform Goodlord is making headway. Strikers remain firm while pressure is rising on bosses at the tech firm in Spitalfields, east London.

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24 March 2021

Sparks continue protests against deskilling

The protest campaign is building

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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

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