The Socialist 20 June 2012 Fight their profit system  British economy: "black cloud overhead" Leveson inquiry - The 1%: "definitely in this together" Greece election - majority vote against austerity Egypt's military instigates a 'soft coup' Gloucestershire: Countywide protests to stop NHS sell-off Bus bosses can't stop the Socialist! Support the final sprint to the fighting fund quarter finish line Striking at Fords to defend pensions Five hundred food processing workers strike in Leicester Packed Coryton refinery meeting backs action to win UCU: Time to fight on pay and pensions Improved offer in Metro workers' pay fight GMB delegates question link to Labour Unite needs strategy to step up fight against austerity Unison conference: members show anger at pensions 'offer' Fighting teachers' association network launched Secret History of the Streets, Deptford High Street |
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Home | The Socialist 20 June 2012 | Join the Socialist Party Them & UsStrike scareThe government will stop at no dirty trick to scare people away from taking strike action. The lowest paid workers are having yet another safety net stripped away - under the new Universal Credit system they will no longer be able to claim working tax credits if their income drops due to taking part in strikes. The fact that the government thinks this will be enough to put people off says a lot about how low paid many workers are. Never mind the fact that the measly benefits on offer don't amount to anywhere near what most of these workers would lose in a day's pay. Never mind the point of the benefit in the first place - to make sure there's a somewhere-near-decent minimum income for workers. No, the most important thing for work and pensions minister Iain Duncan Smith and his cronies is attacking our democratic right to strike. Milk snatchers?The private sector is the modern way, right? 'The market' will make sure prices are kept down and standards are pushed up. Or so they say. But the government has been forced to accept that it doesn't always work that way. They're having to reorganise the scheme that provides free milk for under fives because the prices have been so inflated by outsourcing to private companies. The cost of the scheme has doubled in three years with the average spent per pint of milk being 60p last year compared to 45p retail. Some areas are claiming nearly £1 per pint - even Cameron and Osborne know the price of milk shouldn't be that high! Golden goodbyeA former boss of Kent county council got a payout of £420,000 when she was made redundant after only 16 months in the job. She must have done something really spectacular to deserve that, you might think. And in a way she did - she cut £340 million worth of jobs and services - leaving 1,500 workers on the dole. Somehow we doubt their redundancy package was quite so generous. In this issue Socialist Party news and analysis
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