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8 April 2009
Stockport cab drivers fight deregulation
While over 100 journalists from local newspapers under threat gathered inside Manchester town hall on a Friday night to discuss the way forward, one in every three of Stockport's black cab drivers circled the building in a show of support, writes Hugh Caffrey, Manchester.
25 February 2009
Manchester Unison: Good vote for left
On the same day that Manchester city council announced £25 million of 'savings', the Unison union branch representing many council staff announced the results of its leadership elections, writes Jim Cessford.
18 February 2009
Manchester Unison elections: Left candidates well supported
"Your leaflet has gone down really well here!" That's what one steward rang me up to say after his members had read the Left slate election leaflet for the Unison Manchester local government branch, writes Jim Cessford, Manchester Unison, personal capacity.
28 January 2009
No pay discrimination against young people
I STARTED working for Clarks in the shoe shop's busiest period - 'back to school'. At the same time two 16 year-old girls started and from the off I was dismayed at Clarks' employment policies, writes Jack Youd, Salford and Central Manchester Socialist Party.
14 January 2009
Why Manchester rejected the congestion charge
Greater Manchester residents have thrown out proposals threatening to bring in a "congestion charge" in return for some limited investment in public transport, writes Hugh Caffrey, Manchester.
26 November 2008
Manchester: No redundancies at IMI!
At IMI Scott (IMI) in South Manchester, a factory specialising in the manufacture of electrical wiring, four of the twenty five shop floor workers have been made redundant due to a lack of orders, Wythenshawe and Sale Socialist Party members write.
24 September 2008
Protesting against Bush and Brown's wars
AROUND 3,000 demonstrators joined the Stop the War Coalition (STWC) march in Manchester on 20 September, writes Paul Gerrard, Socialist Party Manchester.
17 September 2008
Welcome to the real Manchester
NEW LABOUR leaders will queue up at this week's Labour Party conference to proclaim Manchester an economic success story. The true picture makes grim reading, writes Jim Cessford, Manchester Advice senior Unison steward (personal capacity).
17 September 2008
Fighting city needs a fighting party
A PROUD tradition of the Socialist Party is linking major national and international issues, such as the occupation of Iraq, the economy, industrial struggle etc, writes Steve North, Central Manchester and Salford Socialist Party.
10 September 2008
Fans pay for the success of the 'beautiful game'
"We need a billionaire," wailed Everton Football Club chairman Bill Kenwright, 'only' a millionaire himself, writes Kevin Parslow.
22 July 2008
Argos workers strike against insulting pay offer
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Argos workers in the Unite union on a 24-hour strike, photo Leicester Socialist Party |
Reports: Basildon distribution plant: On 17 April Argos workers in the Unite union started a 24-hour strike against an insulting pay offer of 3.8%, and the employer's attempt to move them from weekly to monthly pay without any compensation...
16 July 2008
Ex-Foley-ated! Union bashing NHS boss resigns as staff defeat pay cuts
JOY AND celebration in the offices! This is how one NHS employee described hearing the news that hated boss Sheila Foley had resigned from Manchester's Community and Mental Health Trust on 8 July, writes Hugh Caffrey, Manchester.
18 June 2008
Greater Manchester - save your post office
THIS SEPTEMBER, 67 post offices in different parts of Greater Manchester face closure. The government wants to shut 2,500 around the country. Many local post offices have started their own petitions.
14 May 2008
FOR THE first time in 21 years the Tories won Bury council in Greater Manchester, writes Paul Gerrard.
14 May 2008
Students 'study-in' in Manchester
On Friday 9 May, around 100 University of Manchester students staged a second protest under the banner of 'Reclaim the Uni'(RtU), writes Abigail Taylor, Manchester Socialist Students.
14 May 2008
Following a successful inaugural conference of the North West Shop Stewards Network (NWSSN) last month, the elected committee met for the first time on 10 May, writes Dave Lunn, assistant secretary NWSSN, personal capacity.
7 May 2008
Elections round-up and results
Wales: This year's local election results in Wales have delivered a devastating blow to Labour, writes Dave Reid, Socialist Party Wales.
7 May 2008
STRIKING WORKERS from Shelter led London's May Day march, followed by members of rail union RMT, local trades councils and Turkish and Kurdish groups...
30 April 2008
Manchester University: At 4pm on Tuesday 22 April, around 300 University of Manchester students gathered for a campus demonstration to express their anger at the way the university is run, writes Abby Taylor, Manchester University Socialist Students.
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