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The successes of the Unite campaign ‘Justice
for Cleaners’ are being clawed back in a series of attacks on cleaners who have
fought for improved wages and conditions. In response to these new attacks, come along and support the demo this Friday.
Bus drivers in Doncaster are employed by First held a successful one
day strike on Friday 10th June in pursuit of the pay claim to bring
their pay in line with First’s Leeds drivers who presently receive £10 per hour
Postal workers in London are set to take strike action over the next three days.The Delivery Offices
are out on the 8th July, the Drivers (Distribution) are out on the
9th and the Mail Centres are out on the 10th July.
This Saturday July 4th trade unionists and labour movement activists
will be converging in Shrewsbury to march for justice for the
Shrewsbury 24. Speakers at the lunchtime rally outside the Shrewsbury
Council Offices will include Ricky Tomlinson, speakers from the PCS and
the campaign itself.
On Monday 29th June the workers at Lindsey agreed to return to work
with heads held high. It was a magnificent result and all those involved
deserve a great round of applause.
FRIDAY LATEST:If the reports being posted in the national press websites are to be
believed, it looks like the striking Lindsey workers have won a great
victory.
An 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.
Here 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.
MONDAY 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.
For 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.
Unison 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?
Sacked convenor Rob Williams has been reinstated in his job at the Linamar factory in Wales. This represents a great victory for organised trade unionism.
It seems highly likely that tomorrow, June 10th 2009, there will be severe disruption on the London Underground system as a result of industrial action by the Rail, Maritime and Transport workers’ union (RMT). It is important that all Londoners understand the issues and get behind the RMT.
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