Unison
Reports round-up
20 November 2018Workers at Street Crane in Chapel en le Frith, Derbyshire, struck on Monday and Tuesday.
Carers reject extra hours or a cut in pay
13 November 2018Around 80 care workers struck over five days from last Saturday to stop a devastating pay cut.
Hundreds of Unison union members call for the reinstatement of Karen Reissmann
13 November 2018Unison union members have launched a campaign to defend leading health worker Karen Reissmann.
Overwhelming votes say no to 3 percent pay deals
13 November 2018A battle over local government pay in Scotland could be looming after more workers rejected their latest pay offer.
Unison must back heroic Birmingham care strikers
12 November 2018Birmingham’s fighting care workers were set to strike again this week.
Birmingham care strike to save services
06 November 2018Care workers are unleashing a huge wave of strikes at Birmingham City Council after a successful five-day strike from last Friday.
Somerset care workers plan walkouts to stop Sirona bosses’ pay cut plan
06 November 2018Low-paid care workers in Bath and North East Somerset are preparing to strike to head off attempts to slash their pay.
Karen Reissmann - victimised for speaking out against health pay deal?
06 November 2018Solidarity is growing for a nurse and leading union activist who has been suspended from holding office in the Unison union.
Why women workers are still fighting to win equal wages
05 November 2018A mass strike at Glasgow City Council last month exposed how women workers are still fighting for equality. Sarah Bates looks at how councils have got away with this for so long
Stand with Karen Reissmann and the fight for NHS pay
01 November 2018A leading health worker in Unison has been suspended from holding office in the union, according to leaked internal emails.
Confident mood on the picket line as Bradford university staff strike to save jobs
01 November 2018Workers at Bradford university are on strike to defend jobs and conditions. The Unison union members, representing cleaners, cooks, gardeners, technicians, security guards and admin staff, began a three-day strike on Wednesday.
Dinner ladies won’t let up strike for jobs
30 October 2018Unison union members at Ladywood Primary School in Grimethorpe, South Yorkshire, are not giving up in their fight against job cuts.
The women that make Glasgow are striking back
26 October 2018Working class women make Glasgow. That’s the message last week’s stunning 48-hour strike sent out as Glasgow City Council (GCC) services ground to a halt.
Solidarity and sympathy strikes as workers refuse to cross Glasgow pay picket lines
24 October 2018A fight for equal pay is sparking a strike wave across Glasgow City Council (GCC).
Teaching assistants & dinner ladies unite
23 October 2018Threat of more strikes defeats the lying health bosses in Bolton
19 October 2018Hundreds of striking porters, cleaners and domestics in Bolton show the way to fight attacks on pay, NHS privatisation and outsourcing, argues Tomáš Tengely-Evans
Push for more action on pay and pensions in universities
16 October 2018UCU union members were set to meet for a special one-day congress in Manchester on Thursday of this week. The aim is to discuss business that was not heard at the union’s annual congress earlier this year.
Support the Glasgow strike for equal pay
16 October 2018A key battle in the fight for women’s equality is about to take place in Glasgow. Workers across council services and schools are getting ready for a two-day walkout, reports Sarah Bates
Reports round up: Support grows for all out walkout by dinner ladies
16 October 2018Dinner ladies at Ladywood School in Grimethorpe, South Yorkshire, are keeping up their indefinite strike against redundancies.
Bolton strikers take on the outsourcing health bosses
15 October 2018A walkout by hundreds of outsourced workers in Greater Manchester could help to push back the influence of private companies across the health service, argues Tomáš Tengely-Evans
Click here to download this weeks paper in PDF format, plain text format, and browse previous issues.
- Deportation policy ‘poses a serious threat to the rule of law’
- As Tory hypocrites decry the damage they caused - get them all out
- Ground Heathrow expansion plan to save the planet
- Pensioners plan protests to stop cuts to free TV licences
- How system treats refugees with a bureaucratic cruelty
- Activists block roads to kick off Edinburgh week of climate action
Get In Touch
Socialist Worker is your paper. If you're involved in activity, send us a report. If you've got something to say, send us a letter.
Enter your email address below to receive our breakfast in red email updates each morning
Follow us
Become a fan
RSS Feed