The Socialist 15 October 2008

Sack the bankers not the workers

"Give us what the bankers got"

News in brief

Government bailouts: major measures to prop up capitalism

Recession in Britain: Anger and bitterness towards the financiers

Repossessions grow as banking crisis hits

Capitalism in crisis: Why you should come to Socialism 2008

Political protest in Liverpool will not be silenced!

Mandelson - New minister for the rich

Planning Bill: Local views sidelined for big business

Defend and extend abortion rights

Opposition grows to Kirklees schools plans

Bangor: Organising to fight university tuition fees

Nottingham Trent University attempts to de-recognise the lecturers' union

Staff and students unite over pensions

Austria: Far right makes big gains - left vote squeezed

Afghanistan - war without end?

75th anniversary of Walter Greenwood's Love on the Dole

London bus workers strike for a living wage

Local government Scotland: Reject the pay offer!

Unity in Unite unravelling

Unison right-wing insecurity begins to show

Successful outcome for Suzanne Muna

Standing for president of Usdaw

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Standing for president of Usdaw

Socialist Party member Robbie Segal shook the entire shopworkers' union Usdaw by gaining 40% of the vote for general secretary in the ballot result announced on 15 September 2008.

Robbie is a Tesco worker who on shoe-string resources and with a small band of activists, faced the entire Usdaw official machine. The incumbent, John Hannett, had the entire union behind him - except the members.

The votes were: Robbie Segal: 18,673, John Hannett: 27,320

Total voting: 46,002 (out of 348,278 members).

Robbie will now stand in the election for president of the union, due to be held early next year. She will be seeking nominations from Usdaw branches in the next few weeks.

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