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Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
12 June 2013
Teachers vote for action on workload and pensions
The biggest Scottish teachers' union the EIS has voted at its conference to ballot its members for industrial action over Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) workload and to protect teachers' pensions, writes Jim Halfpenny, EIS member and conference delegate.
5 June 2013
NSSN conference: Unite to fight all the cuts
Pay cuts, jobs cuts, pension cuts, low pay, high rents, Bedroom Tax... The National Shop Stewards Network conference on 29 June will bring together trade unionists and anti-cuts campaigners to discuss action over the coming months.
1 May 2013
IDS' 'wealthy pensioners' smoke screen
Reasons for a 24-hour general strike: Iain Duncan Smith's proposal that "wealthier pensioners" should pay back universal benefits is a cover for a full blooded attack on pensions and benefits
24 April 2013
As Usdaw delegates descended on Blackpool for our ADM (conference), Morrisons have announced 689 job losses across its 490 stores as a result of introducing new technology into cash offices
24 April 2013
Homes for all: For all those 70,000-plus people affected by the bedroom tax in London, who the Con-Dems suggest might move into the private sector, look no further than a lovely new property just come on to the market
5 April 2013
Solidly supported walkout, reports PCS
A half-day walkout by tens of thousands of Public and Commercial Services union members has been very solidly supported
13 March 2013
20 March: PCS calls budget-day strike
Defend pay, pensions and conditions: After a ballot result of 61% in favour of strike action, the civil service union PCS national executive has announced a campaign of industrial action to fight back against attacks on civil servants' pay, pensions and terms and conditions
5 March 2013
Following PCS ballot, strikes being discussed
The government could face a series of walkouts by almost a quarter of a million civil and public servants in a dispute over cuts to pay, pensions and working conditions
The 2008 Shell oil tanker drivers' strike was successful, photo Bob Severn
26 February 2013
Oil tanker drivers show their industrial strength
BP tanker drivers at the Grangemouth oil refinery came out on a 72-hour strike
13 February 2013
"Fully funded" social care plan - still needed
Tory health secretary Jeremy Hunt would like to have us believe that he's a hero of the elderly. He has announced plans that will supposedly tackle the scandal of people having to sell their houses
16 January 2013
Beware: latest pensions changes
The coalition government has confirmed its intention to introduce a new flat rate state pension from 2017, writes Paul Gerrard.
14 January 2013
An examination of their role in a number of key industrial battles in the past number of years shows how flawed is their method, both in winning support for their point of view but also the lack of understanding in the relationship between ad hoc unofficial union organisations from below...
9 January 2013
Who's neglecting society, Mr Lamb?
Happy New Year to NHS staff, patients and campaigners everywhere! Sadly, greetings cannot be extended to health minister Norman Lamb
21 November 2012
London Uni cleaners fight for basic rights
The mainly Latin American cleaners working at the University of London, one of the most prestigious universities in the world, have launched the 'three cosas' campaign over sick pay, pensions and holidays...
20 November 2012
Crown workers walk out at three sites
Workers at three factories have walked out in immediate and angry response to an attack by Crown on the pension scheme
8 November 2012
PCS day of protest on 30 November
Tens of thousands of Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) members are being urged to take Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude at his word by staging 15-minute protests against plans to rip up working conditions in the civil service and related organisations...
6 November 2012
Visteon pensioners take solidarity to Fords workers
Yesterday, two weeks after 1,400 Ford workers were told that they face the dole, 80 ex-Ford Visteon pensioners leafleted the Ford plants in Bridgend and Dagenham as their union Unite prepares for legal action to win back the full value of their pensions from Ford
31 October 2012
Work-for-your-pension: Lord Bichard tells us we should be 'encouraging' retired people to do community work or risk losing part of their pension...
25 October 2012
Urgent action needed to defend Ford plants
The Socialist Party sends its full support to Ford workers after Ford announced it intends to close two British plants
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