15 May 2013

Stop the health cuts!

Trade union-led national action on NHS needed now: The chair of the NHS regulator has warned that pressure on A&E units is "out of control... [and] totally unsustainable" More...

15 May 2013

Give us jobs, not Tory lies

We've been hearing this rubbish for years - British workers are lazy - and now Eton-educated Tory London mayor Boris 'the bankers' friend' Johnson has stepped in, accusing British workers of sloth More...

15 May 2013

When mass action defeated Thatcher's poll tax

Poll Tax demonstration 1990

Launching the battle in Scotland: Margaret Thatcher was dubbed the Iron Lady. She wore this description with pride as, like her successors today, she ruthlessly tried to solve British capitalism's difficulties by launching brutal attacks... More...

16/5/13 Birmingham

University backs down: students and workers win!  Maintenance and support staff at University of Birmingham are celebrating near-total victory as university management has abandoned restructuring plans More...

15/5/13 Waltham Forest

Protesters demand councils reject blacklisting companies  Unite the union took its blacklisting campaign to the Waltham Forest on 15 May More...

15/5/13 Yorkshire

Gloves off in Mid Yorks hospital battle  As the government continues to dismantle and privatise the NHS, workers' pay and conditions are under constant threat More...

15/5/13 Leicester

TUSC builds support in Leicester byelection  After more than a month's dedicated campaigning for TUSC, the Abbey ward byelection was held on 9 May More...

15/5/13 Brighton

Brighton bin workers fight pay cuts - this time from the Greens  Staff at Hollingdean bin depot staged a two day sit-in last week in protest against cuts to their allowances More...

11/5/13 Manchester

Socialist Party meeting against cuts  Greater Manchester Socialist Party called a meeting to discuss how trade unionists, community activists and students can unite to beat the cuts and the Bedroom Tax More...