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11 January 2012
Fat cat pay: empty words from Cameron
Prime minister David Cameron now tells us that he is determined to announce action in this spring's Queen's speech on the phenomenally high pay of 'fat cat' company executives, writes Roger Shrives.
10 January 2012
Unite rejects local government pensions offer
The government's latest proposals to cut local government pensions were rejected by Unite, Britain's biggest union, today (Monday, 9 January)...
4 January 2012
In this special new year feature, Peter Taaffe looks back at 2011, a year of crisis, struggle and revolution. This article is based on a statement prepared for the Committee for a Workers' International, the world socialist organisation to which the Socialist Party is affiliated.
4 January 2012
Liverpool's managed decline: Tarzan to the rescue?
In a breathtaking example of Tory mendacity former 'Minister for Merseyside' Michael Heseltine claims he rescued Liverpool from 'managed decline', writes Tony Mulhearn, Former Liverpool councillor.
4 January 2012
Nigeria: Boko Haram's Christmas Day bombings
Among the more audacious previous attacks of Boko Haram were the bombings of the National Police headquarters and the United Nations office in the capital, Abuja, writes Segun Sango, General secretary, Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM - CWI, Nigeria).
4 January 2012
2012: Millions face poverty and homelessness
There's been no good news for people worried about their housing situation over Christmas and New Year, writes Sarah Wrack.
4 January 2012
"Seismic collapse" of private pensions
Government ministers have continually attempted to sow divisions between public and private sector workers over occupational pensions, writes Dave Carr.
4 January 2012
The real scroungers: Benefit scroungers are destroying our economy, right? All those greedy, lazy people living off the hard work of others? But as the website Political Scrapbook pointed out, the average benefit fraud amounts...
21 December 2011
Why you should reject the pensions 'deal' - the facts for workers across the public sector
The TUC leaders propose that we throw away our advantage and accept a rotten deal on pensions
Marching on the 30 November public sector strike, photo Paul Mattsson
21 December 2011
Defend public sector pensions - "action must be escalated"
The current battle over pensions is a defining one for our movement. Over two million workers from 24 unions took action together on 30th November in the biggest show of strength in living memory, writes John McInally, national vice-president, PCS (personal capacity)
30 November strike
20 December 2011
TUC lobby demands no retreat on pensions
Hundreds of rank and file union members lobbied the TUC's Public Services Liaison Group, angry at the prospect of their leadership agreeing to a rotten deal, writes Rob Williams, NSSN
20 December 2011
PCS denounces government's "unacceptable bullying"
The Cabinet Office unilaterally announced yesterday that the PCS civil servants union would no longer be invited to negotiations over pensions, writes See:.
16 December 2011
ipetition launched: Strike again in January! Defend our pensions!
www.ipetitions.com/petition/pensions_strike_january/, writes The Petition:.
Pensions strike. Pic: Senan
15 December 2011
No sell-out on pensions - Fight until we win!
Brendan Barber, TUC general secretary, argued at the TUC’s Public Sector Liaison Group (PSLG) that all the trade unions should sign up to the government’s latest ‘heads of agreement’ on pensions. This was met with outrage
15 December 2011
PCS comments on Maude misleading MPs over pensions dispute
Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka comments on statements made in parliament by Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude about the negotiations over public sector pensions
Arctic Sea Ice loss animation demonstrates drastic climate change through global warming, photo NASA
14 December 2011
No progress at climate conference
When is an agreement not an agreement? When it's an agreement to reach an agreement in the future, writes Pete Mason, East London Socialist Party.
National Pensioners Convention on a 2007 TUC lobby of Parliament, photo Paul Mattsson
14 December 2011
Pensioners and workers - united fight needed
When I addressed 2,000 striking public sector workers on 30 November in Reading, I brought greetings of solidarity and unity from the Thames Valley National Pensioners Convention (NPC), writes Terry Pearce, Thames Valley National Pensioners Convention (personal capacity).
Political answer also required
14 December 2011
Stand up to the Con-Dem government
On 30 November around two million public sector workers took strike action in defence of their pensions and against cuts in public services.
However, it is also urgent that the trade union and anti-cuts movement begins to discuss making sure it has an electoral voice, otherwise we are fighting with one hand tied behind our backs.
26 March 2011 TUC demonstration against the government's austerity programme, photo Suzanne Beishon
14 December 2011
The government recently announced a plan to sell NHS patient information to private companies. They argue that allowing private life science companies access to this information could "potentially give...
14 December 2011
The National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) steering committee has agreed to campaign for 25 January to be named as the next day for co-ordinated national strike action in defence of pensions if no satisfactory movement from the government is forthcoming...
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