Coronavirus
Letters—Bosses ignoring our safety to keep shipyard open
30 January 2021I work in a shipyard and we’ve been open throughout the Covid-19 lockdown.
Vicious racist history feeds fear of Covid-19 vaccine
29 January 2021There are fears that some black people will reject the Covid-19 vaccine. Socialist Worker looks at how abhorrent treatment at the hands of the state and doctors is to blame
Prison death figures reveal terrible toll of Tories’ ‘law and order’ rhetoric
29 January 2021Six prisoners are dying a week in English and Welsh prisons—nearly one a day.
Tory vaccine rollout fails black and Asian people despite higher risk of death
27 January 2021Black and Asian people have died from coronavirus in disproportionate numbers because of disastrous Tory policies and systematic racism. And now it’s emerged that NHS England hadn’t even been counting how many had have been vaccinated.
‘Years of cuts hinder the roll out,’ says NHS vaccine worker
25 January 2021Years of NHS cuts and Tory mismanagement of the pandemic are slowing down efforts to vaccinate people in one of the areas hardest hit by Covid-19.
Over 500 Covid-19 cases at DVLA Swansea
25 January 2021Workers are “scared” of catching Covid-19 in a major government office where more than 500 people have caught the virus thanks to uncaring bosses.
People Before Profit activists’ meeting plans action against Tories
25 January 2021Over 500 people discussed how to take forward the “fight for safety, jobs and survival” at the People Before Profit (PBP) national activists’ meeting on Sunday
Covid-19 vaccine—who will be to blame if the poor are again left to die?
23 January 2021The rollout of Covid-19 vaccination programmes helps governments claim they are in control of the coronavirus pandemic. But the vaccine isn’t for everyone—the poorest are being left behind. And ultimately the scheming of powerful states and pharmaceutical firms put everyone at risk
Black and Asian workers hit hardest by pandemic job losses
22 January 2021Black and Asian workers have been hit the most by job cuts during the pandemic.
‘It’s profit over health always’—workers forced into unsafe workplaces speak out
21 January 2021Coronavirus outbreaks are hitting workplaces every day as the Tories’ latest lockdown fails to keep working class people safe.
School workers are up to seven times more likely to contract Covid-19
20 January 2021Devastating figures reveal the human cost of Tory lies about 'safe schools'
Anti-apartheid hero Ronnie Kasrils slams South African police attack on disabled people
20 January 2021There is anger in South Africa after police water-cannoned poor, black, disabled people while a government minister looked on.
Vaccine hesitancy a result of racism
19 January 2021Who’s to blame if black people refuse the jab?
Parents denied furlough payments by the bosses
18 January 2021A majority of parents who have asked for furlough to take care of their children while schools are shut have been refused by bosses.
Thousands of workers forced back to unsafe workplaces
18 January 2021Thousands of workers across England have felt pressured to return to workplaces, despite government advice to work from home.
Turn anger over NHS pay into effective action
18 January 2021It’s urgent that the heath unions step up campaigning to win a pay rise for all NHS workers.
Letters—blame the government for the pressures of online education
18 January 2021I write as a grandparent of two primary age grandchildren and as a retired teacher. I think there is a lot of pressure from the department for education on heads to try to force their staff to provide huge amounts of work for their pupils
University of East London cleaners fight victimisation of union rep
17 January 2021Outsourced workers at the University of East London (UEL) are fighting victimisation after daring to fight back.
‘Intensive care is in crisis and it’s about to get worse’—nurse speaks out
15 January 2021Plans to enlarge intensive care units by allowing nurses to care for more than one patient puts people at risk. Nurse and union rep Joan Pons Laplana spoke to Socialist Worker about the dangers, and why putting profit first created a disaster for the NHS
Ambulance workers say low grade protective masks are putting lives at risk
14 January 2021Failure to provide ambulance workers with the highest grade protective equipment is putting lives at risk, a London paramedic has told Socialist Worker.
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