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19 November 2008

Scotland: Unison local government: Close vote on pay

In a turnout of nearly 50%, Unison members in Scotland have voted by 51% to 49% to accept the latest offer from the local government employers, despite the recommendation to reject from the negotiators, writes Ronnie Stevenson, Unison convenor, Social Work Services, Glasgow, personal capacity.

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12 November 2008

Fast news

Rewarding failure: Sir Ian Blair, the former head of the Metropolitan Police, is to get a pay-off worth £1 million...

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12 November 2008

NUT leadership fails to call strike

In April, the morale of trade unionists across England and Wales was lifted when tens of thousands of teachers took strike action to oppose the years of below-inflation pay awards being imposed on them by New Labour, writes Martin Powell-Davies, convenor, Socialist Party Teachers.

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12 November 2008

PCS union: Strike threat wins talks

THE NATIONAL strike by civil service union PCS over pay has been suspended as the employer, at the eleventh hour, offered meaningful talks aimed at resolving our long-running dispute, writes John McInally, national vice-president PCS.

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5 November 2008

Canary Wharf: Low paid workers welcome socialist campaigners

In the build up to Socialism 2008 we have leafleted workplaces, colleges, shopping centres and stations all over London, writes Paula Mitchell, London Socialist Party secretary.

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4 November 2008

Striking against low pay

PCS workers on strike, photo Paul Mattsson

PCS workers on strike, photo Paul Mattsson

On 10 November, tens of thousands of government workers will be on strike.

This is the next stage of the campaign by civil service union PCS members to defend their jobs, their standard of living and the vital services that they provide, writes Marion Lloyd, PCS national executive, personal capacity

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29 October 2008

Recession getting deeper - 'real world' suffering

THE FINANCIAL crisis is getting worse. Across the planet, the stock market casinos have been plummeting. Japan's Nikkei index at one stage hit a 26-year low...

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29 October 2008

National civil service strike 10 November

The Democracy Alliance-led national executive committee of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS), which includes members of the Socialist Party, has agreed and announced a national one-day strike on 10 November, writes John McInally, national vice-president PCS.

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29 October 2008

JCB - Why should we accept redundancies and pay cuts?

Workers at JCB's UK factories have voted by a two thirds majority to move to short time working, from 39 to 34 hours a week. This will mean a pay cut of over £50 a week, writes A JCB worker.

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29 October 2008

Saving jobs at Ford

Thousands of car workers in Ford are facing the reality of the credit crunch. Many of them could be laid off until the New Year. This means that they aren't being made redundant but are paid their basic pay minus their shift rate...

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