The Socialist 18 November 2020

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Tory crisis cannot be 'reset' - workers need a new mass party

Tories in turmoil... 'Reset' the whole system! Fight for socialism

Croydon Council declares bankruptcy - no cuts in Croydon or any other council

System failing thousands of children in care

Race disparity gets worse - fight to improve living standards for all

Covid, vaccines, 'big pharma' - and the need for socialism

Tories student 'evacuation' plan will not work

Wales exams scrapped: What's behind the headline?

Campaign for school Covid safety must continue

Women workers need strong trade unions to defend their jobs, pay and services

Optare: Right to strike defended

Overcrowded Little Ilford School strikes against more expansion

Strike action ballot at UEL over job cuts

Hackney council parking services brought in-house

After Corbyn: TUSC and the fight for working-class political representation

How will Socialism 2020 work?

Manchester student occupation - end rip-off rent, free education now

#SpyCops inquiry - Revealing police violence against Socialists

Selling the Socialist

Stop Leicester hospital closure

Young Socialists organising for our future

Obituary: Paul Chettle

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Hackney council parking services brought in-house

Unite the Union, photo Paul Mattsson, photo Paul Mattsson (Click to enlarge)

Hackney Council has been forced to bring its parking wardens in-house, ending a 16-year arrangement with private company APCOA, following a campaign and strike action by the workers, members' of union Unite.

Unite called directly on Hackney Mayor Philip Glanville to have the service run directly by the council earlier this year, after the borough's traffic wardens went on strike with calls for an increase in pay and reports of workers facing physical violence as a 'regular occurrence'.

Unite regional officer Onay Kasab says: "Unite has campaigned, lobbied and taken strike action to win exactly the points now agreed by Hackney Council. It has been a tough campaign, but it has resulted in a great win that should send a clear message to other councils in London that the days of the flawed outsourcing business model are numbered."

The service will now come back under local authority control when the contract ends in March 2022.

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