Pensions, pay and conditions dispute reach a crucial stage
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...
Brighton anti-academy campaign steps up
Over 100 parents, children, trade unionists and other supporters from the local community were on the picket line outside Moulsecoomb Primary School, Brighton on 21 November. Bill North, Brighton Socialist Party Members of the NEU and GMB unions had voted to take...
South Western Railway strike: “We’re up for the fight”
On the eve of a month-long walkout by train crews on South Western Railway, Geoff Kite, SWR guard and RMT transport union executive council member, addressed a recent Southampton Socialist Party ‘Tories out’ election rally. The RMT is resisting attempts by...
End council cuts now, to end Tory austerity!
Nick Chaffey, Socialist Party national committee Tory austerity has meant a decade of attacks on the working class. Nowhere has this been felt more sharply than local councils. As the 12 December general election approaches, a bold call by Jeremy Corbyn for Labour...
Youth clubs cuts are a mistake
The Thornhill Youth Centre in Southampton is being bulldozed to make way for unaffordable flats. Council-funded youth services ceased in the city in 2013. Since then, the Thornhill building leaser has struggled to cover rent. The council, who own the building, have...Socialist Party Southern Region Twitter
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