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NSSN rally, September 2021
1 September 2021
Click here for a report. Speakers included: Sharon Graham - newly-elected Unite gen sec; Sarah Woolley - BFAWU gen sec; Carmel Gates - Nipsa gen sec (designate); Joe Simpson - POA deputy gen sec; Joe Kirby - RMT NEC & offshore worker
23 January 2019
Wales is Europe's prisoner capital: capitalist cutters' crimes to blame
A socialist justice system would have rehabilitation and protection, not profit, as its goal
14 September 2018
POA walkout over government failure to make prisons safe
An interview with the POA DGS Joe Simpson
22 August 2018
Prison crisis: a catastrophe of cuts and privatisation
Birmingham Prison has become the latest in a long line of catastrophic failures of privatisation
11 July 2018
NSSN conference 2018: Mood for fighting action and coordination
"I'm sick and tired of hearing that the trade union movement is on its way out," declared Linda Taaffe in opening the conference
13 June 2018
Vote Mike Rolfe for Napo general secretary
Napo is struggling to make a significant difference to the working lives of members. In five years, the incumbent, Ian Lawrence, has been unable to stop a decline in membership, and it is time for him to step aside.
11 September 2017
NSSN lobby of the TUC 2017: rank-and-file solidarity to smash the pay cap
The National Shop Stewards Network rally in Brighton on 10 September was the most inspiring yet
12 July 2017
The left unions and the Labour Party affiliation debate
Who controls the Labour Party remains unresolved. The pro-capitalist right wing uses the structures established under years of Blairism to preserve its position while plotting its next move
22 March 2017
Short reports on some of the latest trade union struggles. Subway poverty pay; prison officers' tribunal victory; Deliveroo Leeds demo; Forest Hill School strike.
15 February 2017
The latest government statistics show yet another record high in prison deaths and violence
22 December 2016
Why prison officers rejected pay and pensions deal
A prison officer explains the truth surrounding the deal. The guaranteed three year pay deal of 0.5-1% a year is a fallacy: neither the government or the national offender management service have the power to implement this.
23 November 2016
Lessons of the 'N30' 2011 pension strike
The fifth anniversary of the public sector pension strike allows an opportunity to reflect on the most significant and defining trade union struggle of the recent period.
15 November 2016
Mass prison officer walkout over health and safety
The last issue of the Socialist published an article by a prison officer detailing the reasons for the crisis in the prisons and calling for action. On 15 November action was taken.
9 November 2016
Reading the Socialist can boost our confidence to fight back. Cover to cover, you can hear working class people in their own words. It's an antidote to the pro-austerity ideas festering in the mainstream media and among establishment politicians.
9 November 2016
Letters to the Socialist's editors including Suez strife, Blake benefits and tax trouble.
9 November 2016
Action needed to defend workers at the sharp end of prisons crisis
The latest national statistics on safety in our prison system were released recently. These quarterly figures have been breaking records and setting new "unprecedented highs" systematically since 2010 - a year which 'coincidentally' ties in with the culling of 7,000 prison officers' jobs.
14 September 2016
NSSN lobby of the TUC: an urgent time for our movement
"As a junior doctor, I am asking the TUC to call a day of action to support us" said a doctor in summing up a major theme of the NSSN rally
13 July 2016
Prison officers in England and Wales staged unofficial walkouts on 8 July
11 May 2016
Prison officers walk out over health and safety
Over 50 workers at Wormwood Scrubs prison walked out over health and safety issues on 6 May. The Prison Officers' Association said the move comes after recent assaults on staff, and said the jail was "flooded with drugs, mobile phones and weapons".
4 May 2016
Short reports on some of the latest trade union struggles including Blacklisting victory, Leicester teachers campaign and POA conference.
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