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OUT OF ORDER?! Mitie cleaners forced to fight inside and out Print E-mail
By Rob Walsh, UNITE and Melanie MacDonad, BECTU (both personal capacity)   
Thursday, 25 June 2009
mitie_edwin_lucy_small.jpgAn attempt by Unite members to present the case of Justice for Cleaners activists who were sacked by the company Mitie after successfully campaigning for the living wage was ruled “out of order” at a meeting of 80 plus trade unionists in London on Thursday 18 June.
 
Photos From Lindsey Protest Print E-mail
By Steve Jones   
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
lindsey_solidarity_010.jpgHere are some photos from Tuesday's solidarity action at Lindsey where workers are protesting at the sacking of nearly 650. Pictures show both sacked workers marching and burning their dismisal letters and the show of solidarity from other workers.
 
Editorial: Lindsey Workers Show the Way Print E-mail
By Socialist Appeal   
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Workers at the Lindsey Oil refinery site have been demonstrating over redundancies and sackings made by Total, the multinational company that owns Lindsey, and contractor Shaws. Nearly 650 workers were given their cards by a management determined to break the union. In a show of equal determination, workers on other sites around the country have been coming out in solidarity.
 
Iran – Khamenei throws down the gauntlet, the workers start to move Print E-mail
By Jorge Martin   
Monday, 22 June 2009
SATURDAY 20th JUNE: As reports are coming in about clashes between protesters and police in Tehran, it is clear that the movement against the fraud has reached a critical point. Khamenei’s speech yesterday threw down the gauntlet to the movement and threatened repercussions for continued protests but the organised working class are now joining the struggle against the regime.
 
Monday Update: Lindsey workers stand firm Print E-mail
By Steve Jones   
Monday, 22 June 2009
lindsey.jpgMONDAY UPDATE: Workers have been coming out today in support of the sacked Lindsey workers - 900 of who received their cards last week after continuing to stand up to the management.
 
Ireland: Talks flounder, Gilmore prevaricates, Socialist policies needed Print E-mail
By Séamus Loughlin   
Monday, 22 June 2009
ireland_demo.jpgAlmost 3 months after the mistaken decision of the Irish trade union leaders to call off the March 30th strike action, the discussions around a recovery plan are still floundering. The trade union leaders will have to show some progress at the ICTU conference next month, so they need something concrete to report on. But, given the severe economic crisis that the state is experiencing it seems unlikely that anything substantial will emerge. However there is the possibility that some sort of deal will be done. But, as we explained recently, it’s likely to have more holes in it than a Swiss cheese.
 
[Video] London Postal Workers' Strike today Print E-mail
By Will Roche   
Friday, 19 June 2009
postal_strike.jpgLondon postal workers are out on a one day strike in protest of the governments plans to part-privatise Royal Mail. Interview with Mark Dolan, Area Delivery Rep.
 
Construction workers fight undercutting. ‘We want the rate for the job!’ Print E-mail
By Phil Willis   
Friday, 19 June 2009
con_site.jpgTalks between the GMB and Unite unions and the Engineering Construction Industry Association have broken down as a rash of unofficial strikes have broken out over major construction sites all over the country. There has been action at South Hook liquefied natural gas terminal near Milford Haven, at Lindsey oil refinery in Lincolnshire and at Stanlow refinery on Merseyside.  These strikes are completely illegal under the anti-union laws.
 
Lindsey Sackings: Defend the 900 Print E-mail
By Socialist Appeal   
Friday, 19 June 2009

LIndsey June 2009For the past week contract workers have been on unofficial strike at the Lindsey Total oil refinery in Lincolnshire. The workers are working on the desulphurisation plant there. Solidarity action had been building up all over the country with more than 2,000 workers staging stoppages at 10 other sites.

Now Total has escalated the confrontation by sacking 900 workers, resorting to the worst traditions of the boss class.

 
Unison 2009: Labour MPs should reflect OUR values Print E-mail
By Unison Socialist Appeal Supporters   
Friday, 19 June 2009
unison.jpgUnison General Secretary Dave Prentis suprised a few people at this year's conference in Brighton with his remarks on the funding of the Labour Party. With a majority of public sector workers now saying (according to a union poll) that they will not vote Labour as things stand, Prentis has had to react to the pressure from below. What's does this mean and where should Unison go from here?
 
Iran: Which Way For The Movement? Print E-mail
By Alan Woods   
Friday, 19 June 2009
iranfriday.jpegWhat we are witnessing in Iran is a full-blown popular revolution. However, in order to set its stamp on the movement, the working class must participate in the front line. The movement will stand or fall to the degree that the working class is able to lead it.
 
Massive demonstrations in Iran: The uprising continues Print E-mail
By Alan Woods   
Thursday, 18 June 2009
250x166-images-stories-iran-faramarz-mass_rally_17_may.jpgThe stormy street demonstrations in Iran are continuing and gathering strength. Anti-government protesters held another big rally in central Tehran today (Wednesday), which, to judge from photographs we have just received, has dwarfed even the massive demonstrations of the last few days. It defied renewed calls from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader, to keep off the streets. Faced with vast protests, the ruling regime in Tehran is being pulled in opposite directions.
 
Iran: First signs of revolution Print E-mail
By Alan Woods   
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
iran2.jpgDramatic events are unfolding in Iran. Hundreds of thousands of people marched in silence through central Tehran on Monday to protest Iran’s disputed presidential election in an extraordinary show of defiance that appeared to be the largest anti-government demonstration in Iran since the 1979 revolution. Reuter says one demonstrator was shot dead. But nothing can stem the tide. The revolutionary situation is unfolding with lightening speed. This is the second of two articles on Iran.
 
Iran: The 18th Brumaire of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Print E-mail
By Alan Woods   
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
iran_elections.jpgTwo candidates stood in the Iranian “elections”, but the regime had decided who was going to win long before any votes were cast. In spite of the mild, “loyal opposition” of Mousavi, large sections of the Iranian electorate used their vote to express opposition to the regime. Once the “result” was announced violence broke out on the streets, revealing the seething anger and discontent among the masses. This marks a new phase in the development of the Iranian revolution. Socialist.net are publishing here the first of two articles on the unfolding crisis in Iran
 
The BNP and the elections Print E-mail
By Ewan Gibbs   
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
bnp.jpgThe unprecedented European and local government electoral advances for the BNP in the north of England has seen many on the British Left thrown into disarray, anger and disgust. Whilst all these responses may seem understandable, similar emotional reactions can be seen present in the organised left’s response to the BNP, which are characterised by an abject failure to understand the nature of the BNP or to answer it politically in a meaningful way. As the initial reaction dissipates it is time that those who are serious about stopping the BNP recognise the failures of the recent campaign and the need for a response based around the mobilisation of the working class; it is now clear that we can rely on no one but ourselves to smash the forces of the far right.
 
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