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4 March 2020
As Addaction charity workers in Wigan resumed strike action on 27 February, they expressed their anger that this national charity had spent £140,000 on a relaunch, ironically renaming the organisation "We Are With You" - presumably in an attempt to distance the organisation from the strike!
11 September 2019
Socialist newspaper sales round-up
Just some of the sales of the Socialist newspaper in the past few days...
6 February 2019
Victory! Campaign reverses fire cuts
After sustained pressure the fire authority axed its plans to reduce fire cover
6 February 2019
North West Socialist Party conference
The Socialist Party's North West region held a very successful conference on Saturday 2 February, with nearly 50 members attending from across the region
9 January 2019
Far right attack on Manchester rail workers' picket line - trade union fightback needed
Far-right protesters, wearing yellow vests, verbally abused the RMT transport union picket line at Manchester Victoria station on 5 January.
7 November 2018
Another victory against NHS privatisation
Bolton hospital cleaners, caterers, porters and other workers have won a dispute.
31 October 2018
The huge demonstration in 1819 demanded democratic rights.
17 October 2018
Toxic fracking gets the go-ahead while protesters jailed
After seven years of an England-wide ban on fracking, high court judge Justice Supperstone has overturned a request for an injunction on the soon to be opened fracking site in Lancashire run by Cuadrilla.
26 September 2018
Brilliant sales at Labour Party conference
Socialist Party North West region organiser Hugh Caffrey reports great sales of over 100 copies of the Socialist at, and around, Labour Party conference in Liverpool this week.
26 September 2018
Safety-critical airport workers continue strike
Safety-critical workers at Liverpool's John Lennon Airport are continuing their strike action against the real-terms pay cut their employer is trying to force on them.
11 July 2018
Big victory for Wigan NHS strike against privatisation
In an outstanding example of how privatisation in the NHS is not inevitable, striking workers in Wigan have forced their NHS trust to drop all plans for outsourcing cleaning, catering and domestic services.
30 May 2018
900-strong north west NHS strike
A historic strike has taken place at three hospitals in the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust.
2 May 2018
Salford nursery campaigners take fight to parliament
The 'fight for the five' campaign, which is trying to save the remaining local authority nurseries in Salford, took their battle to parliament on 25 April.
2 May 2018
100k more zero-hour contracts in just a year
Strike to win secure work!: The number of zero-hour contracts in Britain rose by 100,000 in just a year
28 March 2018
North West Socialist Party conference
47 members from across the North West came to the region's Socialist Party conference on 24 March, writes Hugh Caffrey, North West Socialist Party secretary.
28 March 2018
Liverpool Uni staff set to fight 220 job losses
The University of Liverpool has announced 220 redundancies. Vice-Chancellor Janet Beer is also head of Universities UK, the body trying to carry out colossal cuts to university workers' pensions, writes Hugh Caffrey, North West Socialist Party.
28 March 2018
"Theresa May, strong and stable, stole the food from the children's table!" chanted 60 or so protesters at the first protest in Liverpool against free school meals being scrapped, writes Hugh Caffrey Socialist Party North West, secretary.
14 March 2018
Zero new homes 'affordable' in Blairite Manchester
A damning, yet unsurprising, February housing report reveals that zero affordable housing has been built in Manchester city centre in two years.
14 March 2018
Campaigners continue to demand Chorley A&E is fully reopened
There was a great turnout on Saturday 10 March when over 200 people rallied in support of the community based campaign to demand the full re-opening of Chorley and South Ribble A&E department.
16 December 2017
Arriva bus drivers' action wins pay rise
Arriva backed down and offered a two-year deal, accepted by Unite members this week
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