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11 July 2018
NSSN conference 2018: Mood for fighting action and coordination
"I'm sick and tired of hearing that the trade union movement is on its way out," declared Linda Taaffe in opening the conference
27 June 2018
Prison: life inside a living hell
I was in a high-security prison for just over two months. I had never been in trouble with the law before. What I saw left an indelible impression on me
9 May 2018
Use TUC march as launch pad for action on pay
National strike action is possible if the unions build a real fighting campaign for it.
7 March 2018
Letters to the Socialist's editors including snow chaos and jailed TUSC agent
27 September 2017
Escalate summer strike wave into coordinated action to defeat the pay cap
The demonstration outside Tory party conference in Manchester on 1 October is the first main mobilisation since the TUC congress
15 February 2017
The latest government statistics show yet another record high in prison deaths and violence
22 December 2016
Why prison officers rejected pay and pensions deal
A prison officer explains the truth surrounding the deal. The guaranteed three year pay deal of 0.5-1% a year is a fallacy: neither the government or the national offender management service have the power to implement this.
23 November 2016
Lessons of the 'N30' 2011 pension strike
The fifth anniversary of the public sector pension strike allows an opportunity to reflect on the most significant and defining trade union struggle of the recent period.
15 November 2016
Mass prison officer walkout over health and safety
The last issue of the Socialist published an article by a prison officer detailing the reasons for the crisis in the prisons and calling for action. On 15 November action was taken.
9 November 2016
Action needed to defend workers at the sharp end of prisons crisis
The latest national statistics on safety in our prison system were released recently. These quarterly figures have been breaking records and setting new "unprecedented highs" systematically since 2010 - a year which 'coincidentally' ties in with the culling of 7,000 prison officers' jobs.
13 July 2016
Prison officers in England and Wales staged unofficial walkouts on 8 July
11 May 2016
Prison officers walk out over health and safety
Over 50 workers at Wormwood Scrubs prison walked out over health and safety issues on 6 May. The Prison Officers' Association said the move comes after recent assaults on staff, and said the jail was "flooded with drugs, mobile phones and weapons".
4 May 2016
Short reports on some of the latest trade union struggles including Blacklisting victory, Leicester teachers campaign and POA conference.
6 January 2016
Short reports on some of the latest trade union struggles. Prison officers' conference to discuss attacks at work; junior doctors' strike back on; fighting the anti-union bill in Lancashire.
4 November 2015
Transgender woman locked up in male prison
Tara Hudson, a transgender woman, was locked up in an all-male prison after her conviction for assault.
4 November 2015
Short reports on some of the latest trade union struggles. Strike at Barnet council, strike planned at secure hospital, strike ballot at Manchester University.
21 October 2015
Determined mood at Napo conference
Probation and family court workers organised in Napo left their AGM last week with a new mood of determination to rebuild their union.
15 September 2015
NSSN rally calls for mass action to 'Kill the Bill!'
There was standing room only as hundreds of trade union activists attended the National Shop Stewards Network rally and lobby of the TUC in Brighton on 13 September
8 July 2015
NSSN conference 2015: "We could stop austerity in its tracks"
Militant trade unionists from across the country gave inspiring accounts of strikes and struggles against austerity. Britain needs a 24-hour general strike.
29 October 2014
Secure hospitals strike: Prison Officers' Association members working in the NHS took four hours of strike action on Friday 24 October in their struggle for a decent pay rise
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