Socialist Party Southern and South East Regional Organiser, NUJ member & TUSC candidate 2024

Southampton, England
Joined September 2009
Hundreds back Nadia Ditta’s @NadiaDitta campaign to tackle fly-tipping, council cuts and cost of living crisis. The fight continues as Labour losses control of council. A fantastic campaign building a strong base of support amongst community failed by Labour
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🚒 It takes nearly 10 minutes on average for a fire engine to reach you in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. This is the impact of the Tories gutting the fire service and cutting 12,000 firefighter posts from 2010.
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"Sanctuary Housing must recognise Unite (11 Oct) – Workers the biggest housing association employer, Sanctuary, have been calling on senior management to recognise their union, Unite, for years."
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#WASPI women waiting far too long for justice, say MPs.express.co.uk/news/politics/…
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Over last 3 years CEO of Sanctuary Housing had inflation busting pay increases each year bringing his pay to £426,455 in. Govt grant to Sanctuary id £350 million. Meanwhile his workforce get real terms pay cuts. They are calling for recognition of Unite: housingworkers.org.uk/readne…
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Firefighters were hospitalised with heat exhaustion this summer because they didn't have access to wildfire PPE. FBU general secretary Steve Wright on BBC file 4 Investigates.
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#NSSN supporting #strike by @UniteLondonEast health visitors working for Tower Hamlets GP Care Group @unitetheunion @UniteEconomy Read more - unitetheunion.org/news-event…
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Build international youth walkouts Fight for our futures not their wars Issue 1385 of the Socialist out now: socialistparty.org.uk/the-so… Also: Protests shake France and Spain What's behind European capitalism's changing tune on Palestine? Unions must fight Burnham pension attack
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The following powerful short speech comes from ‘Frank’, a Militant Left member and active trade unionist who lives on the Garvaghy Road in Portadown.militant-left.org/garvaghy-r…
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1000 school support staff will be marching on Westminster this Friday in their fight for London Weighting parity. Some of these workers earn £1400 less than teacher colleagues each year in London Weighting allowance.
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📢 Oxford - show your support for striking OUP workers! Join colleagues trade unionists and the local community at our lunchtime rally. Even if you can only make part of it your support matters. ✊ 📅 Wed 7th October 🕛 12–1:30pm 📍 Opposite OUP’s Walton St entrance
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Carnival UK has confirmed job losses in Southampton. With AI and automation transforming workplaces across the UK, could technology be playing a role in these cuts? #CarnivalUK #Southampton #JobLosses #ArtificialIntelligence #UKNews
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Socialist Students has had an amazing freshers period; 600+ students wanting more info & to get involved in Liverpool - thousands more nationally. Young people are looking for fighting organisations to lead us out of the horrors of capitalism. Join @socialistudents at your uni!
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Photos from the last day of UoL freshers today. We had 6 stalls out across the campus. This week, over 600 students signed up on our petition asking for more information. We have our first meeting next Monday at 7pm introducing what socialism is and what Socialist Students is all about.
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🏆 NEW JOBS, BETTER PAY, IMPROVED CONDITIONS 💥 6.5% in year1, RPI + 1% years 2 & 3 for GXO Sainsbury's warehouse workers in Bristol 💥 £3k rise for CNOOC & United Healthcare Global Medical offshore workers 💥 9.6% pay deal over 21 months for Tunnock's workers in Lanarkshire 💥 4.5% for Tesco warehouse workers & HGV drivers 💥 Better pay, overtime, redundancy & breaks Movianto 💥 Pay rises of up to 8.4% at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission 💥 Air conditioning in London’s bus cabs 💥 €1.2 billion investment securing new jobs building a fleet of trains at Alstom Derby Just some of what Unite members won last month. Read more in unitetheunion.org/fandf #JobsPayConditions
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