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3 June 2020
Football in the time of coronavirus - reclaim our game!
Football played a part in spreading the pandemic. Northern Italy was the ground zero for coronavirus in Europe, and then Spain became the second most infected country after Italy.
3 June 2020
Hospital closed following rampant spread of Covid-19
The decision by the main acute hospital in Western-super-Mare to stop admitting patients due to a dramatic spike in Covid-19 cases, clearly illustrates the dangers of easing lockdown.
27 May 2020
Eerily quiet before second wave - don't reopen schools!
"Don't use the Q-word" has been said more than once this week. But it does feel eerily quiet, writes An NHS health professional.
26 May 2020
More blunders and profiteering in Tory track-and-trace scheme
The Tories' 'track and trace' scheme fails on all counts
22 May 2020
Black and Asian Covid-19 deaths: an indictment of capitalist inequality
The Covid death figures broken down by ethnicity caused widespread shock and anger
18 May 2020
Contract tracer speaks out: Tories' plan is outsourced chaos
The government's new contact tracing scheme is outsourced to Serco - which subcontracted recruitment to Capita, writes a NHS contact tracer.
13 May 2020
The Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it "fanned the flames of revolt"
Laura Spinney's book on the 1918 flu pandemic, first published in 2017, is now being widely read
13 May 2020
Going Viral: Socialist comments and letters on the corona crisis
The Covid-19 pandemic is a world social crisis which touches every aspect of life. The iniquities and failings of the capitalist system are being exposed
6 May 2020
Unsafe Workplace? "It's up to you" PCS tells reps and members
PCS union reps and members at Paisley Jobcentre walked out on 24 April. Following an outbreak of Covid-19 in their office, they reached an agreement allowing staff to go home
6 May 2020
Test and trace: workers need a real plan
Only a national plan and workers' control can guarantee a safe exit from lockdown: There is a growing scientific consensus that successful management of the coronavirus crisis requires a comprehensive plan - combining mass testing, contact tracing and supported isolation of potentially infected individuals, writes Martin Powell-Davies, Socialist Party national committee.
6 May 2020
US: Trump's public health cuts have condemned thousands worldwide
More people in the US died from Covid-19 in three months than in nine years of the US armed forces' Vietnam War. The US private healthcare system has been shockingly exposed, writes Jon Dale, secretary, Unite union Nottinghamshire NHS Branch (personal capacity).
5 May 2020
Tories using pandemic to shift lab testing out of NHS
The Tories have set up a parallel structure to the existing NHS laboratories network, involving big private companies, and a mixture of unidentified and unqualified staff, writes a NHS laboratory worker.
29 April 2020
Woolwich ferry - workers secure 100% furlough agreement
Unite union has negotiated a 100% furlough agreement with Briggs Marine, the contractor who currently runs the Woolwich Ferry.
28 April 2020
Workers fighting to defend safety and livelihoods - NSSN national meeting a huge success
Over 200 members and reps from many different trade unions came together on Zoom on Sunday 26 April to discuss the impact of the coronavirus crisis on workers
28 April 2020
Dispatches from the front: PPE chaos goes on
"I just found out that the 'FFP3' mask I've been wearing expired in 2012."
22 April 2020
The history of struggle to make the workplace safe
Every year workers who have been killed at work are commemorated on 28 April
22 April 2020
Bromley Libraries 'restructure' in middle of pandemic!
Bromley Library workers are facing a restructure, including moving to new work locations, in the middle of this health emergency
22 April 2020
Clapping, driving, postering - for workers' rights
We clapped and we demanded workers' rights. Health workers called for protests in cars at hospitals - demanding PPE and the resignation of health secretary Matt Hancock.
22 April 2020
Where's our PPE? Where's our testing? Where's our money?
"We want the equipment we need to be safe doing our jobs".
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