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16 January 2019
Surrey: save our children's centres
Council cuts: Surrey has just concluded a consultation over £250 million of cuts
18 December 2018
'Austerity Kills' is message of Woking protest
"On the fifth day of Christmas, the Tories gave to us... Austerity!"
5 December 2018
Join the march through Woking against austerity
The scale of local authority cuts across all services has already been disastrous yet Surrey County Council are now consulting on millions of pounds of further cuts
11 April 2018
Taking the anti-austerity message to the chancellor's back yard
In one of the best local demos for many years, Surrey County Unison members turned out, alongside others
14 February 2018
After a prolonged battle with Surrey council, the campaign to protect fire services in Staines has forced an important retreat
14 February 2018
Threat of action defeats pay cut at Surrey council
Organising works, we won and all members have received their full backdated pay
6 December 2017
Comment: Socialism and truth about Zane
"We have endured the most astounding catalogue of abuse from authorities, but still we fight for justice"
6 December 2017
Branson sues NHS: kick out the profiteers
The NHS has paid an unknown amount to Virgin after Richard Branson lost a bid to outsource Surrey health services
27 September 2017
Surrey County Council staff on collision course over pay freeze
Surrey County Council employees in public sector union Unison are being balloted over an offer from the local authority which has been described by lead Unison negotiator Paul Couchman as a 'slap in the face' for long-standing members of staff.
5 July 2017
Surrey FBU pass no confidence motion
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) in Surrey has passed a motion of no confidence in the local fire authority, saying planned budget cuts will see firefighter numbers plummet.
19 April 2017
TUSC council candidate vows never to go to the 'dark side'!
Surrey is one of the wealthiest counties. Yet apparently we cannot afford street lighting, adequate flood defences, school places, good roads, public transport, or safe levels of fire services
24 February 2017
Spelthorne: we need socialist councillors
Fire Brigade Union reps, other trade unionists and anti-cuts activists lobbied councillors
15 February 2017
Council cuts can be fought - and they must be!
During February many council budget-setting meetings are taking place across the country, slashing millions more pounds off vital services.
8 February 2017
Campaign forces Surrey council to back down on fire station closure
After weeks of protesting, a massive demo outside the fire station, petitions and lobbies, Surrey council was forced to organise a public meeting to explain why it needed to axe Staines Fire Station.
25 January 2017
Firefighters pointed out that the Staines fire engine is the busiest engine in the county. And that the local borough of Spelthorne has the busiest airport in Europe; the highest concentration of tower blocks; the worst record of fire deaths in Surrey, and many more high risk factors.
25 January 2017
Reject Surrey's 15% council tax increase
Surrey's Tory council wants residents to fork out a whopping 15% council tax rise to pay for the crisis in social care
20 December 2016
Fire service cuts: "a betrayal of the people of Spelthorne"
Such was the feeling of the 40+ people gathered in the Staines Hub
5 October 2016
Short reports on some of the latest trade union struggles. Virgin Trains strike; Ritzy cinema strike; Newsquest journalists' strike.
28 September 2016
On 23 and 24 September Unison's South East region held their 'strategy weekend' for 2016 in Woking, Surrey, involving around 70 activists.
21 September 2016
Three in five young women aged 13 to 21 have faced some kind of sexual harassment at school or college in the last year. Tokenism at the top has gone together with retaining practices like sexist school and workplace dress codes.
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