Letter to IASSW in respect of Palestine
Dear IASSW colleagues Palestine has once again become the central issue in international politics. Since May, we have seen violent attacks by Israeli forces on worshippers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the month of Ramadan; the attempted eviction of Palestinians ... Read More
Statement on Palestine
SWAN-I condemns the Israeli attacks on the Palestinian people of Gaza and the continuing moves by Israeli settlers to ethnically cleanse areas of East Jerusalem, especially the area of Sheikh Jarrah. SWAN-I notes the popular movement for freedom developing in ... Read More
Solidarity to Colombian Protestors
Share far and wide our statement on the protests occurring in Colombia right now against policy that would entrench social injustice. Read More
Rights for Residents!
Rights for Residents is a grass roots campaign founded by Jenny Morrison and Diane Mayhew that aims to end the inhumane bans on visiting loved ones in care homes and other care settings. Together with our members we are the ... Read More
Solidarity with Unison strikers in Tower Hamlets
Following an arduous period of contract negotiations between Unison and Tower Hamlets Council, workers will now be taking industrial action on the 3rd, 6th and 7th July with a view for further dates in the future. The council has been ... Read More
Support for Imprisoned Hong Kong Social Worker
This is an appeal for Support for a Hong Kong Social Worker Sentenced to one-year Imprisonment in the Anti-extradition Bill Movement. A registered social worker from Hong Kong, Mr. Lau Ka-tung, has been convicted and sentenced to one-year imprisonment for ... Read More
STATEMENT: Black Lives Matter
“It is our duty to fight for our freedom It is our duty to win We must love and protect each other We have nothing to lose but our chains” Assata Shakur The Social Work Action Network International (SWAN-I), a ... Read More
LIVE! Social Work and The Covid-19 Crisis!
Today we will be live streaming our event Social Work and the Covid-19 Crisis: International Perspectives live on Social Work Action Network – SWAN Facebook page at 5pm UK time (event page link below). We will be joined by several ... Read More
SWAN Members Present All Over The UK in Climate Protests
Friday’s global gatherings appear to have amounted to the largest movement in history of people protesting about a single issue. Millions of people, in thousands of protests, across hundreds of countries, turned out to shout about the destruction of our ... Read More
SWAN joins the Global Climate Strikes – digitally and in person!
SWAN members are joining the Global Climate strikes in towns and cities around the world. Our website will be shut down tomorrow, to join the digital strike, but we already know that there are SWAN members joining the movement in: ... Read More
The Accidental Campaigner
The Accidental Campaigner James Corbett is an English teacher. He’s quite ordinary really. And yet here he is, on day 37 of a 46 day walk from Glasgow to London, collecting signatures for his petition to save the core of ... Read More
ADDACTION workers strike in Wigan
Substance misuse workers employed by the charity Addaction struck last week, after management refused to honour a two percent pay rise following the NHS Agenda for Change pay rate increase. This had been promised after former NHS workers were TUPED ... Read More
Solidarity With West Dunbartonshire
In June, West Dunbartonshire workers took the decision to vote for strike action, should their working conditions fail to immediately improve. SWAN Stands In Solidarity With West Dunbartonshire’s Social Workers As They Vote To Strike The needs and safety of ... Read More