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25 May 2020
Care home workers suffer PPE shortage and job loss fears
My neighbour contacted me the other night. She is a care worker at a home for the elderly. She had seen the Socialist Party posters on my fence
22 May 2020
Strong union response needed against job cuts
Rolls Royce's plan to cut 9,000 jobs will impact on its UK civil aerospace division
20 May 2020
Safe protests against Tory corona chaos continue
More car cavalcades have taken place to protest against Tory mishandling of the Covid-19 crisis and cuts, with the latest in Southwark and Newham
13 May 2020
Johnson's plan terrifies me - readers react to lifting lockdown
Boris Johnson has filled me with dread. Construction workers are being thrown to the wolves. It's going to be impossible to socially distance on building sites, writes Elaine Brunskill, Gateshead.
11 May 2020
Leicester care workers face pay cut and worse conditions
Care home workers in Leicestershire are to be rewarded for their courage and sacrifice during this crisis with a pay cut and worsening conditions of service, writes Heather Rawling, Unison union member (personal capacity).
11 May 2020
Safe social-distancing car-cavalcade protests
Newham TUC organised a car cavalcade to combine with the Thursday clap
6 May 2020
Further protests in Ireland against Debenhams closures - UK fightback needed
Among the slew of retail companies entering administration, Debenhams has the highest profile, not least for only recently coming out of administration after closures, write Socialist Party members in Usdaw.
6 May 2020
Homeless left on streets during pandemic
On 29 March, the government told local councils and outreach teams to bring all rough sleepers into accommodation, writes Andrea Gilbert, homelessness worker.
6 May 2020
US: Trump's public health cuts have condemned thousands worldwide
More people in the US died from Covid-19 in three months than in nine years of the US armed forces' Vietnam War. The US private healthcare system has been shockingly exposed, writes Jon Dale, secretary, Unite union Nottinghamshire NHS Branch (personal capacity).
22 April 2020
Bromley Libraries 'restructure' in middle of pandemic!
Bromley Library workers are facing a restructure, including moving to new work locations, in the middle of this health emergency
22 April 2020
Going viral: Socialist comments and letters
The Covid-19 pandemic is a world social crisis which touches every aspect of life.
21 April 2020
Care homes coronavirus scandal: blood on their hands
There is growing anger at the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis. 400,000 people living in care homes have been abandoned - surrendered to the virus.
20 April 2020
Shocking increase in domestic violence killings
Domestic abuse killings have more than doubled during the coronavirus lockdown, according to Counting Dead Women (CDW), the organisation that monitors the killing of women by men
14 April 2020
Unite opposes all cuts to domestic violence services
Tension is growing in many locked-down homes. It's no surprise domestic violence is increasing too. Calls to Refuge's helpline, the domestic abuse charity, are up 120% since the lockdown began, writes Jon Dale, secretary, Unite union EM/NG32 Nottinghamshire Health branch (personal capacity).
25 March 2020
Social care: "Not good enough by miles"
Boris Johnson has said that non-urgent operations will be cancelled, and people already in hospital sent home, to free up 30,000 general and acute beds in the NHS to accommodate coronavirus patients. According to Johnson, they will be released into the care of "community health providers".
24 March 2020
Newham campaign set up against council cuts and tax hikes
Back in the mists of time, on 6 March, in the days before Coronavirus was dominating everything, local residents in Newham came together to organise opposition to the budget that had just been agreed by the Labour council
20 March 2020
'Worst crisis in housing since World War Two' - Barking Riverside inquiry into fire
A residents-led inquiry into the Samuel Garside house fire on the Barking Riverside estate in east London met for an interim review of its findings
19 March 2020
Coronavirus and school closures: what needs to be done now
The government has had to bow to the inevitable and announce the closure of all schools
18 March 2020
Councils must break austerity rules
Labour councils must lead a fight for the immediate resources needed, linked to reversing all cuts and privatisation
11 March 2020
Swansea: Ask anyone about state of services, you will hear the real story
Ask any Swansea resident about the state of social care, education and refuse collection and they will tell you the real story, writes Gareth Bromhall, acting secretary of Swansea Trade Union Council.
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