Unison
Sunak savages workers as Tories signal new austerity assaults
25 November 2020Although it is just the beginning, it is a clear signal that the Tories want working class people to bail out a system in crisis.
Optare manufacturing strikers escalate their strikes to win higher pay
24 November 2020Workers at bus manufacturer Optare, near Leeds, have upped the ante in the fight for higher pay.
Scotrail+Justice for Ricky Reel+Delivery workers strike+Vote Paul Holmes+BT and Beis ballots
23 November 2020Guards on Scotrail are preparing for their first day of strikes over abuse of disciplinary procedures.
Turn out for Paul Holmes + Battling the outsourcers
16 November 2020Members of the Unison union have just over a week left to return their votes in the general secretary election.
New strikes called at We Are With You + Scotrail action+ Brighton University + Heartlands hospital
16 November 2020Rehab charity workers at We Are With You—formerly Addaction—in Wigan and Leigh have announced another round of walkouts for equal pay.
More victories for cleaners + Stop attacks on McKenzie + 40,000 balloted in BT + Bin workers’ fight in Doncaster
09 November 2020Facebook cleaning workers who work for the outsourcing company To Go have won the London living wage off the back of protests.
Interview with Paul Holmes—‘Unions need to use their power for their members’
26 October 2020Sarah Bates talked to socialist candidate Paul Holmes about his plans to shake things up in the public sector trade union
Fights for jobs by tanker drivers and at Rolls-Royce
20 October 2020Fuel tanker drivers employed by Hoyer Petrolog UK have overwhelmingly voted for strikes over job cuts.
‘We’ll keep fighting,’ say We Are With You rehab strikers
05 October 2020Workers at We Are With You rehab service in Wigan and Leigh ended their two-week strike last week. But the battle is far from over.
Rehab workers lead the way as they come to end of ten day strike
01 October 2020Striking rehab workers from Wigan and Leigh took their fight for equal pay to We Are With You’s headquarters in central London on Thursday.
Over 100 branches back Paul Holmes for Unison leader
28 September 2020Left activists in Unison are celebrating this week after scoring a fantastic result in the nominations for the Unison general secretary election.
We Are With You, a vital battle for pay justice and the NHS
28 September 2020Rehab workers in Wigan and Leigh working for We Are With You began the second round of their ten-day strike for equal pay on Monday.
Strike threat at Soas university stops redundancies
22 September 2020Workers at Soas University of London have pushed back compulsory redundancies by threatening strikes.
Rehab workers in Wigan begin tens days of strikes for pay equality
22 September 2020Alcohol and drug rehabworkers in Wigan and Leigh launched a ten-day walkout on Monday in their long-running fight for pay equality.
Care workers celebrate court victory over low pay
16 September 2020A group of care workers have won a significant legal victory that ruled they should be paid for time spent travelling between clients
Ten days of strikes against We Are With You bosses
14 September 2020Alcohol and drug rehab workers in Wigan and Leigh in north west England are returning to the picket lines in their long-running fight for pay equality
Socialist on ballot paper for Unison general secretary + Soas strike vote + Trans rights march
07 September 2020Socialist candidate Paul Holmes has won enough nominations to guarantee a place on the ballot paper for the Unison union general secretary election.
Manchester LGBT+ demo AND Napier strike vote gets results AND Sheffield Deliveroo revolt
25 August 2020A protest was called by a Polish LGBT+ activist living in Britain to express solidarity with LGBT+ people in Poland facing vicious bigotry
Left candidate for union general secretary says, ‘Let's shake up Unison’
18 August 2020Paul Holmes is winning wide support on a platform of pushing for a fighting and member-led union
Tower Hamlets strikers block road as defiant resistance continues
17 August 2020Workers in east London finished their latest round of strikes by marching to demand the Labour council call off their attacks.
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