Archive for December 2019
2 December 2019
SWR strike: "We're up for the fight"
The RMT union is resisting attempts to axe the vital safety-critical role of train guards
4 December 2019
Royal Mail court ruling - national reps meeting and solidarity action essential
The High Court has dismissed the appeal by the Communications Workers Union (CWU) against the scandalous decision to stop the postal workers taking national strike action in Royal Mail, despite winning its strike ballot with an incredible 97% yes vote on a 76% turnout
4 December 2019
Jared Wood overwhelmingly elected to RMT executive
Socialist Party member Jared Wood won a resounding victory in the ballot for London Transport Region representative on the RMT union national executive committee
4 December 2019
PCS union general secretary election
There are just a few days remaining before the PCS civil servants' union general secretary ballot ends at noon on 12 December
4 December 2019
Since the general election was called, Swansea Branch has been organising at least three city centre and one campus campaign stalls a week, usually comprised of a main Socialist Party campaign stall and a separate Young Socialist stall nearby
4 December 2019
In a second trial against David Duckenfield, after the first jury failed to reach a verdict, the former match commander stood accused of gross negligence manslaughter of 95 Liverpool fans in the Hillsborough football stadium disaster in 1989.
4 December 2019
Solid support for guards on West Midlands Trains
There was an upbeat mood on the RMT picket line at Worcester Shrub Hill in the continuing dispute with West Midlands Trains over retaining the safety-critical role of train guards.
4 December 2019
Carlisle election meeting: Education - time to make the mega-rich and corporations pay
The Labour candidate for Carlisle, Ruth Alcroft, spoke at a Socialist Party public election meeting in the city on 2 December. It followed the handing over of a petition to her from 500 local parents and teachers against the Tory cuts to school funding.
4 December 2019
Why I joined: "Proud to be a socialist"
As a foreign national in the UK I felt disenfranchised and, many times, completely impotent about the country's convoluted political scenario. After years of frustration, I came to realise I had two choices; to remain a passive spectator or, somehow, to take action.
4 December 2019
Climate strikes: Students and trade unionists protest together
On Friday 29 November Parliament Square filled with striking school students. They marched off around central London before meeting up with the University and College Union (UCU) strikers as the latter's march was ending.
4 December 2019
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4 December 2019
Legislation was recently passed in the US that could involve sanctions against China over human rights violations in Hong Kong.
4 December 2019
South African Airways workers win wage increase after strike action
The outcome of the South African Airways (SAA) strike is a victory. The National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (Numsa) and the Cabin Crew Association of South Africa deserve the applause of all aviation workers, and the working class, as a whole.
4 December 2019
UCU strikes: more determined than ever
At Cardiff University, every strike day UCU members have picketed over a dozen university buildings and held strike rallies of hundreds. Students have been involved on the strike committee
4 December 2019
Northern Ireland: Health workers take action
25,000 hard-pressed healthcare workers in Northern Ireland - including nurses, social care staff and support services - took action at NHS sites on 25 November, demanding that their longstanding concerns over safe staffing levels and pay parity be addressed
4 December 2019
Climate change election debate
Friday 29 November saw the broadcast of the first ever election debate over climate change - no doubt arranged in response to the global mobilisation of young people protesting for immediate action to be taken to save the planet.
4 December 2019
Social workers lobby Hull City Council
About 150 social workers lobbied Hull City Council on 21 November. They were campaigning for a more reasonable workload and an end to bullying by management, writes Mick Whale, president, Hull trade union council.
4 December 2019
Surrey firefighters to ballot on Christmas industrial action
Firefighters in Surrey are balloting on industrial action to commence on 24 December, after exhausting all other avenues to prevent dangerous cuts to their fire and rescue service
4 December 2019
Prepare now for the struggles after 12 December
While the week before, a You Gov poll pointed towards a 68-majority for the Tories, on 2 December an ICM poll put them on 42% and Labour on 35%, just seven points behind.
4 December 2019
It's a strike to ensure the safety of the travelling public
An historic month-long strike began on 2 December
4 December 2019
End profiteering from health - nationalise big pharma
The issue of allowing US corporations access to the NHS and the affect of that on the cost of drugs has featured during the election campaign.
4 December 2019
Students and workers united in struggle
The 2019 Socialist Students conference took place on 30 November.
4 December 2019
Fight for your future - join the socialists
Whatever the result on 12 December, for working-class and young people the fight goes on
9 December 2019
Last Thursday's strike in France against pension 'reform' was massive
9 December 2019
Swansea: Corbyn rally attracts turnout but many can't get in
At the end of the Swansea Corbyn rally last Saturday we had nothing left to sell or hand out!
10 December 2019
10 December 2019
Come and discuss with us after the election
Socialist Party branches will be holding campaign stalls and meetings in the days after the election
11 December 2019
Undervalued gritters to walk out
Carmarthenshire council workers responsible for road gritting will be striking for three days
11 December 2019
11 December 2019
Save Our Square campaigners have been battling for years against a 'redevelopment' plan
12 December 2019
PCS general secretary election
Standing for a national elected officers' position for the first time, Socialist Party member Marion Lloyd came second with 9,278 votes
13 December 2019
Stand firm for socialist policies to stop Tory attacks
* Trade unions must organise and plan to mobilise workers and young people to defend the NHS, public services, the environment, benefits and workers' rights.
* Blame the Blairites. Kick out the pro-capitalist saboteurs. Refound Labour as a mass democratic workers' party with socialist policies.
Join the fightback! Join the Socialist Party!
16 December 2019
Scotland: Scene set for explosion in the national question
Boris Johnson and the Tories' election victory will have angered and disappointed many workers and young people
16 December 2019
French workers determined to defeat Macron
France's working class is in a gargantuan struggle with its government and the hated 'president of the rich'
17 December 2019
Post Office workers - The long road to justice
Hundreds of former Post Office workers were falsely accused of fraud
17 December 2019
Socialist Party members out on the streets
Street stalls were held across the country on Saturday
17 December 2019
Anti-academy strike action in Newham
Members of the National Education Union (NEU) at St Angela's and St Michael's Catholic schools in Newham were on strike on 11 December against being forced into becoming privately run academies
19 December 2019
20 December 2019
Council concedes to striking winter gritters' demands
Plaid Cymru-led Carmarthenshire County has backed down in the face of determined industrial action
20 December 2019
2020: Class struggles and capitalist instability will intensify
Today's mass movements against the 'establishment' and capitalism will develop further around the world
20 December 2019
All we want for Christmas is a no-strings pay rise
RMT drivers on the Tyne & Wear metro are on strike on the Friday and Saturday before Christmas
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