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30 October 2019
London - 'autumn of discontent'
Independent union United Voices of the World (UVW) has launched an 'autumn of discontent' with strikes by outsourced, low-paid, mainly migrant workers.
9 October 2019
BEIS: Outsourced caterers' indefinite strike victory
More than nine months of action, including three months on indefinite strike, have paid off
31 July 2019
"BEIS: stop pISSing about and give outsourcing the boot!"
Catering workers and cleaners, members of civil service union PCS, walked out on indefinite strike action on 15 July at the government's business department,
8 May 2019
Hull dinner ladies protest against loss of week's pay
I was told by one dinner lady that they face a week's loss in pay, from a four-day delay due to changes in their payment schedule
1 May 2019
Scandinavian Airlines walkout disrupts Nordic air travel
Hundreds of flights in Norway, Sweden and Denmark have been cancelled as 1,400 pilots for Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) began strike action on 26 April.
10 April 2019
Southampton Hospital security workers strike
The workers lack sufficient 'personal protective equipment' - for months they have sustained serious injuries, and found no support from bosses
3 April 2019
Chesterfield hospital privatisation plans
Chesterfield Royal Hospital is going ahead with plans to introduce a wholly owned subsidiary company - Derbyshire Support and Facilitates Services.
31 October 2018
Call to arms by Southampton council unions
Unite and Unison unions representing Southampton City Council staff have declared that they will oppose and campaign against budget cuts announced by the Labour administration.
24 October 2018
Health services in meltdown - fight to save our NHS
In the last two years, infant mortality rates in England and Wales have risen for the first time in over a century.
11 July 2018
NHS Leeds: Campaigners halt outsourcing... for now
Campaigners had a big reason to be cheerful at the events marking the 70th anniversary of the NHS in Leeds.
20 June 2018
Yorks NHS workers fight outsourcing
Mid Yorkshire Unison members and public supporters lobbied a Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust board meeting held on 14 June
13 June 2018
NHS workers plan coordinated strikes across West Yorks against outsourcing
Four Yorkshire branches of health union Unison are balloting simultaneously for strikes against plans to transfer estates and facilities workers into separate companies - owned by NHS trusts, but outside the NHS.
30 May 2018
900-strong north west NHS strike
A historic strike has taken place at three hospitals in the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust.
11 April 2018
May elections: a chance to fight attacks on health and social care
Here's how councils can stop health cuts: Too often, councils will wring their hands and pass the buck when it comes to standing up to Tory plans for our NHS
28 March 2018
British Museum: Carillion workers demand to be brought back in-house
I had the pleasure of supporting PCS members working for Carillion outside the British Museum at their protest on 20 March calling for the cleaning and facilities management contract to be brought back in-house, writes Chris Baugh, PCS assistant general secretary.
7 February 2018
Capita in crisis: bring all outsourcers back in-house
Shares in outsourcing giant Capita have collapsed following the company's profit warning to shareholders. This follows shortly after its competitor Carillion sank into liquidation, and underlines further the fragile state of British capitalism.
7 February 2018
York socialists head resistance to NHS outsourcing
There has been a consistent campaign in York to resist secret plans by the local NHS trust to establish a limited liability company at York Hospital.
31 January 2018
Unite members employed by OCS working in Hackney schools have won a fantastic victory
24 January 2018
Carillion crisis exposes PFI chaos
Letters to the editors: short comments on the Carillion crisis
24 January 2018
Turn Carillion crisis into movement against privatisation and capitalism
Outsourcing, PFI, privatisation, as in Carillion, is 'reverse socialism'. It is nothing other than a highly efficient wealth transfusion system. We need a movement to kick out these profiteers from public services
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