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27 April 2012
Waltham Forest rally: TUSC standing leaders with 'bottle' to fight cuts
100 people attended the Waltham Forest (NE London) TUSC meeting to hear RMT general secretary Bob Crow and TUSC candidates Nancy Taaffe and Jenny Sutton
11 January 2012
Waltham Forest workers and campaigners will lobby the north east London borough's first 2012 council cabinet meeting on 12 January in support of sacked library and Waltham Forest Direct workers, writes Bob Severn.
4 January 2012
Cuts used to attack trade unionists
In its latest round of cuts, Waltham Forest's Labour council has cut another 26 jobs and merged its library service with the Waltham Forest Direct benefits, council tax and advice service...
15 December 2011
Defend trade unionists fighting cuts - solidarity urgently needed
Waltham Forest council, which has made 17 rounds of cuts to jobs and services, has now told around 20 library and Waltham Forest Direct staff that they have lost their jobs
3 August 2011
Waltham Forest: a victory for unity
Waltham Forest, a north east London borough, saw a victory for working class unity against division on Saturday 30 July, writes Sarah Sachs-Eldridge, Walthamstow Socialist Party.
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22 June 2011
200 workers challenge Labour council cuts
Over 200 council workers staged a noisy and colourful protest outside Waltham Forest town hall in north east London, calling on the Labour council to step back from forcing new contracts on the workforce.
2 June 2011
Mood for action among Unison members in Waltham Forest
Over 300 Unison members in Waltham Forest council in north east London voted unanimously to support a motion which included a call for a consultative ballot on strike action to fight the cuts
25 May 2011
Local government workers across Britain are facing attacks on their jobs, pay and terms and conditions as part of the Con-Demolition of public services...
6 April 2011
Labour 'campaigning' - casework style
Around 50 elderly residents of sheltered accommodation, some support staff and relatives were protesting at Waltham Forest Labour council's decision to implement Tory cuts by picking on the old and vulnerable, writes Linda Taaffe.
13 March 2011
Labour imposes a 'Tory budget' in Waltham Forest
On Tuesday 8 March Waltham Forest Labour councillors attempted to do their dirty deeds - £29.5 million of cuts - in secret
2 February 2011
Tories have no solutions to youth crime
Boris Johnson visits Waltham Forest: Waltham Forest is a borough which has an above average rate of violent youth crime. This can have a devastating effect on the lives of people who live in our area, so the opportunity to ask questions at...
12 January 2011
Fighting Labour's cuts in Waltham Forest
The Waltham Forest Anti-Cuts Union (WFACU) met during the first week of 2011 when 35 people discussed organising against cuts in the north east London borough, including having a demonstration in February, writes Bob Severn Walthamstow Socialist Party.
24 July 2010
Set a needs budget: appeal against cuts
We reproduce below Nancy Taaffe's speech for the budget-setting Waltham Forest council meeting on Thursday 22 July...
16 June 2010
Opposing 'Dickensian' academy schools in Waltham Forest
Almost 40 people attended the Waltham Forest Socialist Party public meeting to discuss stopping schools in the London borough from becoming academies run by unelected and unaccountable businesses and consortiums, writes Bob Severn, Walthamstow Socialist Party.
2 June 2010
Will the councils fight the cuts?
Socialist Party member Nancy Taaffe, who was the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition candidate in last month's general election in Walthamstow, had this letter published in the local press after Labour won back control of Waltham Forest council...
10 March 2010
Waltham Forest day of action: Socialists and trade unionists make a stand
The Campaign2Campaign day of action to defend the right to campaign was a celebration of solidarity and struggle in Walthamstow on Saturday 6 March, writes Sarah Sachs-Eldridge, Walthamstow Socialist Party secretary.
24 February 2010
Campaigning rights victory: But questions remain on new Waltham Forest policy
The Waltham Forest campaign2campaign, initiated by the Socialist Party, has recorded a victory as the north east London borough's council has announced that no campaigning groups will have to pay a fee or face a fine for setting up a stall in the town square, writes Bob Severn, Walthamstow Socialist Party.
12 February 2010
Cat and the fiddle: Waltham Forest Council's sorry tale
Waltham Forest's sorry tale of Fluffy the cat, a repressive regime and a council under suspicion:
3 February 2010
"You're committing a crime. Do you like being a criminal?" These were the words of Waltham Forest's Environmental Crime enforcement officer as he confronted members of Walthamstow Socialist Party...
11 June 2008
WALTHAM FOREST libraries Unison steward and Socialist Party member Nancy Taaffe spoke at a rally against cuts to library services and attacks on library workers' terms and conditions...
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