As the situation worsens, we are working longer hours for less pay. This is all why the richest get richer. Make no mistake, the richest are not suffering under this crisis. The burden is being put on the working class. By uniting, coming together and fighting against the system, we can win. Join us and fight. Read more about the suffering for worker’s under the crisis.
53 years ago, women at the Dagenham Ford factory began a strike that became a turning point in the fight for equality. “We didn’t think we were that strong.” Sheila Douglass It was not the first such strike, and it would certainly not be the last. However, by standing up Read more…
Capitalist states are thus arming themselves with greater coercive powers and undermining the right to organise in advance. Without a working-class fightback, any curtailment of democratic rights introduced with the excuse of the pandemic will be made permanent and used to stifle the ability of workers and youth, and their organisations to organise and fight.
In an interview with Socialist Appeal activists on the picket line, striking worker Scott explained: “They said move out of London or just find another job. That is not acceptable to us.”
The first national strike of Amazon workers in Italy took place on Monday 22 March, after Amazon’s management walked away from the negotiating table. Although it is difficult to measure the exact level of participation, the strike was a resounding success.
Pupils across England are returning to school last Monday, as the government ignores the warnings of teachers and scientific advisors. We cannot trust the Tories with children’s health and education. Instead, we need to put workers in control.
At school we are usually presented with a sanitised picture of how capitalism arose in Britain. The story goes something like this: The Industrial Revolution was primarily the result of entrepreneurial ingenuity and technological innovation. The peasants, who were looking for work, migrated into the burgeoning cities where they were Read more…
Last Sunday, Boris Johnson insisted on multiple occasions that the majority of primary schools in England would fully open the following day, on Monday 4 January. He repeatedly assured that they would be safe for students and staff. These assertions from the Prime Minister came despite a planned week-long delay in exam-sitting pupils (those in Read more…
The recent announcement by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) governmental body is a slap in the face for all Postgraduate students. They have announced they will not provide further funded extensions for students who will finish their research after 30th September 2021. Whilst this may be welcome for students in that situation, the vast majority of postgraduate students have been left by the wayside.
Non-teaching staff in higher education (HE) have been ‘offered’ a derisory 0% pay ‘rise’ this year. In the middle of a pandemic where union members are on the frontline in universities, workers are seeing just how much they are valued by management. The joint union claim was for a mere Read more…
Schools in England are reopening today. The mood amongst teachers, students, and parents is one of unease and anxiety. Rather than opening in the knowledge that adequate safety measures are in place to protect schools and communities, many are expecting school closures in the coming weeks, as the ‘R-rate’ Read more…
On March 12 SOAS management circulated an email to all students and staff regarding the first confirmed case of a student testing positive with COVID-19. The actions taken by the university included informing those in close contact with the student and sanitising any known rooms that the student had Read more…
On 7 March, the first case of coronavirus in Loughborough was confirmed after a student at Loughborough University tested positive. The university’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Robert Allison, was quick to send out an email reassuring staff and students that the threat was low and that, because “all guidance from Read more…
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