by Socialist Party Southern & South East Region | Feb 19, 2020 | Britain, Featured, Regional, Southampton, Trade Unions
Bea Gardner, UCU Southampton branch executive (personal capacity) The University and College Union (UCU) has announced 14 days of further strike action for universities currently in dispute over pensions, pay and conditions. The action will start on Thursday 20...
by Socialist Party Southern & South East Region | Feb 18, 2020 | Britain, Featured, Regional, Trade Unions
Paul Couchman, Surrey County Unison (personal capacity) Over 150 delegates registered for the South East regional council meeting of local government union Unison which took place on 8 February. This was the biggest meeting for many years. There was a serious mood and...
by Socialist Party Southern & South East Region | Feb 5, 2020 | Britain, Featured, Trade Unions
Reading Labour council: Stop privatising our leisure services John Gillman and Terry Pearce, Reading Socialist Party If the right-wing Labour council succeeds, a private company will be given a 25-year contract to design, build, operate and maintain Reading’s...
by Socialist Party Southern & South East Region | Feb 5, 2020 | Britain, Featured, Trade Unions
Nick Chaffey, Socialist Party national committee How hard can it be to run a train from Carlisle to Newcastle? The collapse of the Northern Rail franchise, forcing the Tories to renationalise the service, shows privatisation has not been the way. The Socialist warned...
by Socialist Party Southern & South East Region | Jan 29, 2020 | Britain, Featured
Kevin Parslow, Waltham Forest Socialist Party Tory cabinet minister Stephen Barclay has a “gut feeling” that the ‘HS2’ high-speed rail link between London and the north of England will go ahead. He said this in response to speculation following...
by Socialist Party Southern & South East Region | Jan 29, 2020 | Britain, Featured, Regional, Southampton, Trade Unions
University and College Union: Pensions, pay and conditions dispute reach a crucial stage Bea Gardner, UCU Southampton branch executive (personal capacity) As we go to press, a crucial meeting of the University and College Union (UCU) higher education committee is set...
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