Why the UCU strike ballot failed
A national ballot for strike action over university lecturers’ pay has fallen short of the Tory-set threshold, despite UCU members smashing the same barrier earlier this year. Why the change in mood?
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PCS: support Janice Godrich for AGS!
The nomination process is underway for elections inside PCS, the civil servant’s union. Socialist Appeal is backing Janice Godrich for the position of assistant general secretary.
Life of a university admin worker: “I can’t wait to go on strike”
Ballots close this week in the vote among Unison members in higher education about potential strike action. In this letter, a university admin worker explains why they have been pushed into taking action.
Fighting the far right: lessons from the DFLA counter-demos
Saturday’s counter-demonstrations against the far right showed the potential way forward in smashing any reactionary threat. But the left’s strength is currently being squandered by an apolitical and disunited leadership.
Britain’s super rich prepare for battle against a Corbyn government
With the prospect of a Corbyn Labour government growing stronger by the day, the capitalists are openly showing their disruptive intentions.
Nurses rage against union leadership
Grassroots members of the Royal College of Nursing have voiced their anger against their leaders, delivering them a vote of no confidence for their scandalous actions.
For a fighting union leadership: interview with PCS President Janice Godrich
Rob Sewell interviews Janice Godrich, the long-standing president of the civil servants’ union PCS, who discusses how to transform the unions into weapons against austerity.
Organising the ‘unorganisable’: militant strike shows the way forward
The co-ordinated strike action by workers at three major restaurant chains last week shows how to go about organising those in precarious industries.
Support striking hospitality workers: voices from the inside
We publish here reports from those involved in tomorrow’s historic strike of workers from across the notoriously exploitative and precarious food service industry.
Labour4Clause4 campaign finds an echo at Labour conference
Socialist Appeal supporters report from this week’s Labour4Clause4 fringe meeting in Liverpool, where there was strong support for the demand to bring back Clause 4.
Tees health workers stop privatisation attempts
NHS workers in the north-east have been fighting against changes that would see creeping privatisation and attacks on staff conditions. We spoke to one of the workers who led the struggle.
Manoeuvres stop mandatory reselection in face of grassroots support
Socialist Appeal supporters in Liverpool report from inside the Labour Party conference, where a stitch-up from the union tops has kept mandatory reselection off the table.