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19 September 2018
Liverpool airport workers demand decent pay
Over 80 workers - members of the GMB union - are taking strike action at Liverpool's John Lennon airport, as the employer insists on holding wage rises to below the rate of inflation
19 September 2018
University pay ballot: vote yes for strike action!
The vast majority of union members at virtually all universities across the UK are being balloted for strike action over pay
12 September 2018
Short reports on some of the latest trade union struggles including Liebherr latest and Nottingham bus strike.
12 September 2018
Cardiff Uber Eats couriers strike back against bosses
Uber Eats courier riders staged their second action in Cardiff on 3 September against low pay and insecure work.
5 September 2018
Letters to the editors: Do you have something to say? Unions work; workers' rights; shareholder revolts.
5 September 2018
A day in the life of a carer: "I am having trouble feeding my children on my wages"
There is only so much neglect or trauma that one person can witness before it becomes demoralising and depression sets in.
5 September 2018
PCS union: build the fight for a pay rise and against austerity - re-elect Chris Baugh
Chris, assistant general secretary of the PCS, speaks (pc) about the challenges currently facing the union and the wider labour movement
5 September 2018
Liebherr Sunderland strike continues
Managers have clearly been attempting to intimidate the workers on the picket line by taking photos of the strikers
5 September 2018
Higher education ballot: vote Yes and strike for pay and equality!
The University and College Union demands a pay increase of 7.5% and action to tackle casualisation, the gender pay gap and excessive workloads
5 September 2018
Shop workers hungry for £10 an hour now and an end to zero-hour contracts
I work as an assistant manager in a high street retail chain and one of the most regular complaints I get from my staff is that they are hungry
5 September 2018
PCS members in Land Registry demand 6% pay rise
PCS union members in HM Land Registry have lodged a 6% pay increase claim with management
5 September 2018
DWP: PCS union builds fightback on pay
Management didn't even write to the Treasury to make a case for much-needed extra money to fund a pay rise
5 September 2018
Housing workers walkout forces improved pay deal
Unite the Union members at Homes England and the Regulator of Social Housing have voted overwhelmingly to accept a revised set of options on pay following industrial action in July and a sustained campaign over the last few months
29 August 2018
Working families £50 a week short of paying for kids
Feed your child or heat the house; buy a school uniform or pay the electricity bill - these are the kinds of impossible choices faced by more and more working parents every day
29 August 2018
Sunderland: Resolute Liebherr workers in pay strike
Liebherr strikers on their Sunderland picket line on 24 August were resolute. Talking about the importance of their picket line one of the strikers commented: "Even if it's thunder and lightning, we'll be standing here."
23 August 2018
Pay campaign: Important discussions needed on way forward
The Socialist Party rejects the view of the new group 'Socialist View', that all that is required for success in 2019 is to do the same as 2018 but be better organised.
22 August 2018
Bosses' pay up a fifth while workers' pay falls ...
The average worker would take four lifetimes to earn what the average FTSE 100 chief executive makes in one year.
22 August 2018
Strategic discussion needed after pay ballot
PCS activists have been shocked by the launch of a new group set up to campaign for Janice Godrich against incumbent and Socialist Party member Chris Baugh as the union's AGS.
TGIFriday workers at Stratford, London. TGI staff at a number of restaurants have been on strike against cuts in their tips. photo by Pete Mason
22 August 2018
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