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14 January 2009
Why Manchester rejected the congestion charge
Greater Manchester residents have thrown out proposals threatening to bring in a "congestion charge" in return for some limited investment in public transport, writes Hugh Caffrey, Manchester.
26 November 2008
Manchester: No redundancies at IMI!
At IMI Scott (IMI) in South Manchester, a factory specialising in the manufacture of electrical wiring, four of the twenty five shop floor workers have been made redundant due to a lack of orders, Wythenshawe and Sale Socialist Party members write.
17 September 2008
Welcome to the real Manchester
NEW LABOUR leaders will queue up at this week's Labour Party conference to proclaim Manchester an economic success story. The true picture makes grim reading, writes Jim Cessford, Manchester Advice senior Unison steward (personal capacity).
18 June 2008
Greater Manchester - save your post office
THIS SEPTEMBER, 67 post offices in different parts of Greater Manchester face closure. The government wants to shut 2,500 around the country. Many local post offices have started their own petitions.
14 May 2008
FOR THE first time in 21 years the Tories won Bury council in Greater Manchester, writes Paul Gerrard.
14 May 2008
Students 'study-in' in Manchester
On Friday 9 May, around 100 University of Manchester students staged a second protest under the banner of 'Reclaim the Uni'(RtU), writes Abigail Taylor, Manchester Socialist Students.
16 April 2008
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Lynn Worthington (left), photo Alison Hill |
SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE election canvassers are being well received on the doorsteps in Wythenshawe in Manchester, writes Lynn Worthington, Socialist Alternative candidate for Baguley ward, Manchester.
19 March 2008
Electricians Steve Acheson, Graham Bowker and Tony Jones were "unfairly selected for redundancy due to trade union activities" on the Manchester Royal Infirmary site, according to an industrial tribunal...
13 February 2008
Across our Manchester sky line, numerous tower cranes stand testimony to the billion pound construction industry... By Steve Acheson, EPIU-Unite steward and branch secretary, personal capacity.
13 December 2007
Manchester: Karen Reissmann sacked - and cuts still loom
If your hospital trust is £3 million in the red while you have £160 million sitting in the bank, what do you do...
22 November 2007
Defend Karen Reissman: Defend free speech and trade union rights
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Manchester mental health workers on strike, photo Christian Bunke |
14 November 2007
Manchester health workers: Over 150 mental health community nurses are continuing indefinite strike action, to win reinstatement of Unison activist Karen Reissman, sacked earlier this month... By Hugh Caffrey and Christian Bunke, Manchester
28 June 2007
Outside Manchester's Gordonville 'bubble'
IN HIS acceptance speech to New Labour's special conference at his 'coronation' as party leader and prime minister, his majesty Gordon Brown said he stands for continuity. As part of this continuity, he wants to curb the role of the trade unions even further within the Labour Party.
21 June 2007
Manchester council swings the axe
YET AGAIN Manchester city council are welcoming New Labour to the city for Brown's 'coronation'...
19 April 2007
Fighting for the right to walk in the countryside
DIRECT ACTION by workers from Manchester and Sheffield 75 years ago is the most famous act of a movement to reclaim parts of Britain from the ruling class...
30 March 2007
Manchester Unity Stewards and activists group
A SUCCESFUL launch of Manchester Unity Stewards and activists group (MUST) took place on 12 March...
22 March 2007
JOB LOSSES at Manchester university are being resisted by "angry and affronted" staff...
7 February 2007
Has Manchester struck it lucky?
Super-casinos: "MANCHESTER HITS the jackpot." This was how the Manchester Evening News greeted the announcement that the city had won the bid for Britain's first 'super casino'...
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