Reports and campaigns

Unison Service Group Executive elections

Unison's elections for the Service Group Executives (SGE) are being held from 10 April to 18 May.

Job cuts at Debenhams

Debenhams' Taunton Customer Call Centre (CCC) is to be closed with the loss of at least 230 jobs. As workers arrived for work on 3 April they were instructed to attend a meeting

Bus workers prepare to fight for Olympic payment

More than nine out of ten London bus workers in Unite voted yes in a consultative ballot for action last month

Plymouth's 'them & us' elections

Teats Hill Flats in Mount Gould, Plymouth, overlook one of the finest sea views in the South West. Millionaire apartments and luxury marinas are less than a stone's throw away!, writes Justin Pollard, Plymouth Socialist Party.

Kill the act before it kills the NHS

National demonstration needed now!: When the National Health Service (NHS) was founded in 1948 it transformed the lives of millions of working class people, writes Tom Baldwin, Bristol.

Wales can't afford to wait: fight back now!

Remember when the Tories and their poodles, the Liberal Democrats, said there was no need to worry about public sector job losses because the private sector would expand to fill the gap...

Class Actions

Class Actions are a Salford-based rap duo who support the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition. They performed at the Socialism 2010 social, writes Paul Gerrard, Salford.

A packed launch meeting for Tony4Mayor campaign in Liverpool

After a hectic week preparing the ground for the upcoming mayoral and council elections, the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) in Liverpool entered the campaign with a bang

Young people explain why they're angry

Youth Fight for Jobs campaigners invited young people to write signs about the issues they're angry about

Housing safety nets for young people being scrapped by Tories

Suzanne Beishon, organiser of the 'Young Londoners - Forced Out?' campaign said: "The plans to scrap housing benefit for under-25s is another example of this Tory government ripping away every safety net that exists to protect young people from poverty and homelessness...

Greater London Assembly election

TUSC candidate - 'Privatisation can be defeated': Teaching unions are warning that school dinners are getting smaller, less healthy and sometimes run out before all the children have had their meal...

Southampton TUSC: Labour resigned to austerity

Last week Southampton TUSC was asked by the Labour Party to discuss the campaign against the Tory council cuts in the city and the forthcoming local elections. The request was accepted

Wales: Challenging the establishment parties

The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) is standing candidates in Swansea for the 3 May council elections on a platform of opposing all cuts, no matter which party is carrying them through

Young people stand for TUSC

In October 2011 Youth Fight for Jobs re-created the Jarrow March for Jobs to highlight the massive rise in youth unemployment and to bring to the attention of the country the increasing hardships that young people are facing, writes Ryan Preston, Leeds.

US embassy protest remembers Trayvon Martin

With slogans including "justice for Trayvon Martin!", "fight racism!" and "no justice - no peace!", all around the globe people have taken to the streets to protest the death of Trayvon Martin, a recent victim of racist US capitalism, writes Stephan Kimmerle.

Tamil Solidarity 20 April Day of Action

On Friday 20 April, there will be a Tamil Solidarity Day of Action. The campaign's international coordinator, TU Senan, will participate in a symposium on 'Sri Lanka, the aftermath' from 5.30 to 6.30pm,...

Pro-choice London protest

Socialist Party members joined other pro-choice protesters in central London on 30 March as a show of strength against a reactionary 'prayer vigil' stunt taking place outside a British Pregnancy Advisory Service (Bpas) abortion clinic, writes Sarah Wrack.

Workplace In brief

Bus workers ballot: In a consultative ballot, nine out of ten bus workers, members of Unite, have voted for industrial action to back their claim for an Olympic payment...

Tony Mulhearn in Liverpool Mayor election challenge

Tony4Mayor has shaken up Liverpool's mayoral race after only a few days! The campaign is making headway in the media, gaining great support in the trade unions and from individuals

Clegg's 'youth contract' won't create real, long-term jobs

Nick Clegg launched his long touted Youth Contract today, offering "incentives" to bosses who take a young person on