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Photo Paul Mattsson
22 June 2011
Southampton: strikes set to continue
Following the failure of ACAS arbitration talks on 16 June, Unite and Unison have announced further strike action to intensify the pressure on Southampton council.
Over 1,000 council workers, striking Medirest cleaners and others marched through Southampton on 13 June in a powerful show of solidarity against vicious council cuts and the scandalous consequence of the private sector in the NHS , photo Paul Mattsson
15 June 2011
Workers turn up the heat in Southampton
Over 1,000 council workers, striking Medirest cleaners and others marched through Southampton on 13 June in a powerful show of solidarity against vicious council cuts and the scandalous consequence of the private sector in the NHS
13 June 2011
Southampton 'Fight the Cuts' demonstration
Monday 13 June 2011: Assemble 12.30pm in Hoglands Park, by the Debenhams roundabout, Southampton...
Photo Paul Mattsson
8 June 2011
Cuts in jobs and services: We are fighting back!
Workers across the country are facing cuts. In Birmingham, not only are 7,000 council jobs under threat but the Con-Dem council wants to offshore the IT department to super-exploit workers in India...
Southampton council workers lobby their council, photo Nick Chaffey
1 June 2011
Southampton - council workers' strike spreads
Southampton refuse workers finished their first strike action against cuts to pay, jobs and services on 27 May, writes Nick Chaffey.
31 May 2011
Southampton city council strikes continue
Refuse workers finished their first strike action against cuts to pay, jobs and services on Friday 27 May 100% solid. Support has poured in from around the country and internationally...
25 May 2011
Slave labour schemes must be resisted
The supposed training opportunities the government is offering young people are nothing more than a back door way of moving people from the unemployment figures into unskilled work whilst not having to spend any money, writes Graham O'Reilly.
Southampton refuse workers strike, 23.5.11
23 May 2011
Southampton city council workers strike
"No ifs, no buts, you can stick your Tory cuts", "Cut my pay, No way" were the angry chants of Southampton refuse workers today, out on strike against savage cuts to pay
Campaigning for TUSC in Swansea, photo by Socialist Party Wales
11 May 2011
TUSC shows alternative to Con-Dem and Labour cuts
Roundup: 174 candidates, standing in 50 councils, contested the English local elections under the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) umbrella, polling over 25,000 votes...
9 March 2011
Medirest NHS cleaners returned to the picket line on 7 March for a three-day strike in their ongoing battle over unpaid wages and sick pay...
Council workers proptest at Southampton City Council's budget meeting
18 February 2011
Day of anger against cuts in Southampton
Tempers flared to a rendition of 'Build a Bonfire' as council workers stormed into the public gallery at Southampton City Council's budget meeting
Hugo Pierre speaks to the Southampton protest, Photo Southampton SP
9 February 2011
Southampton campaigners march in defence of jobs and services
Trade unionists, community campaigners, students and socialists marched into the centre of Southampton on 5 February to protest at government, council and business attacks on jobs, pay and services in the city, writes Southampton Socialist Party.
1 February 2011
A strike on 31 January, the third by Medirest cleaners at Southampton general hospital, was to provide a mass welcoming committee to members of the Trust board meeting
26 January 2011
Second show of strength by Medirest workers
For the second time, hundreds of Medirest cleaners at Southampton general hospital came out on strike on 19-21 January to fight for unpaid wages and sick pay. Some workers are owed £3,500...
24 January 2011
Second show of strength by Medirest workers
For the second time, hundreds of Medirest cleaners at Southampton General hospital came out on strike on 19-21 January to fight for unpaid wages and sick pay, writes Nick Chaffey
NHS cleaners employed by Compass Medirest on a 48 hour strike in Southampton and Buckinghamshire, photo Southampton Socialist Party
12 January 2011
Rage at inequality fires workers' action
"We have to let management know we won't accept this pay freeze anymore," were the angry words of one striking journalist at the Southampton Echo picket last week, writes Nick Chaffey, Secretary Southampton Shop Stewards Network (SSSN).
5 January 2011
More pay strikes at Newsquest papers
Journalists at the Southern Daily Echo in Southampton, part of Newsquest, are striking from 5-7 January...
NHS cleaners employed by Compass Medirest on a 48 hour strike in Southampton and Buckinghamshire, photo Southampton Socialist Party
15 December 2010
Hospital cleaners in Southampton take strike action
"What do we want? Back pay! When do we want it, now!" chanted cleaners as they marched around Southampton General hospital on the morning of 15 December...
Southampton journalists on strike, photo Nick Chaffey
7 December 2010
Journalists strike at Newsquest in Southampton
Large numbers of striking NUJ members in Southampton formed pickets early this morning to intensify pressure on Newsquest over their dispute on pay, pensions terms and conditions...
Newcastle students protest, photo Elaine Brunskill
1 December 2010
We can win: student struggle must escalate
On 24 November 130,000 school, college and university students walked out in the biggest education action for 25 years...
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