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3 June 2017
Enfield North: Open treachery from right wing Labour candidate
Right wing Labour candidate in the marginal seat of Enfield North has taken the step of open treachery in the last week of the election campaign
5 April 2017
Labour group to discipline councillors for resisting Haringey gentrification scheme
For a council group which opposes cuts and privatisation: Ten Labour councillors in Haringey, north London, face disciplinary action after voting for further scrutiny of a gentrification scheme.
18 March 2015
School students inspired by struggle
Helen Pattison interviews Luke, a sixth former fighting privately run 'academies' in Lewisham, south London, and reports from an angry school hustings in Enfield, north London
10 September 2014
Guardian story confirms councils can resist cuts
Aditya Chakrabortty's Guardian story on the efforts of Enfield council to respond to the housing crisis shows that councillors can find ways to resist austerity if they choose to.
28 May 2014
Local elections 2014: A good base for TUSC to build on
The vote tally for the 560 local election and mayoral Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition no-cuts candidates in the 22 May elections is 68,031
NUJ strike at Newsquest, photo Nick Chaffey
27 April 2011
Around 100 people followed a funeral cortege, complete with incense, a coffin and the grim reaper to mark the 'near death' of north London and Hertfordshire newspapers in the Tindle group, writes Paul Kershaw.
22 April 2011
Journalists in north London strike for more staff
Around one hundred people followed a funeral cortege complete with incense, a coffin and the grim reaper to mark the 'near death' of north London and Hertfordshire newspapers in the Tindle group
3 March 2011
Fighting the cuts: Thousands protest, lobby and occupy
Reports from around the UK: Thousands of people demonstrated against cuts last week, as shown in these reports in this week's issue of the Socialist from Hull, Camden, Lambeth, Haringey, Lewisham, Birmingham, Swansea and Bradford
20 May 2009
Visteon workers' victory march
On 18 May at lunchtime, sacked Visteon workers turned up at their factories in big numbers to mark the end of occupations and pickets, writes Paula Mitchell.
8 May 2009
Sacked convenor of Linamar: Wednesday 13 May at 7.30 pm in the Dolphin Hotel, Swansea. Speakers include Frank Jepson (Convenor at Visteon Basildon) and Kevin Nolan (Convenor at Visteon Enfield), writes All trade unionists welcome.
8 May 2009
Rally to support Rob Williams
Sacked convenor of Linamar
Wednesday 13 May at 7.30 pm
Dolphin Hotel, Swansea.
Speakers include Frank Jepson (Convenor at Visteon Basildon) and Kevin Nolan (Convenor at Visteon Enfield).
All trade unionists welcome
Visteon workers, photo Paul Mattsson
5 May 2009
Visteon workers show: Action gets results
Sacked workers at the three closed Visteon UK plants in Enfield (London), Basildon (Essex), and Belfast (Northern Ireland) have won a momentous victory, a substantial financial package from their bosses.
They will end their pickets and occupations as soon as the money is in the bank. Frank Jepson, Unite union convenor of Visteon Basildon, spoke to The Socialist
Basildon sacked Visteon car workers demonstrate, photo Greg Maughan
22 April 2009
Visteon workers stand up to bosses
The struggle of the Visteon workers at the Basildon, Enfield and Belfast plants continues into its fourth week as the workers remain determined to force the employers to honour their contracts...
22 April 2009
Enfield workers say: "Do a Visteon!"
Linda Taaffe visited the 24-hour picket at the Visteon factory gate in Enfield, and spoke to some of the workers - Julie, Shane and Chris...
22 April 2009
Disbelief at Visteon bosses' offer
There was a sense of disbelief and outright anger when the outcome of the talks with Visteon management started to filter through to the Enfield site picket lines, writes Mick Cotter.
22 April 2009
Solidarity with the Visteon Workers
Socialist Party public meeting
Solidarity with the Visteon Workers
Thursday 23 April, 7.30pm
Room 101, University London Union,
Malet Street, London WC1
Speakers from Enfield and Basildon
Workers picket Visteon at Basildon, photo Paul Mattsson
15 April 2009
Visteon workers angry and determined
Basildon: THE STRUGGLE of workers at Visteon plants has inspired many other workers whose jobs are threatened. The occupations and mass pickets at the Belfast, Basildon and Enfield plants have forced the management...
8 April 2009
Reports from Visteon plants in Belfast, Enfield and Basildon
The battle to save jobs at Visteon is still going on. The occupations and the determination of the 600 Visteon workers to fight back against big business attempts to make them pay for the crisis has inspired...
Workers picket Visteon at Basildon, photo Greg Maughan
7 April 2009
Visteon car workers fight for their rights
Many have been inspired by the stand taken by the workers in the ex-Ford plants in Belfast, Enfield and Basildon...
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