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In this week's issue:
The Socialist 15 December 2000, issue End Low Pay  End Low Pay
NHS Exploitation: Student Nurses earning £2.60 an hour are victims of low pay. With 80,000 nurses set to retire in the next five years, the Royal College of Nursing accuses the government of deceiving the public with misleading...
Shut Down Hackney on 20 December IN A magnificent show of solidarity, Hackney council workers have voted, overwhelmingly, to take strike action, writes Chris Newby.
Marching Against Europe's well healed leaders in Nice "OPENING UNDER pressure" said the Nice-Matin newspaper on the eve of the EU summit, following the massive demonstration on 6 December, writes Dave Griffiths reports from Nice.
Squabbling in the bunker AS THE last wisps of tear gas drifted away, European Union (EU) leaders emerged from their bunker, the Acropolis conference centre in Nice, writes Manny Thain reports from Nice.
Vauxhall threatened by profits crisis AS WE go to press, the multinational General Motors has announced the closure of the Vauxhall plant in Luton. This is a massive blow to the thousands of workers and their families in the area, writes Bill Mullins.
Lock up Blair's curfew plans! THE HEADLINES on last week's Queen's Speech were all about New Labour's plans to extend youth curfews to teenagers up to the age of 16...
Right routed in civil service election MARK SERWOTKA, a Left Unity member standing on an independent socialist ticket, has been elected general secretary of civil service union PCS, writes Kevin Kelly, PCS Land Registry, personal capacity.
Elected to fight for members' interests IT WAS clear that once Reamsbottom had been told that Left Unity were not putting up a candidate he faced the possibility of being beaten by Lanning in a straight fight, writes Bill Mullins.
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