Articles from the Socialist, issue 541
8 July 2008
Striking back against low pay
Campaign for a New Workers Party
The working class needs its own party
Campaign for a New Workers’ Party conference 2008, photo Socialist Party |
Editorial: THIS MONTH talks will be taking place between union leaders and the New Labour government. Most of the national trade union leaders are hoping that the talks will lead to a ‘Warwick Two’ agreement, which they hope will result in a few scraps being thrown…
CNWP conference: Wanted – a new mass workers’ party
Socialist Party news and analysis
UK economy sliding into recession
Cost of living – from CNWP leaflet |
THERE HAS been a raft of economic data in recent weeks showing the continuing decline in the UK and world economy but Alistair Darling says there is nothing to worry about, writes Jane James.
Rich get richer: Why should we pay the price!
MP backs student fees campaign
Bonuses for chiefs, pay restraint for civil service workers
Government lies on public-sector pay
G8 leaders’ ‘world hunger’ banquet
On the other side of the financial divide…
Socialist Party NHS campaign
LAST SATURDAY, 5 July marked the 60th anniversary of one of the greatest gains of the British working class, the introduction of the National Health Service, writes Wylie Hume, Devon Socialist Party.
Property deals threaten private nursing homes
Marxist analysis: history
Terry Fields: A socialist voice that rocked Whitehall
Terry Fields addressing an FBU lobby in London 1989, photo Steve Gardiner |
THE voice of workers anger reached the hallowed chambers of the Houses of Parliament on 24 June 1983, when Terry Fields, MP for Liverpool Broadgreen, spoke for the first time in the Commons…
Socialist Party LGBT
Marching against homophobia & racism
Socialist Party members campaigning at Pride, photo Chris Newby |
London Pride -: Members of the Socialist Party lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) group and London Socialist Party had a fantastic response when campaigning against homophobia on Saturday 5 July, writes Greg Randall, Convenor, Socialist Party LGBT group.
Socialist Party workplace news
Argos warehouse workers vote to strike
Argos distribution workers have voted by 67% to strike over pay. A senior steward for Unite at the Argos distribution centre in Basildon, spoke to The Socialist about the dispute and about organising distribution workers…
DWP strikes bring talks
National Shop Stewards Network Conference: Organising migrant workers
A day in the life of a call centre worker
Call centre charter: A framework for workers’ rights
RMT conference discusses crisis of political representation
Shop Workers’ Union Usdaw
Socialist stands for Usdaw general secretary
Robbie Segal |
Socialist Party member Robbie Segal is standing as a candidate for Usdaw general secretary. Ballot papers will be distributed from 8 August.
At the National Shop Stewards’ Network conference Robbie launched a conference for all those who oppose the Usdaw leadership’s social partnership strategy and the direction in which they are taking the union.