23 November 2010

McCluskey elected Unite general secretary

Len McCluskey has been elected as the general secretary designate of Unite. He will take over from Tony Woodley and Derek Simpson by the beginning of 2012, writes Kevin Parslow.

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22 November 2010

McCluskey elected general secretary of Unite

Len McCluskey has been elected as the general secretary designate of Unite. He will take over from Tony Woodley and Derek Simpson by the beginning of 2012...

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11 November 2010

US elections: Bankruptcy of Democrats leads to spectacular fall

THE US 2010 mid-term elections revealed the deepening instability of the two-party system and capitalism, writes Philip Locker, Socialist Alternative, USA.

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27 October 2010

Unite general secretary election: Right wing candidate on another planet

Backed by Murdoch's press and somehow able to fund full-page adverts in newspapers, it's not surprising that Les Bayliss, right-wing candidate for Unite general secretary, condemns strike action, particularly that of the BA cabin crew recently, writes Kevin Parslow.

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20 October 2010

Police try to stifle Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition protest

It wasn't a nice sight - the spectacle of two Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) election candidates, one apparently having his collar felt and the other being dragged away by the police on the eve of poll of the last general and local council elections, writes Craig Johnston, RMT national executive member.

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20 October 2010

RMT executive election: Support Lewis Peacock

Socialist Party member Lewis Peacock is standing for election to the transport union RMT's national executive, the Council of Executives...

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20 October 2010

Workplace news in brief

Unite general secretary election: The ballot papers for the election of the new general secretary of Unite will be distributed in the week beginning 25 October...

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29 September 2010

Bosses try to rewrite history

IN AN ATTEMPT to obliterate the memory of a historic victory against the effects of privatisation, bosses at Whipps Cross Hospital Trust in East London removed a collection of photos of striking porters and domestics from a union notice board...

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29 September 2010

Right-wing government re-elected in Sweden

THE RECENT Swedish elections were historic in many ways. In a polarised vote, with an increased turnout, the right-wing 'Alliance' was again the biggest bloc while losing its overall majority. The racist...

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24 September 2010

A political alternative

The anti-cuts movement is going to find itself in opposition to all of the major capitalist parties whose position on cuts is virtually identical...

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