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16 September 2021
17 August 2021
Reject the Ministry of Justice pay offer
The Ministry of Justice has tabled a pay offer which trades conditions for pay. This is their second attempt after the failed MEP proposals 3 years ago were roundly and soundly rejected by members.
28 July 2021
Unite to fight Tory pay insults
The Tories' 3% pay offer is a direct attack on the NHS. It shows the contempt the government has for the health service and its staff. 3% is simply not enough, and makes it clear that the government does
23 July 2021
New left NEC meets - Organise the fight back now
The left members of Unison's NEC must maximise use of their majority.
22 July 2021
Public sector pay - Prepare for action!
Health workers have been told that they are only worth a 3% pay rise. Teachers have been told they are worth nothing in terms of a pay rise this year. Hundreds of thousands of civil servants face a pay freeze. A million and a half council workers have already been told they are only worth 1.5%.
23 June 2021
Interview with newly elected Unison NEC member
Hospital worker Naomi Byron speaks (pc) to the Socialist following her election
5 May 2021
Vote 'yes' in the PCS DWP ballot
PCS ballot closes 13 May - vote Broad Left Network: Broad Left Network members are building for a strong 'yes' vote in the DWP consultative ballot for PCS Jobcentre members which starts on 5 May and runs until 21 May.
21 April 2021
PCS leadership ballot underway
The ballot for PCS president and national executive committee opens on 22 April and runs to 13 May. PCS is the union for government workers in the civil service and public and private sectors.
31 March 2021
London - We need socialists into City Hall
The government is hellbent on making working-class people pay the bill for Covid
31 March 2021
Donate now to fuel our election campaigns
Across England and Wales, Socialist Party members are already busy campaigning and getting the anti-austerity socialist message out to as wide an audience as possible through the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition election campaigns
24 March 2021
Lessons of the 2011 pensions strike: when workers showed their power
In 2011, trade unionists demonstrated in their hundreds of thousands and then took strike action in defence of their pensions and against public service cuts
24 March 2021
Battle for a fighting, anti-austerity mayor
Liverpool has a rich history of councillors being prepared to fight
24 March 2021
Help fund the Socialist Party's stand as part of TUSC
Socialist Party members are already out campaigning for Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) candidates ahead of May's elections
10 March 2021
Tories keep bailing out bosses, while piling pain on workers and public services
Reading the headlines about Tory Chancellor Rishi Sunak's budget, some working-class people may have let out a small sigh of relief that at least the furlough scheme and the £20 increase in Universal Credit are continuing for a few more months
3 March 2021
HMRC: Pay deal agreed but at what cost?
On 26 February the PCS union HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) pay ballot closed. The turnout was 82.4% with 79.6% for and 20.4% against the deal.
3 March 2021
Public sector workers respond to the budget
"The financial outlook is volatile." This (under)statement, in Essex County Council's budget document for 2021, could be the strapline for the future of all local government services.
24 February 2021
HMRC: Divisive pay deal leads to expulsions
PCS members in the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are voting on a pay deal. The deal is for a 13% pay increase over three years, but if agreed would put all staff onto a new contract
17 February 2021
Doing all we can to fund the anti-cuts stand at the ballot box
Socialist Party members and supporters are doing a brilliant job raising fighting fund this quarter. This has been particularly buoyed by the donations we have received to help fund the Socialist Party's
3 February 2021
HMRC: We demand a pay rise without cuts to terms and conditions
On 1 February, a multi-year pay offer was made to union members in HMRC.
3 February 2021
Save our square: we need social housing and public services
Waltham Forest Labour council in East London approved plans to build a block of unaffordable, private housing on Walthamstow town square
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