Privatisation
Glasgow council IT strikers show how to defend conditions
24 January 2017Glasgow council IT workers voted last week to accept a deal that protects their jobs, terms and conditions and current employment status in the event of privatisation.
Tories and privateers caused the chaos in the NHS, not migrants
17 January 2017Nobody can seriously deny the crisis in the NHS. But some want to deflect the blame from the Tories and scapegoat migrants for the problems.
Defeat for government over higher education bill should encourage resistance
10 January 2017Lords voted against the government yesterday, Monday, to support an amendment to the Higher Education and Research Bill.
The NHS is on life support with a severe case of Tory cuts
10 January 2017The British Red Cross declared a “humanitarian crisis” in the NHS after it was drafted in to stop the health service breaking down.
Solid Southern train drivers' strike shuts down routes into London
13 December 2016A powerful train drivers’ strike shut the Southern rail network on Tuesday as the Aslef union members began a two-day walkout. They planned another 24-hour strike this Friday.
Glasgow IT workers fear strike busters will undermine action against Labour council
06 December 2016Evidence of illegal strike-breaking has emerged amid an IT workers’ walkout, reports Raymie Kiernan
Guards' strike and drivers' action hit Southern rail but bosses run to the courts
06 December 2016Southern rail was hit by a three-day train guards’ strike and a drivers’ overtime ban from Tuesday of this week.
NHS victory in Nottingham hits privateers Carillion
29 November 2016Campaigners fighting to defend the NHS across Britain can take heart from a victory against outsourcing giant Carillion in Nottingham last week.
Guards strike for safer trains on Southern
22 November 2016Also: SNP urged to nationalise Scotrail after one train cuts off Edinburgh
Sandwell workers are ready to fight for children’s services
22 November 2016Also: strike vote over attack on social work teams in Kirklees
NHS trusts told to hush up damaging new cuts—as Branson grabs £700 million deal
15 November 2016Health bosses have been instructed to keep secret damaging plans that would see hospital departments and services axed across England.
Why should Scottish FE college workers waste time voting on ‘not a penny more’?
08 November 2016Also: Privatisation opens third front in Glasgow council battle
Campaigners unite across Britain to stop Tory attacks on the NHS
08 November 2016Opposition is growing to the Tories’ Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) for the NHS. STPs would slash hospital departments and services across England.
Rail workers protest and look to spread the fight against Southern rail bosses Govia
01 November 2016Up to 200 rail workers from every region across Britain protested in Westminster on Tuesday in support of train guards on Southern rail.
Thousands take to the streets to beat Tory health cuts in the NHS
01 November 2016Two huge marches to defend local services show a mood to defend the NHS, writes Tomáš Tengely-Evans
Southern rail owners trouser millions in public money despite failed service
25 October 2016the Tories’ favourite rail firm stands to pocket another £48 million despite its woeful Southern rail service.
'We'd take money off the devil'—meet the property speculators carving up your city
21 October 2016Alistair Farrow goes undercover at the Mipim UK property speculators' convention
'Southern rail - do your worst' say defiant striking train guards
11 October 2016Train guards were defiant as they began a three-day strike on Tuesday against Southern rail bosses’ plans to introduce the dangerous Driver Only Operation (DOO).
Housing demo hits awards event to protest over selloffs and demolitions
11 October 2016Activists protested outside the annual Stirling Awards for architecture on Thursday of last week.
LETTERS: Richard Branson is taking Virgin passengers for a ride
30 August 2016Richard Branson was keen to try and prove that Jeremy Corbyn did not have to sit on the floor of one of his overcrowded, overpriced trains.
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