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1 February 2012
Pensions battle: Unions must campaign for coordinated strike action in March
At January's TUC Public Service Liaison Group (PSLG) meeting the leadership of Unison and the GMB confirmed their decision to sign up to the government's heads of agreement on pensions...
1 February 2012
The devil's in the detail!: Since 10 January Unison's right-wing lay leadership, and the bureaucracy at whose bidding they act, have been attempting to sell their position on the local government pension scheme (LGPS) around the regions
1 February 2012
Rapidly rising unemployment combined with wage freezes means that the average 25-64 year old American male earns about a quarter less than his 1969 equivalent.
1 February 2012
What is the point of Labour MPs?
Recently, one acerbic political TV commentator, noting the lack-lustre response of the Labour leadership to the current crisis, asked: "What is the point of Labour?" To that cutting remark we might add more specifically, "And what is the point of Labour MPs?"...
1 February 2012
So-called world leaders are meeting in Davos this week, and it finally seems that youth unemployment is top of the agenda, writes Ian Pattison, Youth Fight for Jobs.
1 February 2012
Bankers bonus scandal - Fight this profit-mad system
The recent 'Hesteria' has been revealing. The Tories, majority funded by the City, went on about 'fairness' and bankers' bonuses but failed to challenge RBS boss Hester's £1m bung
30 January 2012
Trade unionists and socialists prepare for May elections
Last Saturday over 50 prospective candidates and campaign organisers from around the country met to plan the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition's (TUSC) challenge in May's local and London Assembly elections
25 January 2012
What we think: Labour lords voted against the introduction of the benefit cap which threatens 67,000 families with poverty and homelessness. Yet Liam Byrne, shadow Work and Pensions secretary, made it abundantly clear Labour supports the cap.
25 January 2012
Public sector pensions: 'Coalition of the willing' gathering strength
A 'coalition of the willing' - unions determined to fight - are regrouping, writes Martin Powell-Davies
25 January 2012
What a banker: Cameron's rhetoric about clamping down on bankers' bonuses is becoming more and more farcical. RBS chief executive, Stephen Hester, looks set to receive a bonus of up to £1.6 million.
25 January 2012
Hard Times - but not for the 1%
Defend pensions, fight the cuts in jobs and pay: As the clouds of recession grow darker, practically every section of society feels the grim effects. Apart from one group - there are few signs of recession for the super-rich! writes Roger Shrives.
25 January 2012
NUS calls national student walkout
The National Union of Students (NUS) has finally announced a series of actions to fight against the sweeping privatisation and cuts threatened to hit our universities if the government get their way...
25 January 2012
Fight the Tories' Welfare Reform Bill
The Lords won't save us!: Tory Iain Duncan Smith's vicious Welfare Reform Bill, which the government aims to make law by May, will leave thousands destitute, writes Ben Robinson.
19 January 2012
Once again, a United Nations-sponsored climate change conference has completely failed to address the issue of global warming. The latest attempt pushed any hope of a deal back far too late for meaningful action, writes Pete Dickenson for the latest Socialism Today.
18 January 2012
Labour leadership approves the Con-Dem cuts
Ed 'Moribund' and the Labour leadership's brainwave to boost election poll ratings is "Vote for us and we will freeze your pay and cut your services"! writes Dave Reid, Socialist Party Wales.
18 January 2012
Pensions attacks can still be defeated
What we think: The public sector pensions battle is at an important turning point. The decision of the Unison and GMB union leaderships to break up the united front of striking unions which saw up to two million workers taking action on 30 November is a setback and will inevitably lead to a sober reappraisal of tactics and strategy.
18 January 2012
Protect women's rights - oppose the abstinence bill
In May 2011, Tory MP Nadine Dorries made an attack on sex education via a private member's bill. Dorries proposed that girls be given "information and advice" on the benefits of abstinence from sexual activity...
18 January 2012
Keep private vultures out of our NHS!
Breast implant scandal exposes private healthcare: The Health and Social Care Bill, currently working its way through Parliament, is a huge threat to our NHS, writes Sue Powell.
18 January 2012
Cameron's Con-Dem coalition wants workers to pay for the bosses' economic crisis. This millionaires' government wants to cut workers' jobs, pay and conditions such as pensions. In the public sector...
18 January 2012
Cameron's attack on Scottish independence referendum backfires
National tensions over the issue of Scottish independence were raised significantly following the recent blundering intervention of David Cameron and the Con-Dem coalition, writes Philip Stott, Socialist Party Scotland.
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