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Workers Power conference debated and passed another resolution specifically on the fight to stop the destruction of the NHS, recognising the political importance of this struggle.…
April 4, 2012 / Comments Off / Read More
The 28 March strike by London schools and colleges showed just how impressive a nation-wide strike could have been. Around 1,500 schools were shut down or severely disrupted, while almost…
April 4, 2012 / Comments Off / Read More
Civil Servants in the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) have voted overwhelmingly to reject pension cuts and to take further strike action, yet the union leadership today called off…
March 19, 2012 / Comments Off / Read More
Jeremy Dewar monthly industrial overview updates us on the pensions dispute…
September 5, 2011 / Comments Off / Read More
The rolling strike by 2,400 Southampton council workers is now entering its 11th week. But despite Unite and Unison workers’ continued determination and sacrifice, there appears no sign of the…
August 8, 2011 / Comments Off / Read More
By a striking Unison Teaching Assistant 8.00am The NUT rep and I mounted a picket at our school – much to the Headteacher’s surprise, who had expected a passive, going-through-the-motions…
July 1, 2011 / Comments Off / Read More
HEALTH WORKERS have formed a new rank and file network to stop the attacks on the NHS. NHS staff are dedicated to the services we provide. Many of us didn’t…
April 26, 2011 / Comments Off / Read More
Teachers and council workers from Tower Hamlets called on their leaders to organise general strike action today in a mass rally after 2,000 trade unionists, joined by the local community…
March 30, 2011 / Comments Off / Read More
The TUC, has obtained figures from 185 hospitals, 126 primary care, 23 ambulance and 54 mental health trusts showing 53,150 NHS job cuts in the next four years, writes Mark…
March 1, 2011 / Comments Off / Read More
Birmingham City Council has announced that £300 million will be cut from the budget over the next four years. This will involve the loss of 7,116 full time jobs, that…
February 14, 2011 / Comments Off / Read More