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Friday, 04 July 2003 |
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This is the leaflet distributed by Socialist Appeal supporters at last
Saturday's (July 5) Socialist Campaign Group Conference in London. A full report will follow in the next few days.
You can also download
this leaflet in PDF format. |
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Tuesday, 01 July 2003 |
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The MSF and AEEU held their conferences last
week as part of the process of fusion into one union, Amicus. A steady move to
the left is taking place. The next step is the battle of the left to win the
executive, after last year's victory that saw the candidate of the left, Derek
Simpson, elected to the position of General Secretary of the AEEU. |
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Tuesday, 03 June 2003 |
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The victory of Tony Woodley as general
secretary of the powerful Transport and General Workers' Union, Britain's third
biggest union, is a further confirmation of the continuing swing to the left in
the British trade unions. It is also a clear indication of the discontent within
the union rank and file with right wing trade union leaders and the policies of
the Blair government. |
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Monday, 02 June 2003 |
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This weekend the AMICUS conferences (of the MSF and AEEU, the two unions that have merged to form
Amicus) start in Blackpool. This
document analyses the present situation in the union and also looks at its
history and how the left managed to win the position of General Secretary of the
AEEU - a good insight into the state of the British trade unions as
they steadily shift to the left. It also looks at the tasks ahead for the left
in the union. |
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Tuesday, 20 May 2003 |
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A process of radicalisation is taking place among the British engineering
workers (or metal workers). This is reflected in the main union of the sector,
Amicus. The old rightwing lost the position of General Secretary recently. Now
the left of the union is preparing to take a majority on the union's national
executive committee. |
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Thursday, 01 May 2003 |
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Almost a year after firefighters tabled their claim for a pay rise to
£30,000 a year, new strikes are being prepared because of the intransigence of
the employers and a Labour government hellbent on attacking public services. |
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Wednesday, 22 January 2003 |
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Two Motherwell (Scotland) train drivers refused to move a freight train
carrying ammunition believed to be destined for British forces being deployed in
the Gulf. This militant and courageous stand was reminiscent of the actions
against General Pinochet back in the 1970s and the Jolly George incident in
1920. Railway managers cancelled the Ministry of Defence (MoD) service after the
crewmen, described as "conscientious objectors" by a supporter, said
they opposed Tony Blair's threat to attack Iraq. |
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Tuesday, 10 December 2002 |
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Report on last Saturday's (December 7, 2002) TUC demonstration in London in
support of the firefighters, where 20,000 trade unionists turned up. ACAS
negotiations are not going to give firefighters what they want. These are mere
delaying tactics. The FBU must step up the struggle. |
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Monday, 09 December 2002 |
Issue No 3 of the Socialist Appeal ‘Firefighters’ Bulletin’ was produced
for the demonstration on Saturday, December 7, with the following articles:
Firefighters must win! The firefighters cannot be left to fight alone,
the whole trade union movement must be rallied behind them, to provide money and
support.
"After New Labour" At the Manchester conference of the Left of the Labour Party, Andy
Gilchrist, leader of the FBU, recognised that the fight to replace the
Blairite clique who had hi-jacked the party must start now.
Open letter to the firefighters A
letter to the firefighters from Steve
Brown (Pegswood Labour Party, and secretary Wansbeck and Castle Morpeth
TUC) giving full support to their struggle and inviting them to
take their struggle into the Labour Party.
Fire stations for sale? A comment on a proposal that appeared in the
Financial Times to sell off the fire stations and convert them into luxury
flats. |
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Tuesday, 26 November 2002 |
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In a matter of days the entire political landscape of Britain has been
transformed by the magnificent struggle of the firefighters. The entire
labour movement must now rally to the side of the firefighters. Go to
the picket lines! Move resolutions and take up collections! The fight
must be taken into the Labour Party as well. The Labour leaders want a
fight with the unions. The unions must give them a fight inside the
Party too. |
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Friday, 22 November 2002 |
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As the Fire Brigades Union in Britain goes out on strike for the second
time, we are publishing the second Firefighters' Bulletin
distributed by the Socialist Appeal throughout the fire stations up and
down the
country. The struggle of the firefighters in Britain is becoming a
major
industrial battle with the Labour government commited to smash the
union. We
support the struggle of the firefighters for fair pay. |
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