On the day before the general election, a taste of the mood amongst public sector workers was evident in force, with dozens of workers at Reading College out on a lunchtime protest against job cuts. Their protest was lively, noisy and energetic, with chants of: “No Ifs! No Buts! No Education Cuts!” and passing drivers […]
Nick Chaffey, Southern Socialist Party secretary By a huge 93%, car workers at BMW, producing the Mini and Rolls-Royce, have voted to strike for eight days in defence of their final salary pension scheme. Despite massing profits of £5.89 billion, in a time of growing economic and political uncertainty, employers are looking to defend their […]
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Over 4oo bus drivers at the Oxford Bus Company, owned by Go Ahead, have started strike action in a dispute over pay and attacks on terms and conditions. This is the first Oxford bus strike in 40 years and came to a head when management […]
Teacher Stella Collier and health worker James Morbin are standing for the Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition on the Blackbird Leys estate in city and county council by-elections on 27 November. Rather than stand up and fight wage cuts and privatisation, or back strikers fighting for a wage rise, Labour councils like Oxford have meekly carried out Con-Dem […]
The two byelections on 9 October were a disaster for the main parties. The results reflect anger at and a rejection of austerity today and austerity tomorrow – all that is on offer from both Labour and the Con-Dems. Oxford Socialist Students Public Meeting Thursday 13th November, 7.30pm Speaker: Claire Laker-Mansfield Socialist Students National Organiser […]
Read this week's #NSSN bulletin no.566: Workers start 2022 on the picket line!
https://shopstewards.net/2022/01/nssn-566-workers-start-2022-on-the-picket-line/
