Britain’s two main pseudo-left groups, the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and Socialist Party (SP), are scrambling to shore up the authority of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) bureaucracy in the face of mounting opposition to its capitulation before Royal Mail. In opposition to an enforced pay award of just 2 …
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The Conservative government, immediately following the resignation of Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the triggering of a leadership contest, last week announced massive de facto pay cuts for more than two million public sector workers. Clinical staff care for a patient with coronavirus in the intensive care unit at the …
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Home | The Socialist 19 January 2022 | Join the Socialist Party Subscribe | Donate | Audio | PDF | ebook Royal Mail workers, photo Socialist Party (Click to enlarge) CWU member A number of Royal Mail delivery offices have taken unofficial industrial action since the New Year, all of …
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Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1162/33571 Home | The Socialist 12 January 2022 | Join the Socialist Party Subscribe | Donate | Audio | PDF | ebook A Royal Mail depot, photo JB (Click to enlarge) Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) members in the Royal Mail delivery office in Invergordon, north of …
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Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1161/33516 Home | The Socialist 6 January 2022 | Join the Socialist Party Subscribe | Donate | Audio | PDF | ebook Royal Mail managers intimidation post privatisation CWU, photo Paul Mattsson (Click to enlarge) As we go to press, Communication Workers Union (CWU) members in …
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Talks between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union will end in job losses By a socialist postal worker 31 July 2020 The following comment article was submitted to the WSWS by a British postal worker. Talks between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) mark a new …
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Link to this page: http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1070/30143 Home | The Socialist 22 January 2020 | Join the Socialist Party Subscribe | Donate | Audio | PDF | ebook Solidarity with the CWU, photo Paul Mattsson (Click to enlarge) Gary Clark, secretary, CWU Scotland no 2 branch The Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) has …
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4 December 2019 Selling the Socialist Since the general election was called, Swansea Branch has been organising at least three city centre and one campus campaign stalls a week, usually comprised of a main Socialist Party campaign stall and a separate Young Socialist stall nearby 4 December 2019 Hillsborough justice …
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Link to this page: http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1057/29604 Home | The Socialist 25 September 2019 | Join the Socialist Party Subscribe | Donate | Audio | PDF | ebook Socialist Party members protesting outside parliament against Boris Johnson, photo S. Stanicic (Click to enlarge) Six defeats in parliament in six weeks. A ‘majority’ …
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Home | The Socialist 11 September 2019 | Join the Socialist Party Subscribe | Donate | Audio | PDF | ebook PCS members marching against cuts, photo Senan (Click to enlarge) Socialist Party members in PCS Prior to the conference of the Trade Union Congress, a motion was put by …
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