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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
1 May 2019
Union action needed to fight Tory Derbyshire Council cuts
Derbyshire's local government unions must respond with boldness and determination in the face of the Tory-controlled county council's latest round of austerity.
1 May 2019
Worcester: Fightback against library cuts
The third instalment in the campaign to see off the cuts to services at St John's library, Worcester, took place on 20 April when 30 protesters gathered outside the library itself.
20 March 2019
Victory for Birmingham bin workers
Meeting discusses fight to win other disputes and save services in the city
20 February 2019
Unite union London council workers back Enfield Labour no-cuts call
London local government workers' representatives have agreed to support Enfield North Constituency Labour Party's no-cuts campaign
30 January 2019
Coxford ward byelection: No to cuts - defend our vital services
Following the resignation of independent anti-cuts councillor for Coxford Ward, Keith Morrell, Southampton Socialist Party has selected Sue Atkins to contest the forthcoming byelection.
12 December 2018
Hull council workers fight to protect sick pay
Workers for Kingstown Works Ltd (KWL) in Hull have started a campaign to protect their sick pay scheme with a lobby of Hull North constituency Labour Party (CLP).
24 October 2018
Council workers - historic strike for equal pay
Glasgow council workers made history by striking for equal pay
12 September 2018
Reading council plans privatisation - set a no-cuts budget instead!
Reading Borough Council plans to privatise many of its key services. Bins, parks, road maintenance, housing benefit payments and council tax support are all at risk.
29 August 2018
East Dunbartonshire council workers back further strikes
Unison, GMB and Unite members in East Dunbartonshire council took four days of coordinated strike action at the end of June against the Tory and Lib Dem administration's cuts programme - including a major assault on workers' terms and conditions.
8 December 2017
Local government pay: fight for the 5% claim, fully funded
Over a million council and school workers have been waiting to see if there would be any relief from their constant falling living standards as they have watched their pay fall by 21% in real terms since 2010.
4 October 2017
Surveying Labour councillors - will they fight cuts?
Jeremy Corbyn's Labour conference speech was greeted with predictable hostility by big business representatives like the CBI
19 September 2017
Bin workers vote to continue action following rally
The bin workers have voted overwhelmingly to continue with strike action
26 July 2017
Birmingham council is playing dirty in the ongoing bin dispute
26 July 2017
Bron Afon workers strike against £3,000 pay cut
Support workers for Bron Afon housing association in Cwmbran, south Wales, have taken their third day of strike action against a £3,000 annual pay cut imposed by management on the staff in the Supported Living Team.
28 June 2017
Council union responds to Grenfell
"From day one following the fire, our members were on the ground arranging accommodation for those victims, unloading lorries and distributing items"
22 February 2017
Leicester Unison no-cuts budget call
Leicester is a city dominated by Labour, with a Lib-Dem/Tory opposition group composed of just two councillors. However, like all other Labour councils up and down the country, they have been busy passing on Tory cuts with gusto (and crocodile tears).
9 February 2017
Southampton: no-cuts budget needed
Starved of cash by continued Tory funding cuts, Labour councils are facing another round of budget cuts, writes Nick Chaffey.
11 January 2017
Haringey: pressure grows as Labour council cuts
Haringey council's 'scrutiny committee' will apparently recommend a delay to a massive social cleansing regeneration scheme. This is a victory for local campaigners and a blow to the local right-wing Labour leadership, who face increasing opposition.
1 December 2016
Protest against Glasgow Labour's scab workforce plan to defeat Unison strike
An appeal for solidarity with strike action
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