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19 November 2008

JCB: Pay cuts haven't saved our jobs!

A further 400 redundancies have been announced at JCB. This brings the total jobs lost since August this year to over 1,000 at its UK factories, a JCB worker writes.

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29 October 2008

JCB - Why should we accept redundancies and pay cuts?

Workers at JCB's UK factories have voted by a two thirds majority to move to short time working, from 39 to 34 hours a week. This will mean a pay cut of over £50 a week, writes A JCB worker.

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22 October 2008

Fight for jobs at JCB

JCB has just announced a further reduction of 19% in direct labour costs. This equates to 500 redundancies across its UK group. This comes on top of several hundred redundancies already made since August...

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4 June 2008

Union members reject pay insult

THOUSANDS OF NHS workers have rejected the government's below-inflation three-year pay offer...

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19 February 2008

No wage cuts! Fund equal pay

Birmingham council workers strike on 5 February 2008. Photo S O

Birmingham council workers strike on 5 February 2008. Photo S O'Neill

"No pay cuts!" "Equal pay for women, now!" That's what Birmingham council workers will be saying as they strike for the second time on 26 February. Tens of thousands of members of GMB, Amicus, TGWU, UCATT and Unison struck on 5 February...

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20 September 2007

Remploy workers fight for jobs

Remploy workers rally against closure threat, photo Chris Moore

Remploy workers rally against closure threat, photo Chris Moore

"If need be, we will take this attitude to the battlefield and with this attitude, we will win"

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13 September 2007

Fighting Unions Need a New party

RMT protest against Tube privatisation, photo Paul Mattsson

RMT protest against Tube privatisation, photo Paul Mattsson

Smash the pay freeze: Insisting that public sector workers must accept below inflation pay rises - in reality, pay cuts - Gordon Brown showed how little difference there is between the Blair and Brown governments... By Councillor Dave Nellist Chair, Campaign for a New Workers' Party.



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9 August 2007

Save our NHS: Stop fat cat robbery

Health workers demonstrate in Hackney, photo Paul Mattsson

Health workers demonstrate in Hackney, photo Paul Mattsson

Save our NHS: Thousands of nurses and doctors are unable to find jobs in our health service after millions of pounds have been spent on training them.

Jon Smith, GMB branch secretary, Sheffield Children's Hospital, writes (in a personal capacity)

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12 July 2007

Fighting low pay, defending jobs and services

Postal workers on strike, photo Socialist Party

Postal workers on strike, photo Socialist Party

POST WORKERS in the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are holding a second 24-hour national strike from the evening of Thursday 12 July to Friday 13 July...

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14 June 2007

Merger with GMB?

Eyebrows were raised at the NEC when General Secretary Dave Prentis announced that he had agreed a policy of close and joint working between UNISON and GMB....

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