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 […]
Fighting Back
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 […]
Deskilling protests by sparks continue
by Hackney Socialist Party members For the fifth successive week, the sparks were out on the streets of London on 24 March. Yet again they […]
Electricians protest against deskilling and lower wages
Updated 26th March 2021, originally posted 19th & 13th March 2021 by Rob Williams, Hackney Socialist Party London 26th March The sparks took the fight […]
Preparing to organise workers in Enfield
by Josh Asker, North London Socialist Party The National Shop Stewards Network in Enfield hosted an online meeting on 22 March. It brought together 24 […]
Could a London Mayor challenge start the fight back?
by Helen Pattison The London Mayoral elections are just round the corner. As is stands the current right-wing Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has a 20-point […]
Why we need socialists in London city hall
Bus drivers’ safety neglected London was put into ‘major incident’ status on 8 January, with Covid-19 infection rates and hospital admissions soaring. Frontline workers have […]