Trade Union

By George Phillips, Cardiff University Socialist Students Staff were protesting throughout Cardiff University’s graduation week – 17 to 21 July. It’s part of the University and College Union’s (UCU) long-running dispute over pay, pensions, working conditions and workload. Throughout the week, UCU members handed out sashes and badges for graduating students to wear. Students were running towards the UCU stall ...

By Alec Thraves (Swansea Trades Council and Socialist Party) Hundreds of NASUWT members walked out of secondary schools across Swansea to support one of their colleagues who is being victimised by Swansea’s Labour controlled council. 92% voted for strike action to defend a male teacher who intervened to stop two boys fighting. After being initially disciplined, the teacher was exonerated ...

By Rob Williams, Socialist Party Industrial Organiser Steelworkers from the Unite, GMB and Community trade unions marched down Whitehall to Parliament Square on Wednesday behind the #SaveOurSteel banner. Protesting together with them were striking South London outsourced NHS workers in the GMB on their own demonstration, with both groups of workers joining in with each other’s chants. Workers had travelled ...

By Dave Warren (Swansea Socialist Party and Secretary of the PCS Associate and Retired Members Section in Wales) Pickets at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) were in determined mood when Socialist Party members visited their picket line on Friday 16th June. Workers engaged in despatching driving licences and vehicle registration documents to the public had been on strike ...

Tower Colliery National Union of Mineworkers’ Lodge Secretary 1969-1994 • Tower Workers’ Cooperative Chair 1994-2023 By Mariam Kamish, Tower NUM Lodge Committee (personal capacity) and Socialist Party Wales Tyrone O’Sullivan became a household name in 1994, as the South Wales miner and trade unionist who led his members to a stunning victory when they stood up to Tory plans to ...

By Beth Webster RCN Wales member The nurses’ strikes continue in Wales. As many as 40 were on our picket line at University Hospital Wales, in Cardiff. Public support has been excellent from passing traffic. Staff feel the turnout on the picket line has been affected by the acceptance of deals by other unions and the Royal College of Nursing ...

Editorial of the Socialist issue 1229 Organise coordinated action in defence of unions punished by the law, including, if needed, a 24-hour general strike Labour authorities must refuse to issue work notices now On Monday 22 May, with trade unionists demonstrating outside parliament, Tory MPs voted the anti-strike Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill through the House of Commons, meaning that ...

By Dave Reid An important section of the workforce at Newport Passport Office have begun five weeks of strike action as part of action by 1,000 Passport Office workers nationally. Members of PCS, the civil service union, in the examination department at the office are taking action until May 5th to fight for a decent pay rise. The government has ...

By NEU Cymru members NEU Cymru has called off strike action on March 15th/16th after a revised offer was received from the Welsh government. But many NEU Cymru members are unhappy with the new offer and the cancellation of industrial action yet again by the union leadership. This is the response of Socialist Party members of NEU Cymru: “The solid ...

By John Williams (Cardiff East Socialist Party) Labour-led Cardiff city council are attempting to push through the privatisation of St David’s Hall, (currently in public hands) to Live-Nation, quoting a maintenance backlog of £55m- which is actually more like £9m, according to the campaign organisers against the plans. They’ve refused to seek alternative funding streams, despite a signed letter from ...