The Socialist 21 February 2008

No wage cuts! Fund equal pay

Troops out of Iraq now!

Stop the witch-hunt: Defend the Sheridan 7

Prison officers fight Labour's strike ban

Battle for Shropshire schools goes on

Coventry protests at Widdecombe's attacks

Football: Top of the League for greed

Northern Rock - Labour's reluctant nationalisation

1918-2008: Clause 4 and nine decades of workers' struggles

Record fall in home ownership

London's health care under further attack

Private clinics fail

Hospitals "stacking" patients

Fighting back and building a demo

"Not making sufficient profit"

Universities in crisis: Fees favour the rich

Exeter students fight privatisation

Nottingham defends democracy

Kosovan independence - a dangerous mirage?

Greece: Second general strike in two months

CWI school in Latin America

Science, Marxism and the big bang

It's official - Unison launches witch-hunt on Socialist Party

Socialist gains in Unison branch elections

Collection cuts and bullying equals bin strike!

Victory for council street wardens

Rail pension dispute

Union merger: OILC and RMT

Marching against single status

Solidarity with Pakistan workers

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Socialist gains in Unison branch elections

Break the Labour link, equal pay without pay cuts and public-sector unity to win this year's pay claim! These were the main demands of Socialist Party member and Manchester Advice senior steward Jim Cessford, when he stood for assistant branch secretary in Manchester (local government).

Despite a dirty campaign waged by the ruling clique of pro-Labour branch officers, Jim won over 400 votes.

In a personal capacity, Jim told the socialist: "During the campaign I focussed on the real issues affecting members, like low pay, privatisation, job cuts, and single status. The branch officers concentrated on branding me as incapable of doing the job, and then resorting to smears and lies about what my campaign was all about.

"What the campaign shows is the vital need for a well-organised shop stewards' movement to begin to transform the leadership of Unison in Manchester."

Manchester Unity Stewards (MUST) meeting: 21 February, 6pm, Friends Meeting House. With guest speaker and Unison NEC member Bernie Gallagher (in a personal capacity).
For more info about this, and forthcoming meetings of the National Shop Stewards Network and Campaign for a New Workers' Party in Manchester, ring Jim on 07793 738 389 or email must-activists@hotmail.co.uk

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