6 January 2021

Protect lives and livelihoods, fight to defend the NHS

A recent report 'Exposed, Silenced, Attacked', commissioned by Amnesty International, highlights the global failure of governments and employers to protect health and essential workers during the Covid pandemic

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16 December 2020

Fight for NHS pay and funding

On 2 March 2020, as coronavirus cases rose to four in a day, Boris Johnson told us that Britain was "well-prepared with a fantastic NHS"

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2 December 2020

NHS: Underfunded, understaffed, underpaid

Everyone on shift feels the Tories have been an unmitigated disaster in their handling of the pandemic, whatever they voted in the general election.

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26 November 2020

PPE contracts: It pays to have friends in high places

Huge sums of money were thrown at dubious businesses

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4 November 2020

Testing is failing - it's a privatised mess

Covid-19 infections are spreading fast because England's 'test and trace' reached only 60% of the contacts of confirmed Covid cases in recent weeks

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29 October 2020

Tree-cutting council must admit it was wrong

Thousands of trees were felled under the privatised Streets Ahead programme

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14 October 2020

Napo AGM 2020: Celebrating probation victory and preparing for challenges ahead

Napo, the union of probation workers and Cafcass (Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service staff), held its first online annual general meeting (AGM), and the first since the 'reunification' of the probation service after a costly and devastating part-privatisation

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7 October 2020

Massive testing 'glitch' caused by privatised fragmentation

15,841 positive Covid-19 results were mislaid

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7 October 2020

Contact tracer speaks out: privatised system 'in chaos'

On Saturday 3 October, at 2pm, I got a text from NHS Professionals: "CALL TO ACTION we have an urgent requirement to fill additional shifts this weekend. Please log on to book into shifts."

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9 September 2020

Under the microscope

As the Tory government opens up schools and workplaces to benefit employers, Covid-19 infections are spiralling upwards.

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22 July 2020

Hugo Pierre for Unison general secretary

Dave Prentis leaves a legacy of failures

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15 July 2020

Water shortage warning: nationalise now!

The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has expressed concern that parts of England could run out of water within 20 years

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8 July 2020

Johnson blames care workers for deaths

Boris Johnson has tried to shift the blame for the scandal of mass Covid-19 deaths in care homes.

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7 July 2020

Bangladesh: Stop closure and privatisation of Jute Mills

A solidarity statement initiated by east London members of the CWI

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24 June 2020

Renationalisation of the probation service

The renationalisation of our probation service is a victory, but just the start of what's needed

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1 April 2020

NHS supply chain worker: privatisation has cut equipment quantity and quality

Terrified staff are without adequate PPE

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18 March 2020

Under the microscope: socialist coronavirus news in brief

Stop privatisation preparation; hypocrite Branson's bail-out; Amazon sweats workers; private jet boom

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22 January 2020

Capitalism fails NHS services in Liverpool: scrap PFI!

The outsourced hospital should have been open and treating patients with state-of-the-art equipment by now

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8 January 2020

Children need intensive care? We don't care!

This is the practical attitude of this Tory government, which has overseen a project of vicious NHS cuts - to the point where hospitals in England are struggling to provide beds to young children in desperate need of intensive care.

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27 November 2019

Northern Ireland: strike action by NHS workers

For the first time in the Royal College of Nursing's 103-year history, nurses have voted for strike action. They have been joined by Unison, and likely, the Nipsa and Unite unions which are now balloting for strike action.

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