Reports and campaigns

'Save Heatherwood Hospital' campaign yielding results

A partial victory has been won by campaigners fighting to keep Heatherwood hospital open, writes Terry Pearce

Strike at Sussex Downs College

Yesterday NUT members at Sussex Downs College took strike action against cuts to jobs

Demo against cuts at Salford university

Despite exams, 50 students and staff attended a lunchtime protest against swingeing cuts at Salford university yesterday, 24th May, including the closure of Italian and across the board reductions in staffing, writes Salford Socialist Party.

Disabled people's organisations condemn views of Tory minister IDS

On 14 May the Daily Telegraph printed an interview with Tory minister Iain Duncan Smith. In it he made outrageous attacks on disabled people

Back to work? How the system fails the unemployed

The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show a slight fall in unemployment. But behind that headline are trends that indicate the impact of the Con-Dems' cuts.

AEI Cables: "Thrown out in disgraceful circumstances"

A worker and trade unionist who was sacked at AEI Cables in Birtley, Tyne and Wear in 2011 sent us this report on what happened last year...

Our education under attack

'They refuse to help kids who need extra support': Angry parents of children with special educational needs (SEN) met in New Cross, south London recently to start forming a campaign group

More attacks on right to campaign

We tried a campaign stall at a recently redeveloped Salford shopping centre. We were putting forward ideas to fight the destruction of the NHS and made a great start.

Lincolnshire academies in crisis

Schools should be put back under community control: Academies are a major plank of the Con-Dems' education policy. They are outside local authority democracy and promised increased funding, at the expense of the remaining local authority schools.

National Shop Stewards Network

Unite in action against austerity: National Shop Stewards Network Sixth Annual Conference, 9th June, London.

Leadership shows weakness at CWU conference

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) conference met this year at a time of growing attacks on both postal and telecom workers

Interview with RMT assistant general secretary candidate

United struggle needed against train bosses: Steve Hedley is the London regional organiser of the transport union RMT. He was one of the trade unionists on the TUSC list in the London Assembly elections

The housing crisis - action needed now

A chronic shortage of affordable housing is leading to 'social cleansing' in many areas of London. However, the failure of the government's housing policy is being challenged by a new campaign

Mullivaikal 2012 - Solidarity with the Tamil people

Thousands of people gathered in Trafalgar Square for the Mullivaikal massacre commemoration on Saturday 19 May...

Workplace news in brief

Dockers strike: Dock workers at Tilbury went on a 48-hour strike on 21 May. This is after a 24-hour strike on 7 May, the first at Tilbury since 1989...

Youth Fight for Jobs Northern Ireland launched in Belfast

Almost one in five 18-24 years olds in Northern Ireland are not in education, training nor employment, writes Neil Moore.

Building the electoral alternative in Brent

Socialist Party takes off in Brent: Just over a month ago I was thinking about how to campaign for the anti-cuts electoral alternative, the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC), writes John Boyle.

Stockland Green march for jobs

Stockland Green Against the Cuts (SGAC) organised a successful protest and march for youth jobs in Erdington, Birmingham, on 19 May, writes Ted Woodley.

NHS GMB members vote No to pensions deal

GMB members employed in the NHS have voted by an overwhelming 96.5% to reject the proposals on the table on changes to the NHS pension scheme...

Come to the 6th annual NSSN conference!

Saturday 9th June, 11am, Friends Meeting House, London NW1. All trade unionists who want to build the fight against the government's attacks shouldn't miss this crucial event