Unite members in London: NHS strikes
Over 2800 NHS workers in Unite will be on strike, over safe staffing and pay, including cleaners, caterers, porters, nurses and pathologists.
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Obituary: Brian Blake – 14.02.1954-24.08.2023
Brian joined the Militant in the early 1980s. As a young working-class shop steward he had worked in numerous jobs around West London, for a while as an engineer at Otis lifts.
Stockwell, South London: Meeting young people wanting to fight back
Campaigning in Stockwell, we met people interested in joining the Socialist Party. They were mainly young, wanting to get more politically active.
St Mungo’s: 13-week strike wins improved offer
Striking workers at St Mungo’s homelessness charity have voted to accept an offer after 13 weeks of continuous strike.
Clapham homophobic attack consequence of Tory divide and rule
On Sunday 13 August, two men were stabbed in a homophobic attack outside The Two Brewers, a popular LGBTQ+ venue in Clapham, South London. This attack comes at a time when the Tories have been increasing divisive rhetoric against oppressed groups, including LGBTQ+ people.
Why I joined the Socialist Party
I joined the Socialist Party following my disillusionment with the Labour Party’s treatment of Jeremy Corbyn after the 2017 election.
Labour politicians refuse to stop tower block they know is dangerous
The Save Our Square campaign in Waltham Forest, East London, has kept the developers at bay for seven years in the fight to stop the building of two monster blocks in the town square. However, the blocks are now going up…
Tube strike suspension: Fight still needed
Many RMT members in the London Transport region are dismayed at the calling-off of strike action on London Underground.
ULEZ costs Labour in Uxbridge
The cataclysmic drop in Tory support wasn’t quite as deep in the Uxbridge by-election. Anger about London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan’s expansion of the Ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) — charging drivers of mainly older cars £12.50 a day — cost Labour the seat.
Camden parking wardens strike against poverty pay
Camden Unison members who work for NSL parking enforcement services started indefinite strike action on 24 July. There was a 100% yes vote by members across three sites in the borough in their fight for £15.90 an hour.