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Angry protest against Coventry Council cuts to vital services
By Coventry Socialist Alternative Tuesday saw a lively protest against Labour-run Coventry City Council plans to slash support for vital...
Feb 22, 20243 min read


6 December 2023 NEC Report
General Secretary Report The General Secretary raised the situation in Israel-Palestine. There has been an escalation in the violence in...
Dec 15, 20235 min read


Support workers at Ash Field Academy win above inflation pay rise after 43 days of strikes!
By Tom Barker, Leicester Socialist Alternative and UNISON rep at Ash Field Academy (personal capacity) After more than 40 days of...
Nov 20, 20235 min read


25th October 2023 NEC report
This was the first proper meeting of the new National Executive Committee, which was elected in June 2023.
Oct 31, 20236 min read


Israel-Palestine: Model motion for working-class solidarity to stop the slaughter in Gaza
This branch expresses its deep solidarity with Palestinian and Israeli civilians impacted by the ongoing events in Israel-Palestine. We...
Oct 24, 20233 min read


Building a fighting, democratic UNISON
By David Jones, member of UNISON’s National Executive Council (NEC) for Local Government (writing in a personal capacity) This summer I...
Oct 8, 20232 min read


Interview with striking education workers at Ash Field Academy
On Strike is the video broadcast of Workers Strike Back, hosted by socialist City Councilmember Kshama Sawant and Bia Lacombe, members of...
Sep 29, 20231 min read


Ash Field Academy strike enters vital phase: Solidarity needed!
Low paid school support workers at Ash Field Academy in Leicester have voted by 85% (with a turnout of 67%) to continue their six-month...
Sep 28, 20233 min read


We need a leadership on the picket lines, not the sidelines
By Kevin Corran, member of UNISON’s National Executive Council (personal capacity) As a new member of the UNISON NEC I have recently been...
Sep 18, 20232 min read


Solidarity with Ash Field Academy strike - model motion for trade union branches
This Trade Union branch recognises that the long running UNISON dispute at Ash Field Academy in Leicester has exposed huge inequalities...
Sep 13, 20232 min read


How do we fight the anti-trade union laws?
By Chas Berry, Socialist Alternative Kent & Medway Laws in the UK designed to prevent or restrict collective action by workers in pursuit...
Sep 6, 20234 min read


RAAC crisis: Tory neglect plays havoc with new term
By Socialist Alternative members in NEU Just as thousands of young people are starting term, excited to start new schools or new courses,...
Sep 3, 20233 min read
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