Woolwich ferry strikers – taking action necessary to win!
by Unite Member Unite the Union members working on the Woolwich Ferry have been taking discontinuous strike action since 14 May. The union has now […]
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Night tube strike suspended to allow talks — scrap compulsory duties!
by Socialist Party members in RMT Strikes by drivers on London Underground (LU), that were due to take place between 3-6 August, were suspended to […]
Dagenham school workers strike against ‘fire and rehire’ pay cuts
by Jay Coward, East London Socialist Party STOP PRESS: Last strike day this term… (East London Facebook Page) School workers at Valence Primary School in […]
Royal London Hospital strike win — Serco backs down and offers major concessions
Strike action at the Royal London hospital in Whitechapel, involving back-of-house catering staff, has been suspended after outsourcing company Serco capitulated to most of the […]
NHS in crisis – ‘It’s time for action’
Building for 3 July NHS protests: by Brian, NHS Worker Join protests on 3 July. 15% pay rise now! The Tories’ derisory 1% pay offer […]
Hundreds march to scrap Silvertown Tunnel project
Chanting ‘Hey mayor, we want clean air’ and ‘Stop the tunnel now’, several hundred people marched through Canning Town, in Newham east London, on 5 […]
Beal school strikers suspend action after possible victory
Beal High School workers, who have taken two rounds of strike action against a punitive, two-tier sick pay policy, are voting to suspend their current […]
“Victimised, bullied and discriminated” – St Mungo’s strikers fight on
by Paul Kershaw, Chair, Unite LE 1111 housing workers branch St Mungo’s strikers had a warm welcome when they addressed the Hackney May Day march […]
East London cleaners fight outsourcing and redundancies
Cleaners at the University of East London downed tools against two-tier conditions on Tuesday 13 April. Pickets blasted the Docklands campus with music, stood by […]
Thousands of London bus workers strike across multiple companies
4,000 London bus drivers have voted overwhelmingly for strike action over remote sign-on policy. 96% of Unite members at Metroline West and 97% at Metroline […]