The Socialist issue 395
2 June 2005
Say no to the bosses’ profit system
MILLIONS OF French workers and young people have said a resounding ‘non’ to the European bosses’ agenda of low wages, job cuts, privatisation and vicious attacks on working conditions, benefits and pub…
EU constitution defeated
THE FRENCH ‘no’ to the EU constitution is a massive blow to the pro-big business politicians in France and Europe…
Why French workers voted ‘no’ to EU referendum
“WE’RE VOTING no. It is a constitution for the bourgeoisie, for multinationals, for bosses. It is only about the economy, competition,…
Defend adult education
IN MID-APRIL, staff of the Community Learning and Skills Service (CLaSS) in Waltham Forest, north east London, were informed that the extremely popular Walthamstow Learning Centre in Greenleaf Road would be cl…
ID cards: £300 for a snooper’s card!
THE GOVERNMENT’S plans for compulsory identity (ID) cards are an attack on our democratic rights…
The campaign for Socialism 2005 begins now
The campaign for Socialism 2005 has begun. Although the event is not taking place until November 12 and 13 all Socialist Party branches are…
Capitalism can’t solve AIDS crisis
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Forty million people globally are infected with HIV…
"Struggle or death" – Pakistan telecoms workers fight privatisation
“THIS IS the biggest challenge to President Musharraf of Pakistan from the trade unions on the question of privatisation since he came to power in 1998.”…
Germany: Political turmoil after the elections
AS A consequence of the disastrous defeat in the regional state elections in North Rhine Westphalia, the former heartland of the Social Democrats (SPD) in Germany, chancellor Schršder issued a surprise call…
Iraq: coalition plans floundering
SEVERAL WEEKS ago the US and British governments were talking up in the media how Iraq’s security situation was improving…
Labour court awards Gama workers €8,000
THE IRISH Labour Court has awarded Gama workers €8,000 per annum for unpaid overtime – a stunning admission of how this construction multinational ripped off its workforce…
Striking back at pay-cutting bosses
INDUSTRIAL ACTION by Amicus members at HSBC on 27 May was taken as a result of a pay package which cut bonuses and imposed a below-inflation rise…
BBC offer must be rejected
ON 23 May thousands of BBC staff, members of three different trade unions, took strike action…
It is privatisation and it is as we know it
THE GOVERNMENT appears to be supporting plans by Royal Mail to give 51% shares to the workforce, described by some as a John Lewis-style partial privatisation…
Coventry single status dispute: the stakes are raised
COVENTRY COUNCIL workers are fighting a pay-cutting deal being imposed under a ‘Single Status’ agreement…
FE lecturers fight for pay deal
ON 25 May, lecturers at some further education colleges were on strike, just to get the national pay agreement implemented in their colleges…
Job losses expose Manchester’s ‘boom’
AFTER FALLS in sales and profits, the Co-operative group are to cut 600 jobs at their head office…
