Defeat the pay limit

Prime minister Gordon Brown has declared further war on public-sector workers' pay by saying that he wants pay rises this year kept under 2%. This is on top of the same pay limit last year, which meant that most public-sector workers had an effective pay cut when inflation is taken into account.

Added to this attack, the chancellor, Alistair Darling has said that public-sector workers should have three-year pay deals instead of annual.

With rising energy, food and transport costs, it is clear that the government's policies would mean drastic cuts in living standards for millions of workers. The public-sector unions should immediately call a conference to oppose these attacks and be prepared to call national industrial action in a united fight to defeat the government.

In this issue:

Fight for socialism!

Defeat the pay limit

Feature: Socialism and democracy needed to reshape the world

Socialist Party workplace news

Postal workers fight to defend the Burslem 12

Scrooge employers attack shop workers

Building workers fight for real union representation

Fighting council cuts

Industrial news in brief

Socialist Party editorial

Renationalise the energy industry

Socialist Party news and analysis

Police ballot for industrial rights

Straw provokes POA

Soaring food prices hit world's poor

Big business hands off our NHS!

The privateers are taking over

International socialist news and analysis

Pakistan: Mass opposition to Musharraf regime after Benazir killing

Kenya: Stolen election explodes into mass anger and bloodshed

Socialist Party feature

Victory! Tenants beat £1 million sell-off campaign

Obituary

Obituary: Andrew Glyn

Socialist Party review

Review: Marx's Das Kapital: a biography, by Francis Wheen

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