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Swansea teachers take action against bullying council employer

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 ...

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DVLA Workers Still in Fighting Mood

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 ...

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Swansea hosts biggest TUC roadshow meeting

By Swansea Socialist Party reporters Monday 10th October saw 100 or so trade unionists and community campaigners attend a rally jointly hosted by Swansea Trades Council and Wales TUC as part of the We Demand Better roadshow campaign. Chaired by WTUC GS Shav Taj, Speakers Included PCS GS Mark Serwotka,  Kevin Courtney GS of the NEU, John Leech AGS of ...

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Geoff Jones – 1937-2022

Saluting a much-valued and longstanding comrade By Alec Thraves The passing of Geoff Jones, after a long illness, has been met with sadness, but also pride and appreciation amongst those Socialist Party members in the Swansea and West Wales branch, throughout Socialist Party Wales and across the rest of the party, who had the opportunity of politically engaging with our ...

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Swansea Trades Council pledges to fight local government cuts

By Dave Warren,  Treasurer, Swansea Trades Council Swansea Trades Council held an open conference on 26 January to discuss Swansea council’s budget proposals for 2022-23 and the medium-term plan for the next three years. As well as the trade union delegates, the meeting was attended by young people from Swansea Young Socialists and Swansea Youth Strike 4 Climate. Guest speaker ...

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Obituary: Kate Jones – 1953-2021 A life of socialist struggle

By Gareth Bromhall, Swansea Socialist Party and Lynne, branch secretary, Swansea Unite Community branch We were saddened to hear of the loss of long-standing Socialist Party member Kate Jones on 20 December. Most recently a member in Swansea, Kate was previously a member in Brighton and Llanelli. A lifelong Marxist, Kate became politically active in her teens and joined Militant, ...

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Thousands march across Wales to end climate change

By Dave Reid and Gareth Bromhall Thousands across have marched to protest at the inaction of the world’s capitalist politicians to prevent catastrophic climate change. Well over 1000 marched from Cardiff City Hall to the Senedd. Socialist Party Wales and Socialist Students had large and lively contingents shouting “Our planet is not for sale” and “Socialist change, not climate change”. ...

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DVLA dispute: Escalation needed

By Dave Warren, PCS Member and retired DVLA branch secretary The dispute at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) over Covid safety is now in its third month. The dispute is unusual, in that the leadership of PCS, the union representing the workers, is taking direct responsibility, with regular Zoom meetings for members chaired by the President Fran Heathcote ...

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Open Reach engineers step up the pressure with five day strike action

By Dave Reid Engineers working for BT’s Open Reach are taking another five days of strike action at four workplaces across South Wales against the imposed re-grading of their jobs. A newly aggressive management at BT are attempting to force the repayment project engineer (RPE) workforce to move to new management grades that would undermine their terms and conditions, put ...

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