The Socialist 23 June 2010 No to Budget’s pay and benefit cuts Stop budget attacks with mass action Budget cuts hitting the poorest hardest Young people: fight for your future! Youth speak for jobs at UCU union rally Protesting at Iain's Dickensian Society The role of the NSSN in the battle to defend public sector jobs and services Budget Day: workers' responses Fightback to stop the cuts - public meetings Bloody Sunday: Innocent protesters murdered by the British army in 1972 PCS union rejects 'inevitable' cuts Unison election: Over 42,000 votes for socialist candidate Unison leadership: Lack of anti-cuts strategy Fighting cuts in Nottingham: Save the WAP day centre National Shrewsbury 24 Justice Campaign March and Rally Refugee and Migrant Justice: Save this vital service! Coventry rally against public sector cuts Stop attacks on services for the vulnerable in Nuneaton Birmingham: Growing anger against cuts How deep is Britain's media crisis? Ethnic conflict explodes in Kyrgyzstan Donate to aid Greek socialists |
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Home | The Socialist 23 June 2010 | Join the Socialist Party Workplace news in briefDrivers' victoryDHL Supply Chain lorry drivers working from the giant Howden's Kitchens depot in Runcorn, Cheshire have won their dispute against 10 redundancies. The company had drawn up the redundancy selection criteria unilaterally, without consulting with the Unite trade union. The criteria coincidentally seemed to select some of the leading union stewards at the depot! Following a ballot with over 80% of members voting for action against the redundancy criteria, the depot was on strike last week, with expressions of solidarity from DHL depots round the country. The company have now withdrawn the redundancies. The Howden's contract has a very well organised union and is a model for union organisation across the road transport industry. Originally the union was not even recognised but through the efforts of a group of committed stewards the TGWU, now Unite, won recognition a number of years ago. These redundancies were a threat to all that had been achieved. It is an important dispute to have won with implications across the industry. Andy Ford, Warrington Trades CouncilSouthampton librariesStriking librarians and staff, mainly Unison members, held a demo and rally outside Southampton civic centre on 21 June. The two New Labour MPs made a very rare venture into the daylight to give their support. I for one am not convinced that these MPs would have been any different to the Tories if they had won the election. You could say they were enjoying the role of opposition - pointing their finger at the Tory council for the cuts. This is one of the first actions in Southampton against the cuts in public services. I am sure it will not be the last. Kev Hayes, Chair, Southampton Socialist PartySouthampton 2Alongside library strikers, university workers were out in protest, as well as 100 Medirest cleaners at Southampton general hospital fighting for pay parity with NHS workers. Campaigners, including Socialist Party members, were celebrating an important victory that NHS care home Crowlin House would remain open. This shows that campaigning can work. David Rawlinson, Southampton SPIn this issue
Youth fight for jobs
National Shop Stewards Network
Budget
Bloody Sunday
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