IKEA has launched another attack on COVID sick pay. The SSP calls for full average wages for every sick and self-isolating worker. […]
IKEA slash COVID sick pay (again)
Covid-19
Frontline Fighters to Update Voice Forum as COVID Anniversary Looms
The Voice Forum on 25th March will both bring reports from some of those on the front line of the struggle for justice in a number of fields, and help build solidarity with them. […]
National Care Service: “It’s about dignity”
“It’s not about money, and it’s not about soundbites, and it’s not about politicians – it’s about dignity of life. Dignity of life for service users, and the people providing it.” […]
School Safety: U-turns highlight need for worker power
After school safety concerns, SSP calls for rethink of workplace and health & safety practices – putting workers and Unions in control. […]
“Profit Before Lives” Has Left us in Tiers
The failure to protect both public health and jobs will lead to a self-perpetuating downturn in both. Britain’s precarious economy of low-pay, low-security, hand-to-mouth living has left us with a country held up by lollipop sticks – and it is collapsing. […]
Scottish Gov Continues to Sideline Workers as School Plan Announced
By Hugh CullenSSP National Secretary and EIS Branch Secretary (speaking on behalf of the SSP) The Scottish Socialist Party shares the frustrations of the EIS and other teaching unions who have been sidelined by the Scottish Government throughout the lockdown. Union representatives have found consultations to be largely tokenistic with the government making repeated announcements […]
Media Release: Exposure of Care Home Scandal Boosts Case for National Care Service
BBC One’s “Disclosure” programme, “The Care Home Scandal”, has exposed the need for a publicly-owned National Care Service. […]
SSP Seeks Sturgeon’s Support for National Care Service
SSP co- spokespeople Róisín McLaren and Colin Fox have written to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon seeking her support for bringing Scotland’s care homes into an NHS style National Care Service. […]