The Socialist 12 September 2012

Build a 24-hour general strike

Build a 24-hour general strike

TUC passes general strike motion

NSSN lobby demands a 24-hour general strike

Teachers must unite against Tories

Nationalise the banks

Cabinet reshuffle

Con-Dem housing measures - in 'the thick of it'?

After the Paralympics... Stop the Con-Dems' assault on disabled

Cable attacks health and safety

'Red tape' bonfire puts workers at more risk

More bad news from media mogul Murdoch

Quebec Solidaire's electoral gains show potential for left

Honduras: Privatised cities in the global economy

We need a political voice to fight austerity

Socialist students: Fighting for education

Bristol YFJ: "We're not lazy - we're fighting back"

Global youth unemployment rises

Youth Fight for Jobs in action! Coming events

Workers' unity against brutal bosses at Cranswick Foods

East Coast train cleaners on strike

RMT assistant secretary arrested on picket line

NHS under attack - Stop the closures, stop the cuts

Bromsgrove meeting opposes A&E closure

Demo against heart unit closure in Leicester

Sheffield Socialist Party pickets strike-breaking facility

Brent Labour: Making families homeless

Young tenants to lobby Leeds council over housing crisis

The Reunion rewrites history: the Poll Tax

The shame of sexism in sport

How we stopped the racist EDL

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ISS picket line at Newcastle Central Station, 10.9.12, photo Elaine Brunskill (Click to enlarge)

East Coast train cleaners on strike

Low paid cleaners from the East Coast train line working for cleaning contractor ISS were on a 24 hour strike today, Monday 10 September.

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Craig Johnston, RMT relief regional organiser, spoke to the Socialist from the picket line at Newcastle Central Station:

"One of the good things in these disputes is how we use new technology to keep in touch up and down the country.

"Photos and reports from our picket lines at London Kings Cross arrived on our Blackberries and mobile phones in Newcastle. There were cheers and clenched fists up here!

"The strike is rock solid. The number of striking workers on the picket line shows again that RMT cleaners are not prepared to accept misery conditions and wages from companies that are making mega profits and bonuses. We are determined and resolute to fight for a better deal.

"It has been great to see Chuchill cleaners [who are also fighting poverty wages on the Tyne & Wear Metro] come down to give their support before going into work. Also, the PCS came down to offer solidarity".

Elaine Brunskill

ISS picket line at Newcastle Central Station, 10.9.12, photo Elaine Brunskill (Click to enlarge)

RMT assistant secretary arrested on picket line

This version of this article was first posted on the Socialist Party website on 10 September 2012 and may vary slightly from the version subsequently printed in The Socialist.

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