16 October 2019

General secretary election: Marion Lloyd - standing for action on members' pay, jobs, pensions and more

Marion is on the election ballot paper, having won 39 nominations

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9 October 2019

Unison's retired members reflect growing anger

Unison's retired members conference met in Southport from 1-2 October, and the debates reflected the growing anger of older people.

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11 September 2019

Leeds pensioners occupy BBC to save free TV licenses

"BBC, shame on you" was the chant as around 50 pensioners from across Yorkshire, including as far away as Scarborough, occupied the reception area of the Leeds BBC offices.

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11 September 2019

UCU ballots - yes to strike action on pensions, pay, workloads and equality

University staff in the University and College Union (UCU) are currently voting on strike action - this time in two ballots. The ballots close on 30 October.

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28 August 2019

Stop the latest Tory attack on our pensions

Pensioners are under attack. The Centre for Social Justice, a right-wing think tank, is proposing that pensioners should in effect work until they drop.

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31 July 2019

The Socialist inbox

Do you have something to say? Letters to the Socialist's editors. Victimised TUSC agent writes; climate travel chaos; education pensions attack; water privatisation scandal; 'Labour peers'?

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18 July 2019

Tories prepare to attack education workers' pensions

The government has issued a consultation document on proposed changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

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17 July 2019

Residents mobilise to stop eviction

Irene is a pensioner living in a small terraced house in Liverpool's Kensington area, where she has lived for years.

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9 July 2019

Residents, housing activists and pensioners mobilise to stop eviction

Irene has lived in Liverpool's Kensington area for years

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26 June 2019

Striking workers defy the race to the bottom at Glasgow and Aberdeen airports

The strikes for pay and pensions justice at Glasgow and Aberdeen airports are a fight for every trade unionist and worker in Scotland and beyond

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19 June 2019

Defend free TV licences for over-75s!

The sheer hypocrisy of this Tory government, with candidates fighting like rats in a sack for the leadership, is exposed further by its demand that the BBC rethink its plan to scrap free television licences for over-75s, writes Keith Dickinson, West London Socialist Party.

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12 June 2019

Scottish airport strikes - fight for better pay and pensions

Hundreds of Unite trade union members at Glasgow and Aberdeen airports are striking to defend pensions and for better pay.

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12 June 2019

The Socialist Inbox

Letters to the Socialist's editors.

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29 May 2019

Them & us

It's one world for the bosses and another for the rest of us. Queen backs EU; pensioners forced to work

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22 May 2019

The Socialist Inbox

Letters to the Socialist's editors.

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8 May 2019

Young and old, unite and fight!

A new House of Lords report is clearly an attack on pensioner benefits and an attempt to drive a wedge between older and younger people

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10 April 2019

South Yorkshire Freedom Riders - still battling on

South Yorkshire Freedom Riders held rallies on 1 April marking five years of our struggle for the full restoration of travel pass rights

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10 April 2019

Support the Glasgow Airport pay and pensions strike

Unite the Union should coordinate for action with workers at Aberdeen and Southampton airports

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27 March 2019

Visteon: when factory occupations stayed the hands of the bosses

Visteon struggle tenth anniversary: Ten years ago, in response to a US car components company pulling the plug on 600 jobs, workers occupied plants in Enfield, Basildon and Belfast

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30 January 2019

The Socialist Inbox

Letters to the Socialist's editors including Grayling's history fail and TV licences.

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