Cladding anger builds – protest on 5 June
by Pete Mason, Chair, Barking Reach Residents’ Association Three-quarters of cladding systems on new medium-rise buildings use combustible materials. Now residents trapped in fire-risk buildings […]
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 […]
Housing activists storm multi-million pound rental firm’s offices
by Scott Jones, East London Socialist Party A lively and energetic day of action on housing swept through East London on 17 April. Socialist Party […]
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 […]
London housing crisis — vote TUSC to fight back
by James Ivens, East London Socialist Party Misery. That’s what renting in London means for millions. But with elections coming up, Londoners can push back […]
The Covid pandemic has shone a spotlight on increasing poverty, falling living standards and the failures of the capitalist system. London now has more dollar […]
Housing – councils have the powers to tackle the housing crisis
by Jack Jeffrey Jack is secretary of Unite the union housing workers branch and TUSC candidate on the London-wide list for the Greater London Assembly. […]
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 […]