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Hundreds of thousands of local government workers in the unions UNITE and UNISON have been taking strike action on 16 and 17 July against the government's pay freeze. In many areas Socialist Party members played a key role in the strike.
Initial reports from picket lines and demonstrations in some parts of the country.

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16 July 2008

Workplace news: In brief

Argos strike dates: Argos distribution workers will be on strike for 24 hours on 17 and 24 July over pay (see last week's Socialist). This will be followed by a four-day stoppage, which will be staggered across depots in Basildon, Bridgewater, Heywood (Manchester) and Magna...

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8 July 2008

Striking back against low pay

Teachers, lecturers and civil servants on strike on the same day, photo Paul Mattsson
LAST WEEK, MPs kept their noses in the trough by voting to maintain their massive expenses and furnishing their second homes, writes Josie Nichols, secretary, Leicestershire county Unison, (personal capacity).

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2 July 2008

Local government strike action: Workers say: 'enough is enough!'

Glasgow Social Workers on strike , photo Duncan Brown
The pages of the national press have been full of the statistics for months. Bread up 44%, pasta up 20%, utility bills are likely to rise by 40% and petrol is going up faster than you can measure it. Marc Glasscoe, Branch Secretary, Lincoln City Unison (personal capacity) writes.

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25 June 2008

Editorial: Summer of discontent?

Following the pay rise victory of Shell tanker drivers, Unison council workers have voted for strike action over pay; starting with two days in July. This vote will be widely welcomed by workers throughout the public sector...

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25 June 2008

PCS union sends letter of solidarity to Unison

As Unison started its annual conference, ahead of the council workers' vote to strike over pay, Mark Serwotka (general secretary of the PCS union) sent the following letter of support and solidarity to Unison's general secretary Dave Prentis, calling for united industrial action.

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25 June 2008

Unison conference 2008: Fighting to reclaim the union for its members

Glenn Kelly at Unison conference 2008 calls for review of Labour link, photo Paul Mattsson
BY THE end of this year's Unison conference of public sector workers, the Socialist Party was seen as the most prominent party, as a result of its campaign against the union leaders' witch hunt of four Socialist Party members and for promoting discussion on why Unison should break its political link with Labour, writes Jane James.

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25 June 2008

Unison Service Group Executives - socialists elected

AnalysisUNISON MEMBERS have just elected their service group leaderships (SGEs), the bodies that oversee pay and conditions of service negotiations in service groups including local government, health, higher education and energy.

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25 June 2008

Fighting, democratic unions not witch hunts

"Democracy not bureaucracy": Throughout Unison's 2008 conference there were two main talking points. One was the witch hunt taking place against Unison activists, including myself and three other Socialist Party members. The other was motion 63, entitled 'New Labour, what do we get for our money', writes Onay Kasab, Greenwich Unison (personal capacity)

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