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29 January 2020
Save Hampden Nursery in Camden
Public sector union Unison has protested with parents against the closure of Hampden Nursey in Camden, London. Already two other nurseries have closed in the area
13 February 2019
Workplace and union news in brief
Glasgow strike victory; Bradford bus victory; union action in Hackney; oil tanker strike; Irish nurses strike; home care doorstepping; Woolwich ferry walkout
6 February 2019
Traffic wardens' strike is just the ticket
London traffic warden strikes for better pay.
12 December 2018
Short reports of workers' struggles including victories for cinema reps and housing workers and a traffic wardens strike.
3 October 2018
Camden - Unison members in pay fight
Unison members in Camden, north London are on strike on 2 October against parking contractor NSL, fighting for an £11.15-an-hour wage
13 December 2017
It's one world for the super-rich, and another one for the rest of us including live reindeer and lumps of coal.
24 June 2017
Camden evacuation - residents expose fire risks
Tower block residents forced Camden council to act
8 March 2017
Short reports on some of the latest trade union struggles including Bromley library victory, academy opposition in Camden and a Liverpool dockers strike.
8 December 2016
Victory for UPS parcel workers
Unite the Union members at UPS Parcels in Camden have won a long-running battle against bullying and racism.
25 May 2016
We won't move! Mass resistance can defeat the Tories' housing act
The Tories' Housing and Planning Bill is now an Act, to be implemented in April 2017. The Kill the Housing Bill campaign set up last autumn is now renamed Axe the Housing Act. Another national demo has been called for 18 June.
13 April 2016
Workers and youth unite to defend vital services
Youth workers and teenage service users lobbied Camden council on 6 April in defence of youth services which the Labour council plans to slash.
6 April 2016
London Labour councils purge housing waiting lists
Labour councils in London have sat on their hands as the national housing crisis grips their boroughs. Now they resort to cooking the books and 'pop-up homes' to cover it up.
17 February 2016
London lobbies against cuts to jobs and services
In Tower Hamlets on 17 February a second People's Budget meeting is being held jointly between the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition and the Tower Hamlets Independent group of councillors.
2 December 2015
Open Uni strikers prepared to go the distance
Members of lecturers' union UCU are fighting job cuts at the Open University. We report on struggles in Bristol and Camden, north London.
18 November 2015
A Labour councillor responsible for closing all his area's public toilets has been caught relieving himself on the street.
23 September 2015
Traffic wardens strike for better pay
Traffic wardens employed by private service provider NSL in Camden are to hold a seven-day pay strike starting 23 September.
16 June 2015
School kitchen workers win £9.15 an hour
After an 18-month long campaign, school kitchen workers in Camden have won the London Living Wage
Camden caterers demand the Living Wage, March 2015, photo by Reel News
11 March 2015
Camden caterers demand Living Wage
The Labour-led Camden council decided on 2 March not to implement the Camden school caterers' claim for the London Living Wage
6 August 2014
FBU names eight dates: The firefighters' union, the FBU, has announced an eight-day period of industrial action in England and Wales in defence of pensions
9 July 2014
Capita idea: Big business continues to gorge on the public services honey pot, courtesy of the government's privatisation programme
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