Trade Unions
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By Socialist Appeal
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Tuesday, 09 January 2007 |
John McDonnell's decision to stand
for the leadership of the Labour Party is undoubtedly welcomed by all trade
unionists: that is, by those who know he is standing! It is shameful is that
the union leaders have either ignored or deliberately sabotaged John's
campaign. A straw pole at TUC conference showed over 60% of those members asked
said they supported McDonnell.
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By By Matt Wells, PCS Defra Group Executive Committee (personal capacity)
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Friday, 01 December 2006 |
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New Labour has thrown down the gauntlet to civil servants, of which over 300,000 are organised in the PCS, Britain's sixth largest union. The PCS's national executive needs to take a clear lead on the issues that affect all members; job cuts, pay and privatisation. One-off protest strikes are not enough.
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By Ron Graves, President Peterborough Trade Union Council
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Friday, 01 December 2006 |
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AMICUS members at Peterborough District hospital have voted unanimously to take strike action over the way their jobs have been banded under the new NHS pay scheme, Agenda for Change. They plan four one-day strikes, starting on Monday 27 November, combined with a ban on overtime and call-outs.
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By Kenny McGuigan
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Tuesday, 24 October 2006 |
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Garment production workers at one of the world's most famous clothing manufacturer continue their series of industrial actions, including strikes after bosses rejected their demand for a 2.5% pay increase. 85% of the membership voted for industrial action up to and including strike, work to rule and a refusal to pass on work to sub-contractors for completion.
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By Gray Allan, Pam Woods, Terry McPartlan, Pablo Sanchez, and Kenny McGuigan
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Thursday, 15 June 2006 |
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On the eve of Unison Conference we are publishing here articles from
the latest edition of Socialist Appeal which deal with some of the
questions facing delegates and activists. Unison has a vital role to
play in the struggle to defend pensions, against the attacks launched
by the government on the welfare state (and the NHS in particular), and
for socialist policies in the labour movement. The conference will also
discuss solidarity with Venezuela, an issue being raised by members of
Hands Off Venezuela in the union.
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By Steve Jones in Bournemouth
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Tuesday, 23 May 2006 |
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Thirty delegates and visitors from the national conference of the
Communication Workers Union attended the very first Hands Off
Venezuela fringe meeting, held on Monday lunchtime in windswept
Bournemouth. The day before, the 250,000-strong union, which organises
both postal and telecommunications workers in Britain, had unanimously agreed to
support the Venezuelan Revolution and also affiliate nationally to HOV.
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By Rick Fricker (Shop Steward, USDAW)
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Tuesday, 09 May 2006 |
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In Blackpool over the May Day Bank holiday, the British shop workers’
union USDAW, representing some 330,000 workers, passed a resolution
unanimously supporting the Venezuelan Revolution and affiliating to the
Hands Off Venezuela Campaign.
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By Phil Mitchinson
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Sunday, 07 May 2006 |
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This year’s rally was bigger than usual with thousands of workers taking part from many different unions, but there was a contradiction between some of the moderate speeches of the leaders and the real problems faced by the workers facing the onslaught of the bosses. |
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By Socialist Appeal
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Wednesday, 22 March 2006 |
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This morning over 30 trade unionists turned up bright and early with placards and leaflets to stand outside the plush Marriot Hotel at County Hall in London – former headquarters of the GLC – to picket a meeting of the Amicus executive committee. The reason? To protest at the disgraceful sacking of three union employees – Des Heemskerk, Cathy Willis and Jimmy Warne – by the union leadership. |
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 10 February 2006 |
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The Amicus North West Regional Council decided to affiliate to the Hands Off Venezuela (HOV) campaign at its February monthly meeting. Great interest was shown for what is happening in Venezuela and a generous donation was made to HOV. |
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By an Amicus member
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Thursday, 02 February 2006 |
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Preparations are going ahead for a merger of three big trade unions in Britain, Amicus, T&GWU and GMB. The bureaucracy is pressing heavily for this. It would potentially be a very powerful union, but past experiences have shown that mergers have tended to reduce the level of internal democracy. The left in Amicus gathered around the Amicus Unity Gazette are not opposed to the merger in principle but are demanding the rank and file have a last say through recall conferences and that they be allowed to decide on the key issue of the rule book. |
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By the Campaign promoter, Phil Willis
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Monday, 12 September 2005 |
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Three Amicus members
of staff have been suspended
from their jobs in the union. All three are leading members of the
broad left that was instrumental in defeating the right wing and
getting Derek Simpson elected as General Secretary. No reason has been
given
for their suspension. It is obviously a politically motivated attack.
Please
take part in the campaign to get the three reinstated. |
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By Jeremy Dear, General Secretary NUJ and TUC General Council (Personal Capacity)
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Monday, 12 September 2005 |
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No
one union alone can successfully fight the present anti-union laws. But imagine
if the TUC were to lead a major protest against the laws in every workplace and
organised on behalf of 7 million union members a direct challenge to those laws
- that would have more effect than any number of seminars and workshops and
would put unions in a stronger position to win. |
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 12 September 2005 |
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A leading member of Venezuela's largest union, the National Workers
Union, UNT, will be present at the TUC, having been invited by the
National Union of Journalists and by Hands Off Venezuela. NATFHE will
move a resolution in support of Venezuela and the progressive policies
of the government of president Hugo Chávez, committing the TUC to work
with solidarity campaigns and to build links with Venezuelan trade
unionists. |
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By Kris Lawrie
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Thursday, 01 September 2005 |
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The
dispute that erupted at the Gate Gourmet company in August is symptomatic of
what is really happening in the British labour movement. The strike of the Gate
Gourmet workers received strong support from the workers at British Airways who
paralysed Heathrow Airport and inflicted heavy losses on the company. The
class solidarity expressed in this dispute is an indication of what is to come
throughout the whole of the British labour movement. |
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