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3 September 2008

Building industrial militancy

Socialist Party meeting: Seventy five trade unionists packed into the Socialist Party's national trade union meeting on 30 August, writes Alison Hill.

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3 September 2008

London buses: Strikers pack picket lines

I went to Westbourne Park bus garage in west London, during their strike over pay on 29 August. There are nearly 1,000 drivers at the garage and the strike there was solid. I was told that only 20 buses...

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3 September 2008

Fight threat to Ford Transit plant jobs

Ford is cutting production, making contract workers redundant and hanging the threat of closure over their Transit plant in Southampton, writes Nick Chaffey, Southampton Socialist Party.

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3 September 2008

Coastguards strike over bank holiday in pay protest

On 23 August, 700 PCS members in the Maritime and Coastguard Agency went on a 48-hour strike over pay. Sean Brogan, an ex-marine radio officer, from Teignmouth, Devon, reports:...

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2 September 2008

Trades Union Congress: Building a real leadership against the bosses

PCS is calling for public-sector trade union unity. Birmingham Council workers on strike, April 24, photo S. O Neill

PCS is calling for public-sector trade union unity. Birmingham Council workers on strike, April 24, photo S. O Neill


This year's Trades Union Congress promises to be more interesting than in previous years. The main resolutions reflect issues such as the battle in the public sector over the government's pay restraint...

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2 September 2008

John Mc Donnell MP protests at Unison witch-hunt

The Socialist has carried many reports of the witch-hunt against activists within Unison. At a recent meeting to oppose this witch-hunt, John McDonnell, the Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington spoke...

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2 September 2008

Building a new workers' party: trade unionist initiative needed

A number of left trade union leaders have recognised that the Labour Party in councils and in government is not going to stop trying to push through privatisation, writes John McInally, vice-president of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS), in a personal capacity.

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13 August 2008

Strike threat produces Glasgow pay victory

All 900 workers in Glasgow council's homes for older people and children/young people have won wage increases after threatening to take all-out indefinite strike action without emergency cover, writes Brian Smith, secretary, social work services, Glasgow Unison.

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31 July 2008

Passport staff strike

Workers at the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) were out on a three-day strike from 23-25 July. Elaine Brunskill reports from the Durham office...

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31 July 2008

Land registry in third pay walk out

On 18 July PCS members in Land Registry took part in our third walkout over pay and in support of our comrades in other PCS groups and other public-sector unions, writes The aims of our campaign are to:.

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