‘We shut the gates!’ Report from Birmingham mega-picket
By Jeremy Dewar Many hundreds of workers poured into Lifford Lane in south Birmingham from 6am onwards, many with banners […]
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Birmingham bin strike: Test for Labour
The Tories are up in arms, demanding Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner intervenes in the Birmingham bin strike. Their aim? Convene a Cobra meeting and break the strike by drafting in private sector scab labour.
Lambeth Labour imposes £99 million cuts
By Jeremy Dewar Austerity returned to Lambeth, South London in a big way last month. The right wing clique that
Bankrupt Britain: how councils go bust
Bankruptcy proceedings filed up and down the country by local
councils are the legacy of 14 years of Tory war on public services.
Local government: vote yes and organise to strike!
Over half a million council and school employees are currently balloting for strike action to win a real pay rise. If successful, this would be the biggest strike yet in the wave of action over the cost of living crisis. But the task is huge.
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The limits of municipal socialism: A review of Radical Lambeth by Simon Hannah
Dave Stocking Radical Lambeth: 1978-1991 by Simon Hannah
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We need to coordinate public sector pay ballots
By Rebecca Anderson THERE IS a real opportunity for coordinated strike action between two of Britain’s largest workforces: council workers,
The end of the eviction ban threatens many thousands with homelessness
170,000 private tenants have been threatened with eviction.
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Tower Hamlets Labour declares war on council workers
The Unison branch at Tower Hamlets Council organised a solid three day strike against the unilateral mass sacking of the entire work force.
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Defrosting Unison
By Jeremy Dewar LOCAL GOVERNMENT officers, health workers and school support staff will gather in Brighton in mid-June ostensibly to
Local Government: Union leaders prepare fresh capitulation
By Jeremy Dewar, Unison rep, pc Another year, another pay cut. Or so it seems. As we go to press,
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Local government: reject the pay offer – fight for five per cent!
By a Unison schools convenor There are 1.3 million local government and school support workers – 78 per cent of
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Organise the Left for London council campaigns
WITH COUNCIL elections looming in London, the Tory press is full of increasingly worried articles about a Labour landslide. Pollsters
Birmingham bin strike: class solidarity trumps party unity
By Bernie McAdam AFTER SEVEN weeks of strike action and an apparent agreement with council chiefs, it seemed sense had
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Labour needs to fight back against council cuts
THE MOVEMENT that twice elected Jeremy Corbyn to Labour leader is defined by its opposition to austerity. But local government
Lambeth resistance grows
By Simon Hardy The movement emerging in Lambeth could act as a model for everyone fighting council cuts across the
Save Lambeth Libraries protest is a reality check for Labour councils
By KD Tait The campaign to defend Lambeth’s 10 public libraries from the Labour council’s closure and outsourcing plans saw
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South London campaigners step up housing fight
Saturday saw more than one thousand council tenants and activists march against the Housing Bill and the demolition of the
Motion: Labour councils should oppose local government cuts
A motion committing Labour branches to opposing local government budget cuts
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Local government cuts: 5 key facts
£11.3 billion will be cut from total central government grants to councils by 2016 From 2010-2015 council budgets were cut