NI general election: Pacts and polarisation
In Britain, the Brexit crisis will be a key issue in the general election. However, there will also be a clear clash of broader political visions between the right-populism of Boris Johnson and the...
View ArticleUniversity staff strike to defend pensions, pay and conditions
Members of the University & College Union (UCU) are to strike for up to eight consecutive days at sixty universities across the UK, beginning on Monday 25th November, including at Queen’s...
View ArticleHealth Strike: Build united action to win
The overwhelming endorsement of strike action by members of both the RCN and Unison is a clear indication that health workers are fed up with years of falling pay and inadequate staffing levels. They...
View ArticleFermanagh & South Tyrone: Vote Caroline Wheeler – a labour and trade union voice
The Socialist Party calls on the people of Fermanagh & South Tyrone to vote for Caroline Wheeler – independent candidate, standing on labour and trade union policies – in the general election on...
View ArticleHealth workers can win pay parity!
Below is the text of the Health Worker, a newsletter produced by the Socialist Party around the industrial disputes in health that have developed. The overwhelming endorsement of strike action by...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland general election: Voters punish main parties as Unionists...
Results show sectarian dangers, but also opportunities for the left The following article deals only with the outcome of the general election in Northern Ireland. Detailed analysis of the results in...
View ArticleNew Decade, Same Approach
Restored Executive will face crisis and opposition by Daniel Waldron Almost exactly three years after its collapse in the wake of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scandal, the Northern Ireland...
View ArticleAbortion rights: No roll back on decriminalisation! Access on the NHS in NI...
By Amy Ferguson In response to the recent consultation on new abortion guidelines in Northern Ireland, following on from decriminalisation via Westminster, the Socialist Party and socialist-feminist...
View ArticleHousing crisis: We need mass investment in social housing!
by Niall Dooris Across the island of Ireland, decades of neo-liberal policy are being felt in the housing sector. In the past four decades, there has been an absolute failure to build affordable and...
View ArticleNew Decade, Same Approach: Pay-rise for MLAs but not for civil servants…
Mass action can win real pay-rises! After three years of political impasse, the Northern Ireland Executive has been restored. The misnamed “New Decade, New Approach” agreement promises a return to...
View ArticleCWU: Resist Rico! Don’t let the bosses smash the union!
Below is a leaflet text produced by Socialist Alternative (ISA in England, Wales & Scotland). Socialist Alternative is the sister organisation of the Socialist Party. Stand together & fight!...
View ArticleAllied Bakeries strike: Workers rise to the challenge, bosses fold under...
By Neil Moore, Unite Hospitality Organiser (personal capacity) Bosses at Allied Bakeries have been forced to significantly improve their abysmal pay offer after powerful and decisive strike action by...
View ArticleTowards a United Ireland?
By Kevin Henry The week after the election in the South, which saw Sinn Féin win the popular vote as support for the two traditional establishment parties reduced to a historic low, the Economist...
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Health workers win concessions: Industrial action gets results!
By Seán Burns The recent round of industrial action taken in the health service was an example of the power that workers have through collective struggle. The campaign of escalating industrial action,...
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Translink deficit: Fight for free, reliable public transport!
By Thomas Carmichael The announcement that Translink is on the brink of collapse has brought uncertainty to its more than 4,000-strong workforce. With a deficit of £29 million, the further cutting of...
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UCU Strikes: All out to win on pensions, pay and conditions!
● Keep fighting on USS and the Four Fights! No decoupling of the disputes – maximum unity among university workers. ● All out on the strike – join the pickets, set up local strike committees, organise...
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No tuition fee hikes! Fight for a fully funded, free education system
The comment from Arlene Foster that raising tuition fees needs ‘positive debate’ should act as a warning that the prospect of fee hikes can again be put on the table by the new Stormont Executive....
View ArticleCommunity pharmacists to take industrial action over funding crisis
Nationalise the pharmaceutical industry! By Daniel Waldron In an unprecedented move, 98% of members at a consultative meeting of Community Pharmacy Northern Ireland (CPNI) – representing pharmacy...
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Mental health crisis: Campaigners fighting back
By Pat Lawlor The mental health emergency across Northern Ireland was brought starkly into focus this week, with protests being held by two different campaign groups within days of each other. On...
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Flybe collapse: Nationalise the airline to save jobs and connectivity
by Chris Stewart, Unite Irish Executive Committee (personal capacity) On 5th March, Flybe – Europe’s largest regional airline – collapsed, with 2,400 workers suddenly losing their jobs. Workers and...
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