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2 July 2008

National Shop Stewards Network: Rebuilding trade union strength

The second conference of the National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) on Saturday 28 June was opened by chair Dave Chapple, explaining how his CWU postal workers' union branch was balloting its 3,000 members for strike action, writes Alison Hill.

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18 June 2008

CWU's link with Labour hotly debated

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) conference met from 8-13 June, under the threat of huge attacks on its industries and its members, writes Dave Griffiths.

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21 May 2008

Give us back our Post Office!

Postman Pat joins the CWU picket line in East London during a CWU strike, photo Naomi Byron

Postman Pat joins the CWU picket line in East London during a CWU strike, photo Naomi Byron

ON 14 May, the postal workers' branch of the CWU union in Coventry organised a wreath-laying ceremony at Coventry's crown post office at Hertford Street which, like 70 others, has been privatised in a deal with WH Smith...

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26 March 2008

Agenda for Change: Hospital workers' victory

The spin of the government's "Agenda for Change" scheme is that it provides equal pay for doing the same job across the NHS, writes Andrew Walton,.

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11 March 2008

The PCS, the CWU dispute, and the struggle for public sector workers' unity

New Labour's co-ordinated attack on the public sector has not, to date, been met by co-ordinated action by the public sector unions, despite the best efforts of the left-led PCS civil servants union. PCS national executive committee member JOHN MCINALLY replies in a personal capacity to allegations published by the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) that the PCS leadership blocked the possibility of public sector unity in the recent CWU postal workers' dispute. This article was first published in Socialism Today March 2008.

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1 March 2008

Strike action in public sector

In the immediate period the battle is likely to be concentrated in the public sector...

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1 March 2008

New mass workers' party

The struggle to create a mass independent political voice for the working class is the most important task we face in this period...

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6 February 2008

Young workers get organised

PCS Young Members' Forum: The third Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) young member's forum took place over 1-3 February... By Matt Dobson

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30 January 2008

Burslem postal workers march back to work

At 6.15am on 24 January, Burslem postal workers marched proudly behind their banner back into work more united than when they walked out on strike six weeks before... By Andy Bentley

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23 January 2008

Marching behind the Burslem 12

Demonstration in support of the Burslem 12 victimised postal workers, photo Stoke Socialist Party

Demonstration in support of the Burslem 12 victimised postal workers, photo Stoke Socialist Party

THE CAMPAIGN to reinstate the victimised Burslem 12 escalated last weekend as working-class solidarity flooded the streets of Stoke-on-Trent... By Glen Watson, Stoke Socialist Party

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