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PCS left Unity meeting: Organising to step up the pensions struggle

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30 November public sector strike (N30) , photo Paul Mattsson

N30 Public sector strike

Public sector pensions: 'Coalition of the willing' gathering strength

25 January A 'coalition of the willing' - unions determined to fight - are regrouping, writes Martin Powell-Davies, (personal capacity). More...

25 January 2012

The trade unions and Labour

Unions like Unite have donated millions to Labour but the Labour party have promised very little in return to union members , photo Paul Mattsson

Photo Paul Mattsson

What we think: Labour lords voted against the introduction of the benefit cap which threatens 67,000 families with poverty and homelessness. Yet Liam Byrne, shadow Work and Pensions secretary, made it abundantly clear Labour supports the cap. More...


25 January 2012

Egypt - A year of revolution and counter-revolution

Egypt - A year of revolution

Egypt - A year of revolution

The 2011 revolutionary movements of young people, workers and the most downtrodden swept through north Africa and the Middle East and inspired social movements across the world... More...


25 January 2012

Balfour Beatty re-ballot: Vote to strike again

Construction workers protesting in Cardiff, 7.12.11, photo Mariam Kamish

Construction workers protesting in Cardiff, 7.12.11, photo Mariam Kamish

The next two weeks are absolutely vital in the construction electricians' struggle against the employers' imposition of the Besna contract, writes Rob Williams, National Shop Stewards Network chair. More...


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27/1/12 Newcastle

Tyne & Wear Metro, protest of cleaners, 26.1.12, photo by Elaine Brunskill

Low-paid Tyne and Wear Metro cleaners fight for free travel  "If Bernard gets up your nose - picket!", was the slogan on the leaflet handed out by cleaners from Churchill Contract Services who work on Tyne and Wear Metro. More...


27/1/12 North-west

'Save Manchester Sure Start' hosted conference  Campaigners from across the north-west and beyond fighting to save Sure Start children's centres held a very successful conference on 7th January, writes Rosie Heaton More...


26/1/12 Manchester

Manchester electricians protesting on 31.8.11 as part of protests around the country against the employers' assault on pay and conditions. From left to right, Simon, Steve and Sean leafleted outside the Carillion site on Corporation Road in Denton, M, pho

Electricians to protest on 1 February in Manchester  Manchester electricians fighting the new Besna contracts because of pay cuts and deskilling, are appealing for a huge turnout on Wednesday 1 February from 7am at the town hall/central library site, writes Hugh Caffrey. More...


26/1/12 Electricians

Sparks protest at Conoco and solidarity with Jet tanker drivers  Electricians from West Burton power station in Nottinghamshire and BP Saltend in Hull took strike action on Wednesday 25 January against the new Besna contracts being imposed on them, writes Alistair Tice. More...


26/1/12 PCS

Reinstate John Brookes, sacked PCS Steward!  A flying picket of a dozen PCS activists leafleted Triage offices in Middlesbrough and Darlington in support of sacked union activist, John Brookes, on Monday 23 January... More...


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