
The Socialist 24 January 2018
Socialist planning needed to end privatisation scam

Turn Carillion crisis into movement against privatisation and capitalism
Welsh NHS crisis - we cannot go on like this
£2m to remove Grenfell-type cladding: residents to get bill
Leeds playing fields rescued from Blairites
May's "war on plastic" still puts profits before the planet
Vietnam War: 50 years since the Tet Offensive
Lecturers vote for strikes against pension cuts
PCS executive agrees next steps in pay campaign
Brum care workers protest council attacks
Amy Murphy Usdaw campaign meeting
Ballots against Bromley privatisers
Ferrybridge: Workers down tools over unpaid wages
Punishment of Tamimi family awakens wave of international solidarity
Defend Louise Harrison - save Yorkshire women's services!
Victory against government's war on eastern European homeless
Gentrification scourge hits Kent
Kirklees council opens consultation of library services
Southampton: Pay rise for uni boss, job losses for lecturers
Obituary: Maureen Mulhearn 1945-2018
Carillion and the construction industry
Carillion crisis exposes PFI chaos
Universal credit: set up to fail
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Brum care workers protest council attacks
Lily Branchett, Birmingham Central Socialist Party
Picketers and their supporters demonstrated outside Birmingham council house on 20 January. Socialist Party and Socialist Students members joined over 100 people gathered at Victoria square to stand up to the latest council attacks against the homecare workers.
They include redundancies and ridiculous shift changes that make workers lives more difficult, make the job unsustainable for many, and are therefore detrimental to the service users as well. There were many different trade union speakers, with one woman saying how the homecare workers did not want redundancies, that they loved their job and the care they provided, however they demand fair pay and more practical and sociable working hours.
The speakers were followed by a short march around the city centre. When speaking to Unison stewards and striking homecarers, many expressed how happy they were to see so much student support.
There were calls for a 'people's budget' and for Labour councils to finally reflect the Labour leadership that gained so much support from workers and students at the last general election, and to stand up to brutal Tory austerity.
It's time for the council to put words into action and to defend our public services and workers. The victory of the city's bin workers is fresh in people's minds.
Our support and general anti-austerity message was well received and there was a positive and passionate vibe from strikers and supporters. All agree it's time for our second city to stand up to the Labour council which refuses to stand up for us!
In this issue
What we think
Turn Carillion crisis into movement against privatisation and capitalism
Socialist Party news and analysis
Welsh NHS crisis - we cannot go on like this
£2m to remove Grenfell-type cladding: residents to get bill
Leeds playing fields rescued from Blairites
May's "war on plastic" still puts profits before the planet
Vietnam war
Vietnam War: 50 years since the Tet Offensive
Socialist Party workplace news
Lecturers vote for strikes against pension cuts
PCS executive agrees next steps in pay campaign
Brum care workers protest council attacks
Amy Murphy Usdaw campaign meeting
Ballots against Bromley privatisers
Ferrybridge: Workers down tools over unpaid wages
International socialist news and analysis
Punishment of Tamimi family awakens wave of international solidarity
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
Defend Louise Harrison - save Yorkshire women's services!
Victory against government's war on eastern European homeless
Gentrification scourge hits Kent
Kirklees council opens consultation of library services
Southampton: Pay rise for uni boss, job losses for lecturers
Obituaries
Obituary: Maureen Mulhearn 1945-2018
Opinion
Carillion and the construction industry
Carillion crisis exposes PFI chaos
Universal credit: set up to fail
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