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9 November 2011
Build for 30 Nov strike - The fight of all our lives!
We’re just days away from 30 November, when up to three million public sector workers will be striking to defend their pensions. This will be an overwhelmingly popular strike because all those who have suffered from these cuts want someone to stand up for them.
Half-million strong TUC demo, central London, 26 March 2011, against the government's cuts , photo Paul Mattsson
4 November 2011
Unison members say YES to strike
Unison members voted overwhelmingly to strike in defence of their pensions. It means 30 November will witness one of the biggest single demonstrations of working class power since the 1926 general strike and is a decisive step against the Con-Dem government and its austerity and cuts
3 November 2011
Mark Serwotka calls pensions raid only "slightly less"
Commenting on the latest government offer on pensions, PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said it "would still force public servants to pay more in and work longer for less in retirement".
2 November 2011
Bosses prosper, workers suffer...
Join the 30 Nov strike: A recent survey of top 100 FTSE chief executives has shown that in the last year these bosses have received, on average, 50% pay rises
2 November 2011
Pension talks: Opponent wavers, now's the time to push ahead with action!
Martin Powell-Davies, an executive member of the NUT and a Socialist Party member, commented on his blog on the government concessions on pensions. [Also see the NSSN statement: Reject the government's new pension offer - all out together on N30!]
2 November 2011
Building a coordinated strategy for strike action against the Con-Dem cuts: The joint strike against the Con-Dem attacks on pension rights on 30 November could be one of the biggest strikes in modern trade union history, John McInally writes...
2 November 2011
Review: Salford Socialist Party member Paul Gerrard has produced a new pamphlet on Salford's 1931 'Battle for Bexley Square'...
27 October 2011
The 30th November strike and the Fire Brigades Union
On 18 October, the Fire Brigades Union issued a statement explaining why it is not balloting for strike action on 30 November. Socialist Party statement and a reply from Ian Leahair, FBU Executive Council Member for London.
26 October 2011
Prepare for N30 - strike and demonstrate!
Editorial of the Socialist: The strike to defend public sector pensions on 30 November (N30) represents the biggest and broadest coordinated industrial action since the 1926 general strike 85 years ago
Unison members in Wales protest against privatisation, photo Socialist Party Wales
26 October 2011
10,000 public sector jobs lost in Wales and counting
Over 10,000 public sector jobs have been lost in Wales in the last year according to accountants PwC.
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