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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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23 July 2008

Pakistan: 50,000 textile workers strike

MORE THAN 250,000 power looms remained closed for four days in Pakistan's third largest city, Faisalabad, the hub of the country's textile industry, writes Khalid Bhatti, Trade Union Rights Campaign of Pakistan (TURCP), Faisalabad.

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22 July 2008

Build further action after successful council strike

Unison Local Government strike 16-17 July in London, photo Paul Mattsson

Unison Local Government strike 16-17 July in London, photo Paul Mattsson


Editorial: The successful local government strike on 16 and 17 July in England, Wales and Northern Ireland involving unions Unison and Unite, was the biggest strike so far in opposition to the government's pay freeze...

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22 July 2008

Argos workers strike against insulting pay offer

Argos workers in the Unite union on a 24-hour strike, photo Leicester Socialist Party

Argos workers in the Unite union on a 24-hour strike, photo Leicester Socialist Party


Reports: Basildon distribution plant: On 17 April Argos workers in the Unite union started a 24-hour strike against an insulting pay offer of 3.8%, and the employer's attempt to move them from weekly to monthly pay without any compensation...

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17 July 2008

Unison strike pictures

Pictures from the Unison strike of July 16-17 2008

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17 July 2008

Unison strike: "Striking for bread and milk" reports (update 3)

Unison Local Government strike 16-17 July in London, photo Paul Mattsson



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16 July 2008

Sri Lanka general strike

Strikers rally outside the Ministry of Health in Colombo, photo CWI

Strikers rally outside the Ministry of Health in Colombo, photo CWI


The Sri Lankan government, continuing to bombard the north of the country in the civil war, faced a warning general strike demanding increased wages to cover massive price rises, writes Siritunga Jayasuriya, Secretary, United Socialist Party, CWI Sri Lanka

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11 July 2008

Reply to the SWP attacks on the PCS leadership in the Department for Work and Pensions

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9 July 2008

Argos warehouse workers vote to strike

Argos distribution workers have voted by 67% to strike over pay. A senior steward for Unite at the Argos distribution centre in Basildon, spoke to The Socialist about the dispute and about organising distribution workers...

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