The Socialist 31 March 2009

Youth Fight For Jobs

The G20 leaders have no solution to the crisis...

Fight for a future!

Youth Fight for Jobs conference

Why I'm marching

The grim reality of job-hunting

G20 Summit: Capitalism facing 'make or break'

Free market system killing our planet

UEL clampdown

Bail out workers, not Wall Street!

Visteon workers occupy Belfast factory

Construction workers' protests continue

Socialist stands in Aslef leadership elections

College teachers strike in Eastbourne

Unison needs a fighting leadership: Leeds City Council

Whipps Cross Hospital

Unison elections

Economic crisis turning into political action

No2EU - Yes to Democracy

Dave Nellist on the Politics Show

Poor hit by price rises

No to privatised polyclinics

Gordon Brown meets the bankers

Sack the bankers not the workers!

Fast News

Now that the profits are drying up in the Indian software industry

Sweden: Socialist councillor viciously assaulted by Nazis

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Unison elections

Crucial elections are taking place in Unison for the national executive council. The current leadership under Dave Prentis, tied in with New Labour, are seeking to strengthen their grip on the union through witch-hunts and bureaucratic means.

Members are angry at how the union has handled Single Status - resulting in some members having their pay cut.

Last year's two-day strike for a decent pay rise demonstrated the members' determination to fight back but this was not matched by the leadership.

Members who challenge the leadership are threatened with expulsion; four Socialist Party members have been facing disciplinary action for almost two years.

It is for these reasons that the campaign for reclaiming the union involves winning seats from the current leadership, who are an absolute obstacle to the union being a fighting and democratic union.

The 'Reclaim the Union' campaign, initiated by the Socialist Party, is putting forward a left slate: see www.socialistparty.org.uk

The ballot runs from 14 April to 15 May.

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