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17 July 2019
Newham housing repairs workers announce strike dates
Unite the Union members employed by Newham Council in its housing repairs service have agreed dates for the start of strike action. This follows a 100% yes vote in the ballot.
19 June 2019
East London bin workers call 12-day strike over wage grades
Bin workers in Newham, east London could have lost over £20,000 each over the last decade
19 June 2019
Oppose big business's sphere of influence!
A Trump backer plans to build a sphere - as tall as Big Ben and as wide as the Millennium Dome - in Newham, east London, writes Ian Pattison, East London Socialist Party.
5 June 2019
Neglected Newham tenants demand action
For decades, repairs on the homes on the Lawrence Street estate in Canning Town, east London, have been neglected. These homes have also been under threat of demolition. 30 residents met on 30 May to discuss their problems.
15 May 2019
Newham gas workers' strike threat
Newham's Labour council had unilaterally withdrawn call-out payments from gas safety managers. But the east London borough backed down on the eve of strike action.
8 May 2019
The council's proposed rota could leave up to 42 weeks a year without a manager having gas knowledge to deal with emergencies
17 April 2019
Newham bin workers ballot for strikes
Refuse workers employed by Newham Council in east London could have lost more than £20,000 each in the last decade in a dispute over grading.
13 February 2019
Newham: women's refuge funds halved - Labour must use the £500m reserves
We call on Rokhsana Fiaz to set a real "people's budget" - one which uses reserves and borrowing to end austerity
14 November 2018
Newham by-election: We need anti-austerity councillors
Will Moniba support the use of reserves and prudential borrowing powers to legally stave off cuts?
17 October 2018
Newham finance staff fight pay and grading insult
Workers for Newham's Labour-led council who are responsible for processing payments to suppliers are hacked off at bosses for grading their important jobs in a way that gets them less pay.
23 May 2018
Victory: how school strike beat 'academy' privatisers
School workers in Newham, east London, stopped Avenue Primary School becoming a privately run 'academy' earlier this month
16 May 2018
Ronan Point disaster 50 years on
On 16 May 1968, 50 years ago, Ronan Point, a high-rise tower block in Newham, east London, collapsed killing four people and injuring 17
8 May 2018
NEU members at Avenue school have succeeding in stopping the school becoming an academy.
24 April 2018
School strike forces head to say privatisation will stop
Privatisation at Avenue school could be on the verge of defeat
18 April 2018
Avenue School strikers and parents win judicial review
Striking staff and the parents that support them are demanding a ballot, which the governing board seems to be scared of granting - as it's clear the majority of parents oppose academisation
11 April 2018
NEU conference: Teachers vote to strike over pay and workload
The National Education Union (NEU) conference (NUT section - the last ever before fully merged conference next year) took place in Brighton against the backdrop of a perfect storm building in our schools
28 March 2018
Campaign against academies boosted by victories
Teaching staff at three schools in Newham, east London, have been taking strike action
21 March 2018
Strikers and parents rally again in Newham against academies
Newham teachers and parents rallied again as Avenue Primary School took its tenth day of strike action on 15 January
21 March 2018
Hated Blairite mayor ousted: now fight for a no-cuts Newham!
Hated Blairite mayor of Newham Sir Robin Wales has lost the Labour candidacy. The new candidate, Rokhsana Fiaz, must use council reserves and borrowing powers to end the cuts now
14 March 2018
Short reports on some of the latest trade union struggles including Hinkley sit-in victory and Newham academies battle
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