Reports and campaigns

Elect Marion Lloyd!

The vote for the next general secretary of civil service union PCS has started, and it closes on 12 December

Pay and pension strike: university staff have had enough

On 25 November, striking university staff will be sending a clear message to management

Selling the Socialist

Just a few of the events where the Socialist newspaper has been sold in the past few days. Seizing chances in Leicester, election action in Cleethorpes, CWU solidarity in York

Keep the National Poetry Library free

A fight is on to keep the National Poetry Library free to join and use by the public

Swansea: students protest against Hillary Clinton hypocrisy

Hong Kong demo brushes with pro-dictatorship students: Former US secretary of state and failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton returned to Swansea University on 15 November

Carmarthenshire union demands no-cuts budget

With both Labour and the Tories promising more spending, there is no excuse for any council to make more cuts

150 protest against Leicester hospital downgrading attack

More than 150 protested on against cuts in the NHS nationally and locally

Secret police infiltration of workers' movement exposed

Trade Union Conference Opposing Political Policing: Up to 200 socialists, trade union activists and community campaigners took part

NEU members' sixth-form walkouts

National Education Union members will strike at over 30 sixth-form colleges on 20 November over pay and conditions

Long hours in the world of security

He said he had started at 4am and would be working till 8pm, and then going on to work on the door at a pub

Bradford library and museum strikers enter third round of strike action

Library and museum workers in Bradford were holding firm as they entered their third round of action from 18 November

Cleaners strike over low pay at Haringey secondary school

Outsourced cleaners struck at Highgate Wood School in north London to demand an end to appalling working conditions

West Midlands Trains: guards strike to defend safety-critical role

On 16 November, senior conductors at West Midlands Trains took their first day of strike action

Bolton university fire: government inaction puts safety at risk

Fire ripped through a six-storey student accommodation block, with what eyewitnesses described as terrifying speed, on the evening of 15 November

Frimley NHS Trust: Strikers remain determined to defeat privatisation

Hospital support staff struck on 18 and 19 November against transfer to a 'wholly owned subsidiary'

CWU - ground laid for an almighty struggle

Socialist Party members have been visiting Royal Mail delivery and sorting offices all over the country and getting an excellent response to our leaflets and the Socialist

Socialist Party 20-City election tour

Come to the meeting in your area to hear a Socialist Party speaker and discuss how austerity can be reversed after the election

Unite housing branch supports stand of Enfield councillor

I'm 90 and still a socialist

I'm coming up to 90 and have been a socialist since 18. I became an active socialist in the labour movement in the East End of London before moving to Buckinghamshire after the war.

UCU strikes: Union means business in fight against employers

Members of the University and College Union (UCU) have backed strike action in two separate ballots - one over pensions and one over pay and conditions in higher education.