by Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Jan 15, 2023 | Constituency Work, Streatham
I joined a local NHS strike fundraiser organised by the fantastic team at the White Lion pub. With over 270 people in attendance, they managed to raise over £2,000 from this event. It was great to get involved and see so many people standing with striking nurses,...
by Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Dec 20, 2022 | Campaigns
I joined nurses on the picket line at Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospital as they took part in four days of strike action. These strikes are about low pay but they are also about its consequences: falling standards of patient safety, which has been compromised...
by Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Nov 30, 2022 | Campaigns
It was great to speak in support of one of the largest strikes in higher education history at this month’s packed-out University and Colleges Union rally. Maximum solidarity with university and college staff, who are not just fighting for pay, pensions, job...
by Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Nov 29, 2022 | Campaigns
The Autumn Statement put significant real-terms cuts to pay on the table for those working in services that already have massive rates of vacancies. But public sector workers aren’t taking this lying down. In November, the Royal College of Nurses voted for the first...
by Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Oct 22, 2022 | Campaigns
I joined Lambeth College staff on the University and Colleges Union picket line. With the Tories slashing further education funding, college staff pay has lagged behind inflation by 35% since 2009 with these cuts and other Tory reforms piling pressure on staff to do...
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