Reports and campaigns

UCU: election victory for combative rank and file

An overwhelming victory for rank-and-file activists is the result of the first contested branch elections in years for Southampton UCU.

Fantastic virtual NSSN conference: "Fight for our lives and livelihoods''

A virtual meeting of up to 300 trade union reps, workers, campaigners, socialists and international visitors took place on the 4 July

The best place to start - join the Socialist Party

I joined the Labour Party, like many people, in the surge of support that grew around Jeremy Corbyn. Finally! Someone who is saying what we all can see.

Trans rights protests oppose Tory backsliding

Well over a thousand overwhelmingly young trans and non-binary people and supporters protested in Parliament Square on 4 July against the Tories backsliding on trans rights.

Black Lives Matter - the fight is not over

Hundreds gathered for a Black Lives Matter protest on 5 July. Given it was the anniversary of the opening of the NHS, the protest started with a round of applause for the NHS, and all the healthcare workers

Homerton hospital workers deserve equal pay and conditions

Management at Homerton Hospital in Hackney, east London, has outraged staff by insisting that outsourcing and inferior pay and conditions for ancillary workers will go on

Jobcentre reopening: only union struggle will put safety first

Jobcentres have become the latest battleground between workers' desire to work in safety and employers' desire to reopen services, ready or not.

Tower Hamlets council workers strike against wholesale attack on terms and conditions

Council workers across all services in Tower Hamlets, east London, have been on strike against attacks on their terms and conditions.

Nottingham unions fight council job cuts

Local councils are facing huge financial crises due to Covid-19, on top of government funding cuts since 2010.

Bangladesh: Stop closure and privatisation of Jute Mills

A solidarity statement initiated by east London members of the CWI

Fighting Fund: Target smashed by half time

"The sinews of war", a cynical Roman statesman famously observed, is "abundant money". That we don't have.

Change in leadership needed to secure union's future

The PCS general secretary has said the union needs to restructure and cut staff or merge.

BLM has not stopped - protesters flock to Socialists

Socialist Party members have continued to be out supporting Black Lives Matter protests

Red flags line road for Ken

On the day of his funeral, Socialist Party members, neighbours and family lined the street of Socialist Party executive committee member Ken Douglas

Leeds City Council in danger of bankruptcy

The Covid-19 crisis has pushed councils up and down the country into a new financial crisis.

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Trade unionists stand in solidarity with Maxine Peake

Trade unionists, including fellow members of Equity, are outraged at the completely false smears aimed at our fellow member Maxine Peake

Equity union president elections

Performing arts union Equity is electing its president and ruling council this summer, at the same time that industry leaders are warning of widespread and imminent collapse.

Selling the Socialist

The Socialist Party returned to campaigning for the second week on June 27. We set up two stalls, one on building a movement to smash racism, the other focused on other issues that are affecting young

Cardiff community fights nursery closure: Council must step in

The Little Fishes nursery has served the St Mellons community from the church premises for 30 years.