Metroline London bus workers win huge victory
by Socialist Party members in UNITE Bus workers employed by Metroline in London have won a tremendous victory in the battle against the imposition of […]
Reports
Academy schools have become business ventures
by Italo Savastio, South West London Socialist Party The process of selecting a secondary school for your child can be an agonising one for many […]
Pimlico Academy protests: “Run by racists for profit”
by Helen Pattison, West London Socialist Party Anger has been growing in schools for a long time. Decades of underfunding, increasing class sizes and growing […]
Low-paid workers shouldn’t pay for Covid crisis
by Ferdy Lyons, East London Socialist Party On 1 April the minimum wage was increased from £8.71 to £8.91 an hour for those aged 23 […]
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 […]
Workers respond to ‘back to school’
A mockery of everything we’ve done by Rachel Lyon, teaching assistant and Unison member in Waltham Forest (personal capacity) Schools opened on Monday 8 March, […]
Uber drivers win case – they are workers
Now they must organise to implement ruling by Charlie Taylor, Derby Socialist Party Uber drivers have finally won their rights case at the Supreme Court. […]
“I’m here to fight for the future education of children in Hackney”
Teaching assistants (TAs) in Hackney, east London took strike action against redundancies on 10-12 February. Hackney Socialist Party interviewed two striking TAs with over 30 […]
Tory cladding money will not make us safe
by Jack Jeffrey, Secretary, Unite housing workers See also: Grenfell — Are we any closer to justice? Despite the horrific scenes at Grenfell almost four […]
Hackney teaching assistants strike against cruel and unnecessary job cuts
by Brayden Lew, Hackney Socialist Party Teaching assistants organised by general union Unite took to the streets on 10-12 February to picket against unnecessary forced […]