The Socialist 22 June 2011

All strike together

As the cuts bite, millions ask: 'Does it have to be like this?'

Con-Dems' pension attack - brutal class warfare must be fought

POA to hold protest meetings

Busting the public sector pensions myths!

Staffordshire NSSN builds support for 30 June action

Hillingdon workers back the pensions strike

Strike action to defend Royal Mail jobs

Leeds Unison urges members to reject council's final offer

Coleg Morgannwg: Victory over victimisation

Barnsley lecturers fight job cuts

Unison conferences discuss action on pensions

Workplace news in brief

Housing crisis

Con-Dems still plan to destroy NHS - Save our health service!

News in brief

Greece's debt crisis threatens worldwide banking system

Finsbury Park - No to A4e cheap labour schemes

Southern Cross bosses demand huge cuts in pay and conditions

Sri Lanka's killing fields

Readers' comment: apprentice sexists

Southampton: strikes set to continue

200 workers challenge Labour council cuts

Labour MP fails to answer questions on cuts

Comprehensive education under attack

Keep Tidemill in public hands

Spreading to primaries?

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Workplace news in brief

Tube strike for justice

Transport union RMT members working as drivers in London Underground began a series of strikes on 19 June. This action is in defence of driver and union rep Arwyn Thomas, who has been victimised by London Underground (LU). He has already won an interim tribunal hearing but LU have so far refused to reinstate him. Arwyn spoke at the recent National Shop Stewards Network conference. The second strike begins on 27 June.

Please send protests to London Mayor Boris Johnson: mayor@london.gov.uk and LU personnel director: gerry.duffy@tube.tfl.gov.uk and urge them to reinstate Arwyn immediately.

Newsquest strike

The latest dispute in the struggle to defend local journalism led to a very lively picket for the two-day strike at Newsquest in south west London on 15-16 June. Pickets were out in force dressed as cowboys. Newsquest, which runs a series of local newspapers, has placed the entire sport and leisure department on notice of redundancy which would leave 12 reporters writing seven newspapers.

Please send messages of support via ylgstrike.blogspot.com

Save Baron House

Customer services for the East Coast Main rail line are operated by National Express call centre workers at Baron House, Newcastle. However the publicly owned East Coast Main Line company has made the decision to franchise jobs to Intelenet Global Services, which will result in most of the work being transferred to India.

Craig Johnson, RMT executive member, attended an adjournment debate in the House of Commons on the issue. Craig commented that Theresa Villiers, transport minister: "Couldn't have cared less about the loss of jobs, claiming it was a commercial decision by East Coast, a government-run company, that the government couldn't interfere in! She also defended the company, implying these decisions had to be taken to prepare East Coast for re-privatisation!"

The loss of these 180 jobs would be a further blow to the economy in the North East.

There will be a protest against the job losses at Baron House, Newcastle Central station at 8am on 24 June.