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By Will Roche
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Friday, 13 March 2009 |
The 36-year struggle for justice by the famous Shrewsbury pickets brought about 50 supporters, construction workers and trade unionists outside Westminster to protest against convictions brought against the pickets in 1973 for their role in the historic national construction workers’ strike.
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By Andy Fenwick
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Thursday, 12 March 2009 |
“The threat of privatisation is the biggest issue that members are talking about in the canteen- bigger than the April pay award - bigger than Man United win in Europe.” It is with this background that Brendon Allen CWU Branch Secretary Worcester told of how postal workers in Worcester are preparing to go the National CWU Demo in Wolverhampton.
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By Mel MacDonald
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Tuesday, 03 March 2009 |
THURSDAY, MARCH 5TH, 1PM
51 Lime St., London, EC3M 7DQ
In front of Willis Insurance Brokers building
Liverpool St.Tube
As the marvellous but short-lived campaign Justice for Cleaners has ended, it is
now Cleaners for Justice! Cleaners from all over London are beginning to come together again to continue the fight for their rights.
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By Melanie MacDonald
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Friday, 27 February 2009 |
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Yesterday, over twenty protesters made a
lot of noise in front of Willis Insurance Brokers, demonstrating for the
re-instatement of cleaners who had been sacked by sub-contractor Mitie.
The second ‘unofficial’ demonstration
seemed to be the charm and news is that the cleaners have been called in to
negotiate.
This first step toward victory has been
achieved with the dedicated, hard work of the cleaners concerned and their
supporters despite the absence of official support from the union Unite.
See the video for more...
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By Melanie MacDonald
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Monday, 23 February 2009 |
Tuesday, 24 and Thursday 26th February at 1pm. Join the second demonstration in
support of 5 cleaners who were unfairly sacked by the cleaning services company
Mitie in order to undermine their union work.
The address is in front of the insurance broker Willis Offices, 51 Lime
Street, C3M 7DQ London. Liverpool Street tube. Meet at the station in front of
the McDonald’s and all go to together to Willis. Tuesday, 24 February and
Thursday 26, at 1 pm. Contact
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By Ray McHale, Ellesmere Port & Neston TUC
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Friday, 20 February 2009 |
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Support the Statutory Redundancy (Amendment) Bill. On 13th March Labour MP Lindsay Hoyle will put forward the Statutory Redundancy (Amendment) Bill for its Second Reading. This far from revolutionary proposal seeks to up-rate redundancy pay and to link it to average earnings. It is however a measure of this government that this is a private member's bill.
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By Socialist Appeal
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Wednesday, 18 February 2009 |
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Jerry
Hicks is standing as general secretary of Unite-Amicus. He has been storming up
and down the country, taking on the establishment within the union in his
campaign to become general secretary. He travels everywhere by coach (because
it’s cheap), stays overnight in supporters’ back rooms, and is currently
nursing a fractured leg kindly donated by the police while he was picketing on
behalf of the workers outside Staythorpe Power Station. His campaign is financed
by voluntary donations of Unite-Amicus activists. He deserves our support.
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By Rob Sewell (vice-chair, London Central, National Union of Journalists)
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Friday, 13 February 2009 |
The picture shown was published in the Daily Star on Thursday 12th
February. Derek Simpson, currently joint general secretary of UNITE, is
shown with posters that completely misrepresent the cause for which his
members are fighting.
The media in Britain and internationally
have systematically portrayed the recent Lindsey dispute as being a struggle
between “British workers and foreign workers”, when in actual fact it has
nothing to do with this. The struggle was about defending wages and conditions
as established in hard fought for trade union agreements. Here Rob Sewell
points out some of the dirty tricks of the press.
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By Des Heemskerk
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Thursday, 12 February 2009 |
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With workers everywhere being
forced onto the defensive through employers’ attacks on jobs, pay and
conditions the victory at Lindsey of the protests and strike action will be
seen as a marvellous example to others of what can be achieved in the face of
attack. The background to this latest dispute has been a deliberate employers’
offensive over a number of years to undermine the National Agreement for the
Engineering Construction Industry (NAECI). The slump in the construction
industry since last summer and the onset of the recession only intensified
these attacks.
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By UNISON Socialist Appeal Supporters
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Thursday, 12 February 2009 |
“To improve real
pay levels, the Trade Union Side of the NJC seeks a one-year, across-the-board
pay increase of at least the level of retail price inflation, with additional
increases for the lower paid. The Trade Union Side’s
2009 -10 pay claim is for one year only and distinct from any other
negotiations over the Green Book. We would like negotiations to take
place in an expedient manner and for settlement to be reached by 1 April 2009." Short and sweet and
utterly reasonable, at least that’s how many UNISON members will see this
year’s pay claim. In reality however, this year’s claim is likely to be a great
source of contention between the employers and UNISON, Unite and the GMB.
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By Rick Grogan (RMT)
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Thursday, 12 February 2009 |
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Rail unions held a protest on Wednesday
February 11th outside London Underground head offices against the
first wave of threatened cuts of 1,000 jobs. Workers turned out to demand that
those responsible for running up the massive TfL/LUL deficit of over £2.5
billion be sacked, and not the workers who are being threatened with the sack because
of senior management incompetence.
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By Socialist Appeal
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Tuesday, 10 February 2009 |
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Socialist Appeal interviewed Keith Gibson, spokesperson for the Lindsey
strike committee:
“I believe the result in Lindsey was an
excellent victory for the workers. It truly inspired me. The solidarity of the
lads around the country in particular was tremendous. It was spontaneous. The
lads were looking for a lead, especially as they were fed up at seeing
employers with their own workforce for years coming in and under-cutting the
national agreements."
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By Socialist Appeal
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Tuesday, 10 February 2009 |
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Socialist Appeal interviews John
McKewan, victimised worker from Lindsey Total Oil Refinery:
"The workers
were prepared to break the law. The national trade union bureaucracy don't want
a fight on their hands. They are more afraid of losing their salaries and cars.
They do not understand the anger of workers fearful for their jobs and
livelihoods. I asked the coppers what they were doing here. “Shouldn't you be
in London
arresting bankers and city speculators?” They seemed to agree. We told them to
move the BNP. If not, then we would move them ourselves, so they obliged."
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By Socialist Appeal
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Monday, 09 February 2009 |
A new issue of the Olympic worker is available now. Download as a PDF to print out and distribute.
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By Socialist Appeal
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Monday, 09 February 2009 |
Socialist Appeal interviewed Phil Willis, an unemployed steel erector and Unite activist involved in the battles at Lindsey refinery and all over the country. He tells us, "
The action at Lindsey
was a complete success and it achieved many other very important objectives.
Firstly it created 102 new jobs for UK workers. It highlighted the plight of
the UK engineering construction industry and brought the issues forward into the
public consciousness and in doing so secures huge public sympathy and support.
It displayed a massive show of strength, volatility and unity from workers,
which both the government and unscrupulous employers believed had long since
ceased to exist."
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