Reports and campaigns

Victory! Health bosses back off from attack on Unison rep

Len Hockey, a Unison rep at Whipps Cross hospital in London, has received a letter from his employer Initial stating that there is no case to answer in their attempt to discipline him

Tactics to stop racist EDL

Hundreds of local people turned out to oppose the racist English Defence League (EDL) in Leicester on 4 February, writes Steve Score, Leicester Socialist Party.

The scandalous role of London Unison - Demand that it defends Len Hockey!

Health workers across Whipps Cross hospital in north east London have rallied to the defence of Len Hockey, joint Unison branch secretary

Manchester Sure Starts saved!

All 39 Sure Start centres in Manchester have been saved following a mammoth year-long battle by parents and staff against the council

Defend care services in Medway

Up to 100 disabled service users, staff, carers and anti-cuts campaigners marched through Chatham on Saturday 4 February

Striking oil tanker drivers demand meaningful talks

123 oil tanker drivers, employed by haulage firm Wincanton on the ConocoPhillips contract to deliver fuel to Jet forecourts, began their second week of strike action on Friday 3rd February...

NUS: name the day for student walkout

This week there has been another set of statistics showing that £50,000 worth of debt is enough to make many people rethink plans to go to university

Don't let the racist EDL divide us

Fight for jobs, homes and services: The racist and hooligan English Defence League claims its demonstration through Leicester on 4 February is in opposition to "discrimination in the justice system"

Construction workers continue protests on 1st February

Around 40 sparks were protesting outside Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station on Wednesday 1st February to fight the imposition of the BESNA contract...

Workplace news in brief

As previously reported in the Socialist, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is planning to close all 39 of its local offices and centralise operations at its Swansea headquarters.

South East Wales youth plan new campaigns

South East Wales Socialist Party held a youth campaign meeting to get all of the young Socialist Party members in the area together to discuss issues and upcoming tasks

Only one in six 'vacancies' real

Jaime Davies points out in 'Con-Demned to unemployment' (Issue 702) that there are only 463,000 job vacancies advertised with Jobcentre Plus for 2.5 million unemployed people

Coventry: Re-elect Dave Nellist

In the 3 May local elections Coventry Socialist Party councillor Dave Nellist will be seeking re-election...

Tough conditions for agency workers

I am 23 and have been unemployed for four months. Prior to this, I was working in an unskilled job as a temporary worker for a higher education institution...

Haringey takes action against academies

On Saturday 28 January, up to 1,000 people in north London marched from Downhills primary school, Tottenham, to Haringey Civic Centre, Wood Green, writes Chris Holmes, Haringey Socialist Party.

Save Derbyshire youth services!

On the afternoon of Monday 30 January over 100 people held a rally and march in Chesterfield before the first consultation meeting into the future of youth services in Derbyshire, writes Becci Heagney.

Remploy workers fight privatisation

The first strike in Chesterfield Remploy's 60-year history was rock solid after a 93% vote in favour. Many workers joined the picket line for the one-day strike on 26 January, writes Jon Dale.

Jet tanker drivers continue strike action

123 oil tanker drivers employed by road haulage firm Wincanton began a week-long strike on Tuesday 24 January, writes Alistair Tice.

HMRC workers strike back against privatisation

PCS members in HMRC processing offices and contact centres took a day's strike action on Tuesday 31st January, in an escalation of a campaign against privatisation which has already seen staff walk out on two previous occasions

Unilever strikers condemn bosses' greed

To the sound of hoots of support from passing traffic, the delivery lorries supplying Walls Ice Cream in Gloucester were backing up, as drivers refused to cross the picket line