Unite strike at Barts NHS Trust: ‘We need fairness!’
Domestics, porters, caterers and other staff at Barts NHS Trust are continuing their fight for fair pay in the NHS, joined by other staff and coordinating with workers in other trusts.
East London bin workers: Striking works!
Low-paid Newham and Tower Hamlets council workers in Unite the Union have secured an extra £750 on top of the national pay offer of a flat rate £1,925.
Protesting under shadow of dangerous Walthamstow tower blocks
Our local campaign group ‘Save Our Square’ met under the shadow of the two newly constructed lift shafts for the two monster blocks being built in Walthamstow, East London. Our campaign has held these buildings at bay for eight years.
London tube strike against wholesale attacks
London Underground station staff in the RMT union are taking two days of strike action on 4 and 6 October against job losses and attacks to our terms and conditions.
Hackney by-election: residents and workers need a fighting, socialist mayor
Philip Glanville, directly elected mayor of Hackney since 2016, has resigned in disgrace. Questions emerged about when he and the Labour Party became aware that former Labour councillor Tom Dewey was raided and arrested on child pornography charges, and when he broke off contact.
Ealing, West London: ‘Save NHS by getting Tories out’
The reason we ask for £1, for a copy of The Socialist, is to help with the running of the newspaper. Unlike the dominant press, we don’t have any right-wing funders
We demand decent housing that we can actually afford
Rental prices are far too high, the conditions of properties do not match the premium that landlords are charging, and things are getting worse. Rents and mortgage repayments have skyrocketed, way beyond an affordable rate.
London NHS strikes: “We’re here to work – but not for free!”
NHS workers in London have burst onto the streets in a big, coordinated pay strike. Refuse workers in two boroughs and housing maintenance in another two are hot on their heels.
Why I joined the Socialist Party
A friend of mine had a similar political arc, and found the Socialist Party website after some googling. I read the Socialist Party’s ‘What we stand for’ section, and agreed with it broadly.
London free school meals scheme step in right direction but nowhere near far enough
London Labour mayor Sadiq Khan has unveiled a scheme to make free school meals available to every primary school pupil in London. Any support for struggling families will be welcomed. But the scheme could go much further.