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9 February 2012
Funeral details for Rob Windsor, socialist councillor
Arrangements have been announced for the funeral of one of Coventry's most popular former councillors...
7 February 2012
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
1 February 2012
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.
Dave Nellist, Socialist Party councillor. addresses Socialism 2011, photo Senan
1 February 2012
Coventry: Re-elect Dave Nellist
In the 3 May local elections Coventry Socialist Party councillor Dave Nellist will be seeking re-election...
N30 Public sector strike
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
Defend Len Hockey: Outrageous attack on Whipps Cross hospital workers
Shock and outrage by porters, domestics and switchboard staff at Whipps Cross hospital east London, greeted the news of the threat by Initial Facilities to discipline Unison joint branch secretary Len Hockey, a Unison member writes.
25 January 2012
Greenwich Unite members oppose cuts, privatisation and racism
Unite members in Greenwich, south London, were out in force for the second Saturday running on 21 January, fighting to stop the council privatising the library service, writes Onay Kasab, Greenwich Unite.
23 January 2012
Tony Mulhearn replies to diatribe of council leader Joe Anderson against the 'Liverpool 47'
"There are so many falsehoods and distortions in Joe Anderson's latest intemperate attack on me and the 47 (Echo 16/1/12) that I can only deal with one or two" writes Tony Mulhearn
Strikers marching through London on 30 November 2011, photo Senan
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...
Rob Windsor
16 January 2012
Rob Windsor: socialist fighter and Coventry Socialist Party councillor 1964-2012
On 14 January Rob Windsor, socialist fighter and previous Socialist Party councillor in Coventry, lost his long struggle against liver disease and died at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth hospital.
N30: Pic Paul Mattsson
12 January 2012
Following the strike of two million public-sector workers in November, the fight to safeguard pensions hangs in the balance.
Socialist Party deputy general secretary Hannah Sell reports on this crucial stage of the battle.
12 January 2012
Union members lobby the TUC Public Services Liaison Group
Over 100 union members lobbied the TUC Public Services Liaison Group (PSLG) today, Thursday 12 January, to call on the union leaders to reject the government's new offer on public sector pensions and to set a new strike date, writes Rob Williams.
12 January 2012
Administrators KPMG announced they were 'delighted' to have saved 1,000 jobs with La Senza in the UK on Monday, writes Ian Harris, Hillingdon Socialist Party.
PCS left Unity meeting: Organising to step up the pensions struggle
11 January 2012
We say: NO WAY! Strike to defend pensions
On Saturday 7 January Left Unity in the PCS civil service union hosted an emergency open organising meeting because our movement in defence of public sector pensions is at a critical point, writes Janice Godrich, PCS President and national chair of PCS Left Unity.
Liverpool struggle in the 1980s. pic: Philip Gordon
11 January 2012
Heseltine continued Liverpool's decline
Former Liverpool councillor and then-District Labour Party president Tony Mulhearn shows how it was a Labour council, led by supporters of Militant (the forerunner of the Socialist Party), that saved the city from Tory decay.
4 January 2012
In this special new year feature, Peter Taaffe looks back at 2011, a year of crisis, struggle and revolution. This article is based on a statement prepared for the Committee for a Workers' International, the world socialist organisation to which the Socialist Party is affiliated.
4 January 2012
Liverpool's managed decline: Tarzan to the rescue?
In a breathtaking example of Tory mendacity former 'Minister for Merseyside' Michael Heseltine claims he rescued Liverpool from 'managed decline', writes Tony Mulhearn, Former Liverpool councillor.
Construction workers’ strike on 14 December: Corus Redcar electricians, photo Elaine Brunskill
4 January 2012
Unity against wage cuts in construction
The 'Dirty 7' construction companies, who want to slash skilled workers' wages, have finally been dragged kicking and screaming to the negotiating table, writes Rob Williams, Chair, National Shop Stewards Network.
20 December 2011
DEFEND PENSIONS - ESCALATE ACTION - NAME DAY FOR NATIONAL STRIKE
The PCS Left Unity national committee has called an organising conference on Saturday 7th January in London. Speakers include: Mark Serwotka, John McDonnell MP, Mark Campbell, Kevin Courtney and Roger Bannister
30 November strike
20 December 2011
TUC lobby demands no retreat on pensions
Hundreds of rank and file union members lobbied the TUC's Public Services Liaison Group, angry at the prospect of their leadership agreeing to a rotten deal, writes Rob Williams, NSSN
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