Newham bin workers strike over well-below inflation pay offer
by Ferdy Lyons, East London Socialist Party On 27 August Newham refuse loaders and drivers started a week-long strike over pay and conditions after an […]
Month: August 2022
Cheers for taking wealth from rich — anger at Starmer’s Labour
Enough is Enough Clapham launch by Theo Sharieff, South West London Socialist Party Over 1,000 attended the launch rally of the ‘Enough is Enough’ campaign […]
Homelessness rising, Labour hiding
Build a party to fight for rent control and council homes! by Paul Kershaw, Chair Unite LE1111 housing workers branch Homelessness rose by a dramatic […]
Rail and underground strikes combine to show workers’ strength
Tens of thousands of RMT members were striking again over an insulting pay offer, jobs cuts and destruction of their working conditions in August – […]
London’s transport fightback: Workers at war with Tories, TfL and Labour’s Sadiq Khan
by Helen Pattison, Socialist Party London Regional Secretary Across London, with train and tube strikes, and protests against bus cuts, a fightback to defend public […]
“Blood on their hands”: South London gas explosion shows privatised utilities can’t be trusted
by Reece Wilson Four-year-old Sahara Salman died in a gas explosion in Thornton Heath, South London on 8 August. Two others were hospitalised and other […]
Hackney council workers fight on
by Chris Newby, Hackney Socialist Party Just under three months after their first set of strikes, Hackney council workers in Unite the Union in bins, […]