Tag: strikes
What the Junior Doctors strike tells us about how to organise in the public...
Rick Lighten looks at the lessons that other public sector workers can take from how the Junior Doctors have organised and discusses how a strike in a site of 'social reproduction' might be different...
The secret life of the NHS
As junior doctors prepare to strike tomorrow, Sophie Walton uncovers the reality of a working life that has driven doctors to breaking point.
The rs21 leaflet supporting the strike can be downloaded here
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Greenwich teachers celebrate victory!
Teachers at John Roan school in Greenwich won a victory this week in their fight against excessive work loads. We reported on their first day of strike action on 10 November. Below we publish their...
Junior doctors vote for strike
Sophie W, a medical student in London, looks at what you can do to support the junior doctors strike
27,741 Junior doctors have voted to take strike action in the face on proposed contract changes.
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New deal for junior doctors: still #notfairnotsafe
Medical student Sophie W explains that the much trumpeted new offer to junior doctors still means a big pay cut and unsafe hours.
Jeremy Hunt's offer to junior doctors is spin, and doesn't address the initial...
Radicalising the rank and file
The following comments are extracted from a very lengthy and detailed discussion which rs21 members Anindya Bhattacharyya and Ray M recently conducted with the US Marxist labour historian Kim Moody.
A former member of Students...
Right to Strike: Infographic
Download this infographic as a pdf here
Join the TUC lobby of parliament and the day of action against the Trade Union Bill on 2 November
Infographic design by Arjun Mahadevan
#NotFairNotSafe: Doctors and medical students take to the streets
Medical student Ellie R reports on Monday's demo to protest against proposed junior doctors' contracts that put patients' lives at risk.
Photos by Steve Eason.
If one were to rank professions in order of likelihood of...
Junior doctors’ contracts: not fair, not safe
Patient safety will be jeopardised by new contracts for junior doctors, argues Sophie W, a medical student, London. That's why she will be demonstrating tomorrow (28 September) outside Methodist Central Hall in London.
Junior doctors...
Indian workers resist Modi’s reforms
More than 150 million workers in India participated in a general strike on 2 September, in a nationwide day of protest called by 10 major unions to protest the anti-worker labour "reforms" of the...