Southampton Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition

17/08/2025

28/06/2025

New public opinion research by More in Common shows huge potential for a new anti-austerity, anti-war party, but the worrying statistic is Reform's unaffected support. We need to involve more trade unionists in shaping a new party to reach working-class communities. Sign the petition at https://change.org/TradeUnions-LaunchANewParty

28/06/2025

SUPPORT GROWS FOR THE ‘TRADE UNIONISTS FOR A NEW PARTY’ PETITION

The Zoom meeting is on
Monday 21st July, starting at 6-30pm.

Register at https://tinyurl.com/Register4TUnewpartymeeting to receive a link to the meeting.

“As the anniversary of the 2024 general election approaches, support is growing for the call made by trade unionists for steps to be taken now in the unions to establish a new political voice for working class people.”

The most recent prominent supporter of the petition calling for trade union action for a new party is Len McCluskey. The retired general secretary of Unite the Union signed at a meeting addressed by Jeremy Corbyn in Liverpool on June 14.

In total 37 current and former trade union national executive members are now backing the campaign – listed below – alongside over 1,300 who have supported it online and many more on paper.”

https://www.tusc.org.uk/21745/27-06-2025/support-grows-for-the-trade-unionists-for-a-new-party-petition/

It’s time for the trade union movement to seriously discuss founding a new anti-austerity, anti-war party. Our movement will be weakened if workers see us as a voice for pro-austerity Labour. This meeting will discuss how to raise urgent discussions within and across unions to organise a conferenc...

20/05/2025

That this House expresses deeps concern that local government net debt across UK has doubled since 2010 and is spiralling out of control; notes a funding gap of £6.4 billion forming in the day-to-day council budgets in 2024-25 in comparison to 2019-20 budgets; acknowledges that councils will be con...

20/05/2025

The Establishment has four parties – it’s time the working class had one of its own!

Join hundreds of trade unionists campaigning for a new mass workers party to fight for jobs pay & fully funded public services.

Sign the petition at:

Time for trade unions to take the lead in forming a new working class party

20/05/2025

The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) all-Britain steering committee met after the May 1st elections and agreed a report on the results – which is now available at https://www.tusc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2025-results-report.pdf. The main theme of the steering committee discu...

07/03/2025

Applications are needed for anti-austerity and anti-war election candidates in May by 21 March. https://www.tusc.org.uk/21419/02-03-2025/next-tusc-all-britain-steering-committee-meeting-2
If no elections are scheduled near you, why not support others with a ?
Donate at https://www.tusc.org.uk/donate

02/03/2025

Build the socialist opposition to Labour austerity. For a United campaign to deliver jobs, homes and fully funded services for all not racism ✊

01/03/2025

Trade Unionists call anti racism rally in to oppose divisive threat of far right.

Working class communities face the threat of cuts by Tory and Labour governments. Falling wages due to profit hungry bosses. Rising rents feeding big landlords. We call for workers unity against cuts and discrimination.

Fight for jobs, homes and fully funded public services for all.

01/03/2025

now has its first candidates in almost half (10 out of 23) of the councils facing elections this May. We need more anti-austerity candidates ready to join the fight for increased funding for services, not for war.
Under Britain’s election laws, candidates are only allowed to use a description other than the word ‘Independent’ – and a distinguishing emblem next to it rather than a blank space – if that description has been registered with the Electoral Commission by a recognised party. TUSC is registered with the Commission and has eight descriptions available to use, including for the first time the words, Independent Trade Union and Socialist Candidate.
Could that be you?
Apply at https://tinyurl.com/ywsyevcu
Donate at bit.ly/TUSC-Donate

28/02/2025

26/02/2025

We gave a clear message to Labour councillors cutting jobs and services, while increasing council tax, rents, charges and privatising St Marys Leisure Centre.

We welcome the £2.5 million investment but that would not have happened without our campaign. Delivering services for our communities will not work without funding. They want us to apply to the lottery!

The fight continues. We need fighting socialist councillors to lead a mass campaign for £500 million government funding cut from Southampton since 2010. ✊