by Socialist Party Southern & South East Region | Jul 11, 2020 | Featured, Southampton, Trade Unions
An overwhelming victory for rank-and-file activists is the result of the first contested branch elections in years for Southampton University and College Union (UCU). The new rank and file convincingly won the majority of positions, including president,...
by Socialist Party Southern & South East Region | Jul 11, 2020 | Featured, Southampton
Thousands of jobs already destroyed. Thousands more announced almost every day. The ‘job retention scheme’ is turning into a jobs haemorrhage as the government starts to wind it down, with a view to scrapping it in October. Now many profit-rich companies...
by Socialist Party Southern & South East Region | Jul 1, 2020 | Featured, Reading, Youth
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...
by Socialist Party Southern & South East Region | Jul 1, 2020 | Dover, Featured, Trade Unions
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,...
by Socialist Party Southern & South East Region | Jun 19, 2020 | Council Cuts, Featured, Southampton
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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