Reading workers’ movement responds to knife attack
A horrific knife attack took place in Forbury Gardens in Reading on 20 June, killing three people, reportedly LGBT+, and injuring others. Reading Socialist Party shares the shock, anger and sadness felt by all working-class people at this tragedy. We have proposed to...
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Council finance disaster: set emergency no-cuts budgets and fight for funds!
Local authorities in Britain are tasked with meeting local social needs arising from the coronavirus pandemic and its economic consequences. They have never been in a worse position to do so. Already ravaged by over ten years of austerity, they now face even bleaker...
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P&O: Defend every job – nationalise the ferries under workers’ control and management!
On 11 May, P&O Ferries announced plans to cut 734 jobs in Dover and 122 jobs in Hull, after reporting a severe downturn in demand. The cuts, affecting more than a quarter of the group's workforce, come after the firm's owner, the Dubai-based DP World, had asked...
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STATE PENSIONS UNDER THREAT AS TORIES LOOK TO SCRAP THE TRIPLE LOCK. TELL THE TORIES TO KEEP THEIR GRUBBY FINGERS OFF OUR PENSIONS.
Whilst the state pension in the UK is far too low it is protected by the Triple Lock from falling even lower. However senior Tories are considering scrapping the Triple Lock which in affect would mean a cut in the pension. Pensions is a class issue, today`s workers are tomorrows pensioners, trade unions should be fighting to defend the value of the pension in the interests of their own members. If we allow the Tories to scrap the Triple Lick they will come for our Free Bus Passes and Winter Fuel Allowances.Retired workers have been in the forefront of many recent struggles, for example in Bracknell the successful campaign to save Heatherwood Hospital from closure, we must ensure that the Tories are not allowed to drive down the value of the State Pension.
Trade Unionists, youth, stand alongside pensioners in resisting Tory attacks on their living standards, an injury to one is an injury to all.
Terry Pearce
Thames Valley National Pensioners Convention.
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Starmer's victory represents a qualitative step in the capitalist class's campaign to make the Labour Party once again, as it was under Blair, a reliable vehicle for their interests. They were terrified by the 2017 general election result, where Corbyn came close to being elected.” We’ll be discussing this at 1pm on Facebook. Tune in. If you want to discuss this with socialists in your area, get in touch. #socialism #tradeunions #starmer #rbl #antisemitism
“The company already had an intention of making 20% savings before the pandemic and it now claims the restructure is to make the business "right sized" for the future.”
Union chief's grim warning over ferry redundancies
Large scale redundancies on ferries will affect safety, the economy and the financial security of a dedicated workforce, a union boss claims.
The new twitter page for @SPS_socialist in Inverness, Highland and Moray. Please follow, retweet and share widely
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Hundreds of residents in Windsor showed their solidarity with @British_Airways staff by displaying #BAbetrayal posters n their windows. Maybe this is of interest to @ExpressSeries @windsorobserver
#StandWithBAWorkers
Instead of blaming @NEUnion for simply doing its job - to protect staff and community safety - parents and public should place the blame squarely where it lies – with the Government and its failing private sector allies. Read why via @IndependentSage and https://t.co/GtmWGdeVcP