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14 July 2021
Keep the Universal Credit uplift
£20 can be the difference between stocked-up cupboards, electricity on the meter, or travel.
23 June 2021
Furlough reduction risks job losses
Despite the Tory government extending coronavirus restrictions until 19 July, rather than bringing them to an end on 21 June, the furlough scheme will continue to be downgraded and gradually dismantled as planned
Sparks protest in Cardiff
7 April 2021
7 April 2021
Low-paid workers shouldn't pay for Covid crisis
On 1 April the minimum wage was increased from £8.71 to £8.91 an hour for those aged 23 and over. For low-paid workers this was welcome news. However, for myself and fellow furloughed workers this wasn't
31 March 2021
Freeports spell deregulation, low pay and a new race to the bottom
Eight new freeports in England covering Felixstowe and Harwich, East Midlands Airport, Humber, Liverpool City Region, Plymouth, Solent, Thames and Teesside, each potentially up to 27 miles across, were launched in Sunak's latest budget
31 March 2021
Goodlord strike starts to bite
The all-out action at lettings platform Goodlord is making headway. Strikers remain firm while pressure is rising on bosses at the tech firm in Spitalfields, east London.
24 March 2021
Preparing to organise workers in Enfield
The National Shop Stewards Network in Enfield hosted an online meeting on 22 March. It brought together 24 trade unionists to discuss how to organise workers in the London borough.
19 March 2021
'Sleep-ins' ruling must lead to a huge campaign for social care workers' rights
The Supreme Court ruled that care workers on 'sleep-ins' won't receive the minimum wage
3 March 2021
Union fight to save musicians' livelihoods
The Covid-19 crisis has forced society to shut down, and music venues, which have not opened at all since last March, are no exception
24 February 2021
Where's the road map to jobs and wages Boris?
Trade unions must fight for lives and livelihoods
Johnson's 'cautious' road map to reopen society from lockdown in England - after over 120,000 Covid deaths and a massive hit to incomes - won't lead to the needed restoration and improvement in living standards.
24 February 2021
London bus dispute against low pay, pay cuts and longer hours
Socialist Party members supported bus drivers' picket lines across London on 22 February. The drivers are fighting back against low pay, pay cuts, and longer hours being imposed by their employer
24 February 2021
Garment workers and Covid: Dying for less than minimum wage
Garment workers have among the highest rate of coronavirus deaths for working women in the UK, the Office for National Statistics has revealed
17 February 2021
Last year was dubbed 'the year from hell' as a result of two million deaths from Covid and the pandemic's huge hit on working-class living standards and livelihoods.
27 January 2021
Low-paid hospital workers strike
Two disputes by low-paid hospital workers in Birmingham and Reading are taking place. Heartlands hospital workers in Birmingham work directly for the NHS, and those at the Royal Berkshire are contracted
27 January 2021
Poverty wages: When workers can't afford to self-isolate
The Tories are now floating the idea that maybe if they paid £500 to desperate workers in the gig economy, they might be inclined to self-isolate for two weeks if they contract Covid
20 January 2021
It's so busy. There are so many patients. For weeks now there have been more Covid patients than there were in the first wave. Almost every ward has been given over to treating Covid now.
20 January 2021
Morrisons - £10/hr headline hides divisive pay offer
Almost five years since the £10 an hour minimum wage demand was adopted by Usdaw, Morrisons has become the first major company in which Usdaw represents workers, to accept the demand.
20 January 2021
Make the super-rich pay, not the poorest
In the last week the real number of deaths from Covid has gone over 100,000, and the UK has recorded the highest per capita death toll in the world
20 January 2021
Bosses profit out of 'starvation' food parcels
Private companies were exposed earning £30 for 'starvation' food parcels - for families entitled to free school meals - that contained just north of a fiver's worth of ingredients
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