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16 May 2012
Victory for Greenwich Unite library campaign
Lessons in the fight against privatisation of public services: Two days of strike action led to negotiations on pay and conditions
9 May 2012
Greenwich libraries - fighting back can win
Strike action by Unite library workers in Greenwich, south London, has sent a clear message to Greenwich Leisure Limited against attacks on pay and conditions
2 May 2012
Fight privatisation: Save our libraries
Over the last year more than 100 libraries have either been closed, are now run by volunteers or have been made into social enterprises, ie privatised...
27 April 2012
Day 1: Just the beginning in the fight against library privatisation in Greenwich
The first day of five days of strike action got off to a flying start in Greenwich today
22 February 2012
Organising against the cuts in Greenwich
The Greenwich Unite 2050 branch, which represents many workers in south east London, has grown recently - not just in numbers of new recruits, but also qualitatively...
25 January 2012
Greenwich Unite members oppose cuts, privatisation and racism
Unite members in Greenwich, south London, were out in force for the second Saturday running on 21 January, fighting to stop the council privatising the library service, writes Onay Kasab, Greenwich Unite.
13 October 2011
Greenwich Unite criticises privatisation of welfare services
In light of recent figures on unemployment and child poverty, Greenwich Unite has slammed Greenwich council for failing to reconsider the decision to privatise and effectively kill off the Welfare Rights Service
28 September 2011
Greenwich Unite takes fight to cuts councillors
Unite union members from across Greenwich took the fight against the cuts to the south London borough's council, writes Onay Kasab.
Onay Kasab addresses 200 trade unionists, community campaigners and service users marched in Greenwich borough, south London, against the local council's brutal cuts package, photo Lorraine Dardis
16 September 2011
Expelled from Unison for effective anti-cuts leadership
"The appeals committee unanimously rejected your appeal". These were the words that ended my over 20 years of membership of Unison
14 September 2011
Greenwich: As we reported last week, Socialist Party member Onay Kasab (Kaz) has been expelled from Unison for allegedly encouraging Greenwich branch members to leave Unison and join Unite...
1 May 2011
Socialists elected to leading positions in Greenwich Unite
On 26th April Unite union members working for Greenwich council, south London, elected Socialist Party members Onay Kasab and Chris Slater into the positions of branch secretary and treasurer respectively. (An edited version of this article appeared in The Socialist issue 669.)
200 trade unionists, community campaigners and service users marched in Greenwich borough, south London, against the local council's brutal cuts package, photo Lorraine Dardis
16 February 2011
Greenwich marches against brutal council cuts
On Saturday 12 February around 200 trade unionists, community campaigners and service users marched in Greenwich borough, south London, against the local council's brutal cuts package, writes Paul Callanan, Greenwich Save Our Services.
9 February 2011
March against the job losses in Greenwich
On Saturday 12 February workers and community campaigners will march against savage cuts being proposed by Greenwich council, writes Paul Callanan, Greenwich Socialist Party.
Greenwich protest against council cuts 29 November 2010 - riot police were called
12 January 2011
Jobs cut while the rich carry on partying
On 6 January nearly 8,000 council workers employed by Greenwich received notices of dismissal. The council wants to sack its entire workforce, with no entitlement to redundancy pay, and offer new contracts...
14 October 2010
Greenwich council threatens mass sackings
Labour controlled Greenwich council in south London has sent letters to 8,000 staff threatening mass sackings unless unions agree to pay cuts, writes Paul Callanan.
29 September 2010
Greenwich, Reading, Hackney, Bristol, Cardiff: Sixty people, mainly local government workers in the Unite union, gathered at Greenwich town hall in Woolwich on Tuesday 21 September to protest at the council's plan to make £70 million worth of cuts to jobs and services...
23 September 2010
Libraries and voluntary organisations under attack
60 people, mainly Unite local government workers protested against Greenwich council's plan to cut £70 million from jobs and services, writes Paul Callanan, Greenwich Socialist Party.
2 December 2009
Fighting council cuts in Greenwich
EVEN PRIME minister Gordon Brown has condemned Tory Nottinghamshire county council's savage plans to impose over £31 million of cuts, cutting 450 jobs this financial year alone and attacking staff terms and conditions and council services, writes Onay Kasab, secretary, Greenwich Unison branch (personal capacity).
25 February 2009
Greenwich: "Hands off my school"
ABOUT 100 angry parents, school students and education workers crammed into the main hall of Charlotte Turner primary school in Deptford to demand that Greenwich council drop its plans to close the school, writes Chris Newby.
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