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John McDonnell MP backs Paul Holmes for UNISON General Secretary Print E-mail
By unison united left   
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
img00677-20100209-1534.jpgLabour MP John McDonnell today welcomed the candidacy of leading Yorkshire trade unionist, Paul Holmes, to replace Dave Prentis as General Secretary of UNISON, the largest public sector trade union.
 
CYWU Unite Youth Workers in Coventry Stage Another One-Day Strike. Print E-mail
By Darrall Cozens, Coventry Trades Council, UCU and Coventry NE Labour Party (all in a personal capacit   
Monday, 08 February 2010

coventry1.jpgLast Friday February 5th members of the CYWU Unite trade union in Coventry staged another one-day strike to defend jobs and conditions and to try and stop the savage cuts being imposed on the Children and Youth Services budget.


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Students protest at the University of Greenwich Print E-mail
By Eddie Kacar, University of Greenwich Marxists   
Monday, 08 February 2010
greenwich-su-demo-2010febsm.jpgOn the 4th February 2010, the Student Union at the University of Greenwich called a demonstration at the Maritime campus, outside the Vice Chancellor’s office. This was in response to the recent decision by the university management to increase tuition fees next academic year.
 
The Vancouver Olympics: An expensive attack on democratic rights Print E-mail
By John Haggerty   
Monday, 08 February 2010
In just over two years time London will be staging the 2012 Olympic Games. However, before then we have the Winter Olympics, taking place this year in Canada. So how does the Canadian working class view this 'great event?'  vancouver-olympics-2010-.jpg
 
Marshalls - Interview with worker Print E-mail
By Matt Wells   
Sunday, 07 February 2010
Marshalls is a leading company in the design,manufacture and maintenance of aerospace and military vehicles. Family owned, it is one of the largest employers in Cambridge employing around 1,700 staff at it’s site, including it’s airport. Unite are the union that organise in the plant and reps there have been supportive of Jerry, since he fought his unfair dismissal by Rolls Royce. Matt Wells spoke to a Unite member who works at the plant
 
UPDATE - ALBERTO DURANGO SACKED! MOBILISE FOR 12 FEBUARY DEMO Print E-mail
By Socialist Appeal   
Sunday, 07 February 2010
mitie_alberto_megaphone_small.jpgAt a so-called disciplinary hearing Lancaster Cleaning Services have sacked UNITE shop-steward and leader of the Latin American Workers Association Alberto Durango.  The company took over the contract for the Union Bank of Switzerland on Monday 1 February; they suspended him on the Tuesday and sacked him on Thursday 4 February.  This premeditated act is part of their efforts to break the union at UBS. A demo has been organised for Friday 12th Feb in London.
 
GM’s axe comes down on the workers of Antwerp. Workers in other GM plants must unite! Print E-mail
By Eddie Kacar   
Thursday, 04 February 2010
general-motors-logo.jpgGeneral Motors, implementing its restructuring programme has commenced a brutal campaign of plant closures and job cuts in Europe. The first to go is the plant in Antwerp, Belgium where 2,600 are employed at the Vauxhall/Opel plant. The plant, producing the Vectra and Astra models, will be closing down over the next few weeks and the production of those models will be allocated to other plants across Europe.
 
UNISON General Secretary Election: One left candidate needed: Support Paul Holmes Print E-mail
By UNISON Socialist Appeal supporters   
Thursday, 04 February 2010
glasgow2.jpgThe post of UNISON General Secretary is one of the most important jobs in the whole of the Labour and trade union movement in Britain and the north of Ireland. UNISON is a decisive force in the public sector and is potentially extremely powerful. UNISON is also one of the biggest unions affiliated to the Labour Party and the leadership of the union is intimately tied up with the Labour Party. As such this election is as important as the UNITE General Secretary Election, and in the public sector perhaps more so.
 
SIPTU work to rule; Civil Servants strike ballot, once again the tension rises Print E-mail
By Séamus Loughlin   
Thursday, 04 February 2010
siptu.jpgIreland: While the public sector workers might not be all out on the streets or on all out strike, it would be a big mistake to think that the government is out of the woods on the question of the wage cuts and the attacks on the public sector. 70,000 SIPTU workers joined the work to rule yesterday and the CPSU have escalated their action and are balloting for full strike action.
 
Glasgow students discuss the Afghan war Print E-mail
By Ewan Gibbs   
Thursday, 04 February 2010
glasgow1.jpgJanuary 26th saw ‘Glasgow Uni Left Society’ hold a successful first meeting of the year. More than twenty people came to hear Scottish Socialist Party National Spokesperson Colin Fox and Sherry Shamasi of The Struggle, the Pakistani section of the International Marxist Tendency, speak about the war in Afghanistan.
 
Students Strike in California Print E-mail
By Juan Jesus Rojas in the U.S.   
Tuesday, 02 February 2010
The Capitalist crisis has plunged the state of California into its worst budget crisis in history. Billions of dollars have been already slashed from the budget and billions more will be cut this year in order to“fix” the shortfall of $20.7 billion. Unable to find any other solution on the basis of Capitalism, workers and students will bear the brunt of these cuts. The students have already fought back on several occasions with strikes and occupations.
 
Stormont deadlock reveals the contradictions in the North Print E-mail
By IMT (Ireland)   
Friday, 29 January 2010
stormont_parliamentary_building_01.jpgLong discussions into the small hours, shuttle diplomacy and the combined weight of Gordon Brown and Brian Cowen and still the deadlock continues over the devolution of policing and justice in the North. The process is meant to have been agreed years ago, but the deep contradictions in the North mean that every issue and every syllable has to be fought over. The “peace process”, far from solving the problems of the working class has enshrined sectarian division and entombed the leadership of Sinn Féin and the DUP in Stormont, presiding over the minutiae of what is more or less an overblown County Council.
 
Fujitsu are not having ‘IT’ all their own way - Statement From Jerry Hicks Print E-mail
By jerryhicks4gs.com   
Thursday, 28 January 2010
fujitsu.jpgJerry Hicks adds his support to the Futjitsu workers.
 
The revolving doors of business and government Print E-mail
By Will Roche   
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
handshakemedium_web.jpgMarxists have long since been conscious of the nature of the state, its industrious defence of the capitalist class, and its prejudice against working people. But much of the public are unaware of just how incestuous the capitalists and governments really are. Read part two of Will Roche's study of monopoly capitalism.
 
The Northern Region LRC gets behind two socialist candidates in SE Northumberland. Print E-mail
By Steve Brown, Northern Region LRC Co-ordinator.   
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
ronnie_campbellmp.jpgOn Saturday 23rd Jan, the Northern Region LRC (Labour Representation Committee) met in Gateshead to hear a speech from Ronnie Campbell MP for Blyth Valley in Northumberland.  Ronnie, who is a well known life long socialist and former NUM activist, addressed the 17 strong gathering of LP and TU activists and laid out his view of the Labour Movement, a view of its history and the perspectives for the coming election.
 
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