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26 January 2012
Sparks protest at Conoco and solidarity with Jet tanker drivers
Electricians from West Burton power station in Nottinghamshire and BP Saltend in Hull took strike action on Wednesday 25 January against the new Besna contracts being imposed on them, writes Alistair Tice.
14 December 2011
Kazakhstan - 20 years of authoritarianism!
On 16 December 2011, the Republic of Kazakhstan celebrates 20 years as an independent state, a status it achieved as the Soviet Union collapsed, writes International day of solidarity action with workers' organisations.
7 December 2011
Reinstate Paul Kelly: Solidarity with Portsmouth RMT
On 11 November Paul Kelly, an elected transport union RMT rep at Wightlink Ferries in Portsmouth was dismissed on trumped-up charges and what many workers see as an anti-union vendetta by management...
7 December 2011
Construction workers fight a 35% cut in wages
The biggest of the 'Dirty 7' big contractors, Balfour Beatty, may have outlawed the strike by their electricians but today saw protests and walkouts all over the country. NB: Contribution from an electrician added on 9.12.11 (see end)
30 November 2011
Tommy Sheridan, class fighter and socialist ex-Member of the Scottish Parliament, sent this message of solidarity to be read out to the Socialism 2011 rally on 5 November...
30 November 2011
Solidarity message to UK public sector workers, from Berlin, Germany
Striking health facility workers in Berlin, Germany, have sent the following solidarity message to public sector trade unionists in Britain
24 August 2011
Plymouth Unison - Battle to reverse de-recognition - Solidarity needed!
By Rob Rooney, Plymouth UNISON shop steward (personal capacity) and Socialist Party member...
Tamil Solidarity demo
10 July 2011
Tamil Solidarity Old Trafford protest
Tamil Solidarity (TS) organised a protest in front of Lancashire County Cricket Club when Sri Lanka played England on 9th July
8 June 2011
Tamil Solidarity: important resolution agreed at the European Parliament
Tamil representatives, solidarity and human rights campaigns and individual activists converged on the European parliament on Wednesday 1 June, writes Manny Thain, Tamil Solidarity national secretary.
27 April 2011
Saltend lockout: Struggle continues
On Wednesday 20 April, the Redhall construction workers, locked out from BP Saltend, near Hull for the last six weeks, met to decide whether to accept a £1 million financial compensation package from BP/Vivergo...
9 February 2011
Solidarity with the Egyptian masses
Newcastle: UP TO 100 protesters gathered at Newcastle students union to demonstrate their solidarity with the Egyptian masses on 4 February...
9 February 2011
Economic crisis in Greece: Immigrants made scapegoats
Three hundred 'undocumented' immigrant workers began a hunger strike on 25 January, demanding documents and equal rights...
9 February 2011
Solidarity messages needed for US prison reform activist
In the aftermath of an historic prison strike in Georgia, late last year, inmate activists are facing systematic violence and repression, writes Socialist Alternative (CWI USA) reporters.
Ian Leahair, FBU London Regional Organiser, after being run down by engines crewed by strike breakers provided by the private firm AssetCo, photo Suzanne Beishon
3 November 2010
Pickets injured: Solidarity with London firefighters
The mood of striking London firefighters was made even more determined when two FBU members were hit by vehicles on picket lines on 1 November...
100 striking FBU firefighters led the London October 23rd trade union led demonstration against the cuts, photo Paul Mattsson
27 October 2010
Victory to London firefighters!
London firefighters were on strike for eight hours on 23 October, against changes in shift patterns which will pave the way for cuts, writes Paula Mitchell.
Birmingham Council workers on strike, 24 April 2008, photo S. O Neill
22 September 2010
Birmingham: Solidarity with council workers
Sometimes the bosses hesitate before attacking workers. Sometimes they proceed slowly. And sometimes they rush to strike a devastating blow, Birmingham Socialist Party members write.
9 September 2010
Russia: Motorway construction through Khimkinsky forest halted
ON 7 August, Russian CWI activist, Igor Yasin, and two other CWI members, were brutally attacked by thugs following a peaceful protest in Moscow over the proposed construction of a major new road through Khimkinsky forest, part of Moscow's green belt, writes Igor Yasin, Moscow.
1 September 2010
Pakistan flood disaster: Workers' solidarity appeal
THE FOLLOWING financial appeal has been circulated internationally by CWI socialists in Pakistan...
Demonstration against the Sri Lankan government's attacks on the Tamils 11 April 2009, photo Paul Mattsson
4 August 2010
Daily Mail admits guilt over smearing Tamil hunger striker
THE DAILY Mail headline read: "Hunger Striker's £7 million Big Mac". This outrageous attack, printed on 9 October 2009, accused Subramanyam Parameswaran of eating a Big Mac while 'pretending' to be on hunger strike in Parliament Square, London.
National Shop Stewards Network conference 2010
29 July 2010
National Shop Stewards Network conference 2010 - click here for reports and more videos
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