Fords Dagenham strike

Ford staff stand up to dictating management

21st November 2024 editor 0

Striking staff at Ford Motor Company rallied outside the engine plant in Dagenham, East London, on 13 November. Salaried staff at Ford told us they’d had enough of management trying dictate to the union.

BSix College Strike

BSix college strike

13th November 2024 editor 0

On 5 November, teachers at BSix Sixth Form College in Hackney, east London, started a series of strikes over pay and conditions. “Teachers in schools recently got a 5.5% salary increase and ours was just 2.5%”

Haringey housing workers strike.

Haringey housing workers all-out strike

31st October 2024 editor 0

Housing maintenance and repair workers at Haringey council have decided to take indefinite strike action over the Labour council’s continued refusal to negotiate with them over the issue of pay despite them not having a pay rise in over a decade!

Queen Mary university anti war protest

Students protest in solidarity with Palestine

16th October 2024 editor 0

Students at Queen Mary University in East London organised a protest to mark a year of brutal attacks on Palestinians by Israeli state forces. Mihaela Ivanova, Socialist Students activist and Socialist Party member, gave a speech to the protest