The Socialist 19 January 2022

Toxic Tories must go

Tories on the ropes

Want to fight austerity?

No trust in Tories to keep us safe

Tories hand cash to private health profiteers

Tory vaccine sacking threat set to deepen NHS staffing crisis

Employers use vaccine excuse to attack sick pay

News in brief

Murder of Ashling Murphy sends shocks waves across Ireland and beyond

Northern Ireland: Workers fight threatened closure of women's hostel

US: Independent Socialist Group launches new paper

Eyewitness account of workers' uprising in Almaty, Kazakhstan

Mutual aid, the welfare state and the fight for a new mass workers' party

Why are things the way they are?

Rob Windsor - remembering a tireless fighter for socialism

Theatre: Yes Yes UCS

Sheffield Just Eat couriers speak about strike

S Yorks Stagecoach strike results in "huge pay win"

Scunthorpe scaffs resume indefinite strike action

Coventry bin strike continues

Bus driver Tracey Scholes reinstated at Go North West

Royal Mail: Unofficial walkouts precede bigger battle to come on pay and workload

Newham college strike solid against bully privatisers

Somers Forge workers continue pay strike

Workplace news in brief

NUS walkout: Organise to fight for free education on 2 March

Demonstrating against the Tory anti-protest bill

Waltham Forest: Campaign unites families facing eviction

Newham council rejects using 0.03% of reserves to fund arts

Birmingham: Cuts consultations replaced by computer game

Southampton uni ignores staff and students in exam farce

Oliver Campbell - 31 years fighting for justice

Bournemouth - angry people not represented by capitalist parties

Pauline Wall memorial meeting

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Workplace news in brief

Waltham Forest bin workers lobby council (Click to enlarge)

Waltham Forest bin workers' protest

Waltham Forest bin workers in Unite and GMB unions protested on the steps of the town hall on 13 January against bad pay and conditions. Labour councils take note: the working class has had enough of your austerity and contempt!

Local Socialist Party members joined in solidarity and addressed the demo, calling for support for trade union action and anti-austerity workers' candidates in elections.

Eastbourne bin strike wins 19% pay rise

A long-running Eastbourne bin strike ended on 18 January in a "massive win for GMB members" as workers, who had taken six days of strike action, have won a 19% total pay rise. Their hourly rate will reach a minimum of £13.50 an hour.

RMT night-tube strike continues

London Underground night-tube workers in the RMT union are continuing their strike action over detrimental changes to their working hours, and have escalated that action this year, striking every weekend until June. Socialist Party members and National Shop Steward Network supporters joined picket lines including Seven Sisters on 14 January