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7 December 2011
Private pensions strike: Workers at Unilever have voted overwhelmingly for strike action to defend their pensions. 85% of those voting supported a strike and 92% supported action short of a strike. The 24-hour strike on 9 December...
7 December 2011
Goodbye Barcelona: The idea of a musical commemorating the epic Spanish civil war (1936-39), and inspired by the heroism of the International Brigades may appear incongruous, writes Tony Saunois.
1 December 2011
London NSSN meeting - 'the genie is out of the bottle'
'Standing room only' doesn't even begin to describe the London National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) meeting held on N30
30 November 2011
Supporting N30: Steve Hedley, London regional organiser, RMT explained how the RMT is supporting N30: "We're organising a march from the RMT HQ to support everyone who's on strike...
Construction workers' national protest outside the Pinnacle site, London, 9.11.11, photo Harry Smith
30 November 2011
Construction workers defend the JIB
Strike to fight pay cuts: The pressure is building on the 'Big 7' major construction companies who want to withdraw from the Joint Industry Board (JIB) agreement and impose the new BESNA contracts which will cut pay by up to 35%.
30 November 2011
London trade unionists support electoral opposition to cuts
Trade unionists are supporting the call for anti-cuts election candidates in the 2012 London assembly elections
30 November 2011
Scroungers: There are today in Britain a group of well-paid public sector workers who are bleeding the economy dry, not creating any wealth and just contributing to the debt, writes Dan Gillman, Waltham Forest teacher.
30 November 2011
Electricians occupy building company HQ
Construction electricians brought their campaign of defiance to the home of one of the 'Dirty Seven' contractors in London on 23 November, writes Rob Williams, National Shop Stewards Network chair.
23 November 2011
Pension mythbuster: Teachers' union NUT has revealed that £46.4 billion more has been paid into the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS) since its foundation in 1923, than has been paid out
22 November 2011
Siteworker leaflet: Balfour Beatty (BBES) ballot - The Truth - Why you should vote for the strike
The pressure is building on the 'Big 7'
construction companies who want to
withdraw from the JIB agreement and impose
the new BESNA contracts which will cut pay
by up to 35%. Electricians all over the country
are fighting back. Last week saw walkouts
and stoppages at many sites, including
Corus on Teesside, Ratcliffe and West Burton
power stations, Saltend and Farringdon in
London.
16 November 2011
Weekly construction protests continue as Unite ballot begins
Electricians gathered at Farringdon station in London this morning in the struggle to defend the JIB agreement [NB: reports from Liverpool and West Burton added on 17.11.11; Redcar on 18.11.11]
16 November 2011
Electricians march to defend pay and conditions
Construction electricians entered the next phase of their battle to maintain terms and conditions following their national day of action on 9 November, writes Kevin Parslow
Construction workers, electricians, demonstration 9 November 2011, photo by Neil Cafferky
9 November 2011
Sites shut as construction workers march through City of London
Today's national demonstration of construction workers in London started with a rank and file led protest outside the Pinnacle tower building site on Bishopsgate, near Liverpool Street station
3 November 2011
Jarrow marchers to meet Iain Duncan Smith
On Friday 4 November six Jarrow marchers (who are part of the recreation of the Jarrow March of 75 years ago) will meet work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith in his Chingford constituency...
2 November 2011
Bradford joins the 'Occupy' movement
Following Occupy London Stock Exchange (LSX), and similar protests in Glasgow, Nottingham, Bristol and Newcastle, among others, a group has now established Occupy Bradford
2 November 2011
Construction protests showing results
Continued protest at the Carrington paper-mill site in the north west halted traffic this morning, causing it to back up for miles. In London, protesting continued too, gaining media publicity. NB: Newcastle report added on 3.11.11
2 November 2011
As the Jarrow March for Jobs arrives in London... Youth demand their future!
On Saturday 5 November join the final leg of the Jarrow march! 12 noon at Temple tube on the Embankment to march to a rally in Trafalgar Square
Photo Paul Mattsson
26 October 2011
Capitalism IS crisis - Fight for a socialist alternative
Capitalism IS crisis. These are the words sewn on a huge green banner stretching over the tents outside St Paul's Cathedral in London, writes Paula Mitchell.
26 October 2011
Join the Jarrow march for jobs & education - 5 November
NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION: Assemble 12 noon at Embankment - march to Trafalgar Square
26 October 2011
'Van loads of men' turned away at Carrington paper mill site
Electrical work at the Carrington paper mill site again ground to a halt this morning. Construction workers' protests also continued in London and elsewhere
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