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Pay us a living wage now!

The Low Pay Commission has just recommended a 3% increase in the minimum wage from 1 October. This is a pathetic 19p an hour or a loaf of bread more on an eight-hour shift or a pack of nappies more for a 40-hour week

Need for new mass workers’ party is undeniable

After a conference that lasted just two hours… it was gone! Labour’s Saturday 1 March special conference actually took place in the very constituency where Kier Hardie, the first Independent Labour MP, was first elected

Government condemns millions to housing misery

Meanwhile fat cat landlords cream the cash: Since the global financial crash of 2007-8 the lack of affordable housing has become increasingly acute for ‘the 99%’, particularly shattering the lives of young people and the poor with a relentless cruelty

NHS in crisis: Stop Hunt’s hospital closure plans

Tory Health Minister Jeremy Hunt’s decision to dissolve Mid Staffs Health Trust has taken a long time – but it comes as no shock

Fight the government’s vicious sanctions regime

Experiencing the daily grind of poverty and fruitless job searches when you’re out of work is very demoralising. But the Con-Dems go the extra mile

Them & Us

Ukraine crisis: Ruling elites foster division and conflict

At least 6,000 Russian troops have taken up positions throughout the Crimean peninsula, formally an autonomous republic of Ukraine

Northern Ireland rocked by ‘on the runs’ crisis

The past continues to haunt the present in Northern Ireland. In the last week of February a major crisis rocked the Northern Ireland Executive and almost brought it crashing down

The miners’ strike changed women’s lives

International Women’s Day:
This year is the 30th anniversary of the 1984-85 miners’ strike. An important feature of the strike was the involvement of tens of thousands of women in a huge support network. Sarah Wrack spoke to Mary Jackson, who was involved in the strike in Yorkshire.

Determined Doncaster care workers in 7-day strike

“Cowardly company of carpet-baggers” is how Unison officer Jim described Care UK, that is tearing up staff terms and conditions

Wales: Unison branch challenges Labour with no-cuts budget

‘What’s the point of New Labour?’ ask many working class people in Wales as all 11 Labour-led councils vote for cuts

Support strike action against legal aid cuts

Leeds council workers discuss cuts fightback

On 4 February Leeds Unison branch had an all-stewards meeting in response to our employers’ cuts proposals.

Train drivers vote for action at Northern Rail

Depot drivers who are in the RMT at Heaton Depot, Newcastle and Neville Hill Depot, Leeds, working for Northern Rail, have voted by a massive majority, for strike action

Cleaners strike at London college

Nigeria’s battle for a mass workers’ party

Book review: Over the weekend of 1-2 March, 74 people were killed in a terror bombing by Boko Haram insurgents in Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria

Letter of protest to the BBC

Union question time – Labour has no answers

I went to a recent Communication Worker’s Union Question Time in Manchester. The panel included Michael Kane, newly elected Labour MP for Wythenshawe and Kevin Maguire from The Mirror

Action against vicious council cuts

It came as no surprise to campaigners and trade unionists in Hull that the Labour council passed a budget which will mean cuts of £48 million to services over the next two years, with a loss of up to 500 jobs

Police spying ends lives – end it!

Fighting youth low pay (and security bullies)

On 1 March Socialist Party and Youth Fight for Jobs campaigners protested against zero-hour contracts, low pay and poor working conditions in Croydon

Calderdale and Huddersfield: People ready to defend A&Es

Barton Moss protesters say no to fracking

Oppose the EDL in Worcester