The Socialist 17 January 2008

Fight for a living wage

Burslem: Support victimised postal workers

Editorial: Fight three year low pay tie-ins

Stop nuclear power plans NOW!

Is the burning of fossil fuels causing climate change?

Hain's sorry saga of sleaze

Blair's rewards from big business

Fire cuts threat to our public safety

Cardiff schools campaign grows

Nationalise Northern Rock - permanently

Growing crisis in housing

Save our post offices

Salford says: "Don't close our women's centre"

'Them and Us': news shorts

Feature: Building the shop stewards' movement

Ideas for campaigning and fundraising

Sri Lanka: New year starts with atrocities

Biggest miners' underground occupation in Polish history

Review: More Time for Politics, Diaries 2001-2007, by Tony Benn

Reinstate Karen Reissman - defend mental health services!

Derby nurses fight management attacks

Liverpool: City of Cuts

Vote Jim Cessford

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Vote Jim Cessford

Socialist Party member Jim Cessford is standing for assistant branch secretary of Manchester Unison local government branch. Jim is senior steward at Manchester Advice, with a proven record of defending members.

So-called "Service Improvement Programmes" and the freeze in central funding for councils will mean more cuts to services and jobs.

The national pay claim for 6%/£6.75 will need to be backed by action, prepared for at a local level. Jim told the socialist: "I am standing because I want to see Unison become a strong, democratically run union that stops funding Labour to attack workers, and instead helps to build a new mass workers' party."

Standing last year for the same position, Jim received a good vote, reflecting members' desire for a new and more effective branch leadership.

Manchester Unity Stewards (MUST) meeting, for all Unison members and activists who want to see a campaigning democratic union: Wednesday 23 January, 6pm, Room 5 at the Friends Meeting House on Mount Street, central Manchester. More info ring 07793 738 389 or email must-activists@hotmail.co.uk

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