Articles from the Socialist, issue 568
24 February 2009
No Job Cuts
Share out the work with no loss of pay
“Police fear summer of rage”, reported The Guardian on Monday 23 February. Looking at the latest figures for unemployment and redundancies, it’s not surprising that a reaction from workers is feared, writes Ted Woodley, Birmingham Socialist Party.
Car industry in crisis: Death of jobs by a thousand cuts
Car components firm GKN has announced the closure of two of its plants in the West Midlands. This will mean 323 direct job losses. Dave Griffiths spoke to Pete Bradley, a GKN worker and a member of the Amicus section of Unite, before the latest cuts announcement.
Jobs protest continues
Workers march for jobs in Cardiff
Postal workers and our union the CWU are facing a fight. But not just about terms and conditions – it’s about the survival of our union writes Gary Clark, sub area rep, Scotland no 2 branch CWU
Campaign for a New Workers Party
What do union members get from Labour link?
A GROWING number of left activists in the trade unions are frustrated with the continued financial and political links between the unions and the Labour Party…
International socialist news and analysis
Ireland: workers say ‘We won’t pay for your crisis’
A MASSIVE demonstration in Dublin last Saturday, called by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), attracted 120,000 people, writes Kevin Mcloughlin, Socialist Party, (CWI, Ireland).
General strike movement grips island of Guadeloupe
Kashmir: Health workers take strike action
Marxist analysis: history
Iran 1979: A revolution that was taken from the working class
IRANIAN PRESIDENT Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, recently addressed thousands of supporters at Tehran’s Azadi (Freedom) Monument, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution – a revolution carried out by the working class that toppled a brutal western puppet, the Shah…
Sport
WE ALL know the feeling. You’ve committed some indiscretion, possibly while under the influence of intoxicants, and now in the cold light of day when all the facts are revealed there is the humiliating…
Socialist Party campaigns
Defend Yahya Al Faifi campaign
View video of campaign lobby of Home Office. Speakers include Billy Hayes, general secretary of the Communications Workers Union (CWU)
BNP bigots retreat under pressure
Greenwich: “Hands off my school”
Devon residents against incinerators
Socialist Party workplace news
Leeds journalists strike against job cuts
National Union of Journalists members in Leeds held a four-day strike from 19 February at the Yorkshire Post and Yorkshire Evening Post (YP/YEP) building, writes Kevin Pattison, Leeds Socialist Party.
Successful launch for United Left
