11 March 2015

Spied on by the state and bosses

One of the key industrial battles of the last five years has been the struggle of workers in the construction industry for trade union rights and better terms and conditions, writes Neil Cafferky.

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23 April 2014

Workers' Memorial Day: strike for safety

Workers' Memorial Day is on 28 April. In many towns and cities, construction workers and their trade union branches will take a lead in organising activities

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28 June 2012

Oil Refinery workers protest

There was a huge tail back of traffic outside the Esso Oil Refinery at Fawley in Hampshire this morning (27 June) where Unite staged a protest in defence of the NAECI/Blue Book agreement on wages and conditions

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Construction workers protest at the Tyne tunnel site in North Tyneside, photo Elaine Brunskill

28 September 2011

Construction workers strike to defend agreements

On 26 September around 400 electricians from the West Burton power station site in Nottinghamshire walked out on strike for the day, writes Alistair Tice.

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7 July 2010

Lindsey refinery fire death: inquiry needed

Tragically, a 24 year old pipefitter was killed in a fire and explosion at Lindsey Oil Refinery (LOR) near Immingham, South Humberside, on 29 June...

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15 December 2009

Successful meeting to defend Teeside Corus jobs

Over 30 people turned up to the Northern Shop Stewards Network public meeting in Middlesborough over the Closure of Corus steel plant, demanding "Defend Every Job! Nationalise Corus Steel!"...

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9 December 2009

A present that can last all year - a subscription to The Socialist

Get someone a subscription to The Socialist for Christmas and they will receive a socialist seasonal card telling them about their present...

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Socialism 2009, photo by Rob Emery

11 November 2009

Socialism 2009 - an excellent weekend!

A thousand people came to Socialism 2009 over the weekend to participate in the various discussions and to be inspired by the two rallies. From long-standing Socialist Party activists to those attending their first ever meeting, everyone got something out of it.
"This event allowed me to really understand what the Socialist Party is actually about," said Jessica from Peckham in south London. "I joined the Socialist Party at the event."

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22 September 2009

Engineering construction: Stewards' forum recommends bosses' offer Workers should reject!

Ste Jones from Lindsey Oil Refinery construction site attended the national shop stewards forum for engineering construction on 17 September...

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12 August 2009

Engineering construction ballot

On 11 August a strike ballot of engineering construction workers will begin. It will include workers on sites in Grangemouth, Sellafield, Stanlow, Staythorpe, and Aberthaw, all members of Unite and GMB.

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Lindsey Oil Refinery: Keith Gibson at the burning of the redundancy notices, photo Jim Reeves

30 June 2009

Militant action pays!

Lindsey Oil Refinery workers victory: Lindsey Oil Refinery (LOR) construction workers have won a stunning victory. All the workers' demands have been met. The 647 dismissals have been withdrawn, the 51 redundancies rescinded and all employees...

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30 June 2009

Total's fat fingers in every pie

THE CONSTRUCTION workers at Lindsey won a magnificent battle for the working class. They managed to turn back the cost-cutting plans of Total, the multinational energy giant rated as one of the world's...

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Clara Osagiede, the RMT Cleaners Grade Secretary for the London Underground tells of the cleaners' struggle for a living wage, photo by Socialist Party

30 June 2009

Victories show the way forward for struggles

The third conference of the National Shop Stewards' Network (NSSN) could not have been better timed, coming just one day after the victory of the Lindsey Oil Refinery (LOR) construction workers...

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30 June 2009

"We came out with Lindsey and we'll go back with Lindsey"

Construction workers at Fiddlers Ferry in Widnes stayed out all last week in support of the Lindsey workers, writes A Warrington trades council delegate.

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Clara Osagiede, RMT Cleaners Grade Secretary for London Underground cleaners, tells NSSN conference 2009 of the cleaners' struggle for a living wage

30 June 2009

National Shop Stewards Network Conference Confident and enthusiastic

Saturday 27 June 2009 may well be remembered for the day the National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) really came into its own, writes Dave Gorton, Unite 1/372 branch delegate, personal capacity.

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28 June 2009

Video: Keith Gibson addresses NSSN conference on the Lindsey Oil Refinery strike

Keith Gibson, Socialist Party member and a leading member of the Lindsey Oil Refinery strike committee speaks about the strike to the National Shop stewards Network national conference 2009, held Saturday...

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Publicly burning redundancy notices, photo by Jim Reeves

26 June 2009

Lindsey workers: Militant action pays!

Lindsey Oil Refinery construction workers have won a stunning victory. All the workers' demands have been met, writes Alastair Tice, Yorkshire Socialist Party.

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23 June 2009

Lindsey oil refinery strike newsletter no 19, June 24th

ALL OUT FOR 'TOTAL' SHUTDOWN: Hundreds of Lindsey contract workers walked out on unofficial and 'illegal' strike action on Thursday 11th June to stop 51 redundancies being imposed without consultation or the opportunity to transfer to another contractor.

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23 June 2009

Lindsey refinery dispute: Workers show strength

In a symbolic act of defiance, sacked construction workers burned their dismissal letters, writes Keith Gibson, LOR strike committee.

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23 June 2009

Protests at Fiddlers Ferry

Support for Lindsey Oil Refinery workers: On 18 June, about 140 contract workers, a mix of Unite and GMB members, mounted a protest from 6.45am onwards on the approach to Fiddlers Ferry power station.

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