Articles from the Socialist, issue 498
9 August 2007
Save our NHS: Stop fat cat robbery
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Health workers demonstrate in Hackney, photo Paul Mattsson |
Save our NHS: Thousands of nurses and doctors are unable to find jobs in our health service after millions of pounds have been spent on training them.
Jon Smith, GMB branch secretary, Sheffield Children’s Hospital, writes (in a personal capacity)
“How many more will suffer?”
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Geoff Wright, campaigning in Leicester against health cuts affecting people with mobility problems |
Leicester cutbacks – : THE UNIVERSITY Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust has ditched plans to revamp three hospitals under the ruinously expensive private finance initiative (PFI) scheme, but the cuts in jobs and services continue… By Steve Score
Occupation at Kendal ward
Blood Service restructuring chaos
Strike victory
Glasgow Social Care Workers win clear victory
“Pay hike joy for striking council staff” was the headline of the Glasgow Evening Times….
Care workers stand firm (report 9/08/07)
Postal dispute
Solidarity with postal workers
SINCE JULY, Royal Mail workers in the Communication Workers Union have been taking action in defence of the postal service as a public service… By Bill Mullins, Socialist Party trade union organiser
Postal action round-up
Committee for a Workers’ International
Exchanging socialist ideas worldwide
THE COMMITTEE for a Workers’ International (CWI) held its annual summer school in Belgium. The socialist gives here some excerpts of the reports given by its sister European sections.
Socialist Party events
Friday 24 – Monday 27 August, Danbury Youth Camp, Essex This year’s summer camp will be an excellent opportunity for members and supporters of the Socialist Party to enjoy a weekend of discussion, debate and relaxation with like-minded people…
Environment and socialism
Floods: Profits rise, workers pay
Flood waters have subsided in most areas and electricity has been restored. Running water has been returned to most homes in the county, but we can’t drink it, wash-up in it nor clean our teeth with it yet… By John Ewers, Gloucestershire Socialist Party
The State
Jean Charles de Menezes: Security forces not held to account
AN INVESTIGATION by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) into the fatal shooting of Brazilian migrant worker, Jean Charles de Menezes, in Stockwell tube station by police in July 2005 has concluded that the counter-terrorism chief Andy Hayman ‘misled the public’… By Dave Carr
Workplace news
Railworkers strike for jobs and safety
Local government pay dispute – No to 2%!
Health and Safety : Bosses get away with murder
Tales from the council chambers
Campaigners force Labour councillors to back off
How far will they go? OPPOSITION TO council plans to shut schools and leisure centres in Cardiff pushed local Labour councillors into retreat when over fifty people attended a meeting organised by the Socialist Party on 25 July in Llanrumney… By Ross Saunders
Welfare state
Welfare Green Paper: Making profit out of poverty
THE GOVERNMENT’S Green Paper – Work, Better Off; Next Steps to Full Employment – rolls back many rights and benefits that have formed the basis of Britain’s welfare state for 65 years… By Adam Dudley
