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8 August 2018
Take on probation privatisation with union action
The experiment of using private companies' for probation services has resulted in a worse service for staff and for prisoners
13 June 2018
Vote Mike Rolfe for Napo general secretary
Napo is struggling to make a significant difference to the working lives of members. In five years, the incumbent, Ian Lawrence, has been unable to stop a decline in membership, and it is time for him to step aside.
5 October 2016
Napo conference 2016: new mood of determination
Probation and family court workers left Napo's annual general meeting in a significantly more buoyant mood to the one in which they arrived. Increased attendance and key debates about the strategy of the union served to energise the conference in a way that hasn't happened since probation services were part-privatised in 2014.
28 September 2016
Napo conference 2016: Bloodied but unbowed!
It is two years since Chris Grayling smashed up and sold off over half the probation service. While this act of vandalism has left many feeling bloodied we remain unbowed.
13 July 2016
Vote Chas Berry for Napo national chair
Socialist Party member Chas Berry, currently vice-chair of the National Association of Probation Officers (Napo), is a candidate in the union's election for national chair. Ballot papers go out on 15 July and voting closes on 25 August. Chas outlines his election programme
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.
14 October 2015
Probation and family courts workers - gathering in Eastbourne for their union Napo's conference - face an uncertain future as the full scale of cuts and privatisation comes into view.
19 August 2015
Probation and courts union Napo needs socialist leadership
Members of probation and family courts union Napo are currently voting for national officers. The union is under sustained attack following the break-up and privatisation of over half the probation service.
8 April 2015
Stop Sodexo's probation jobs cull
With the ink barely dry on the probation privatisation contracts, Sodexo has announced sweeping redundancies
18 February 2015
The probation service as we knew it was broken up and signed away into history on 1 February. Workers in probation union Napo fought long and hard but were unable to prevent 50% of services being outsourced
10 September 2014
Probation officers protest against privatisation
Around 180 Napo members attended a mass lobby of parliament
3 September 2014
London bus pay demo: On 11 September, London bus drivers are demonstrating for unified pay rates across the several bus firms
16 July 2014
Napo election: militant strategy can defeat privatisation
National vice-chair elections in Napo (which organises family court and probation workers) run from 18 July to 22 August. There are three candidates contesting two positions
9 April 2014
Probation workers unite to fight off no-justice vultures
Private vultures hoping to swoop down and feed off the remains of local Probation Trusts got a nasty shock when thousands of workers took strike action in defence of a fully integrated public service, writes Chas Berry, Kent Napo branch chair, personal capacity.
31 March 2014
As probation officers walked out in Sheffield, one commented that they were striking to be unattractive to private vultures
26 March 2014
Probation workers' action can defeat privatisation
Probation workers in Napo are preparing for a second national strike against privatisation
13 March 2014
Probation workers to strike again
Around 400 members of the probation workers' union Napo met in Birmingham last week where a second national strike in our campaign to defeat privatisation was announced
22 January 2014
More action needed to defend Probation Service
I recently attended a Unison seminar regarding the government's proposals around the probation service
27 November 2013
Criminal justice: More privatisation problems
Secretary of State Chris Grayling's plans to privatise large parts of the criminal justice system suffered a severe blow last week with the announcement that three prisons in South Yorkshire set for private takeover will now remain in public hands, writes Chas Berry, Kent branch chair, National Association of Probation Officers (Napo).
13 November 2013
Probation officers plan more action
Despite a virtual news blackout nationally, the strike by probation workers in Napo on 5 and 6 November has brought the campaign against privatisation to prominence in every community, writes Chas Berry, Chair, Kent Branch, National Association of Probation Officers (Napo).
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