Articles from the Socialist, issue 495
12 July 2007
Fighting low pay, defending jobs and services
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Postal workers on strike, photo Socialist Party |
POST WORKERS in the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are holding a second 24-hour national strike from the evening of Thursday 12 July to Friday 13 July…
Victory to the postal workers
Public support for Post Office counters strike
National Shop Stewards Network
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Bob Crow, RMT general secretary, addresses the National Shop Stewards Network conference July 2007, photo Dave Carr |
A successful founding conference of the National Shop Stewards Network took place on Saturday 7 July with nearly 300 shop stewards and workplace representatives attending.
Delegates from all over the country were inspired during the course of the day by the mood of unity and determination to build the network.
National Shop Stewards Network conference: A good starting point for strengthening struggle
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National Shop Stewards Network conference July 2007 |
National Shop Stewards Network conference: “In the future, when people look back, this will be seen as the starting point in rebuilding the TUC.” That was how Bob Crow, general secretary of the RMT (rail workers’ union) described the founding conference
Socialist Party workplace news
TGWU/Unite conference delegates cheer call for action on anti-trade union laws
TGWU/Unite conference: The final Biennial Delegate Conference of the TGWU, taking place this year as a section of Unite, had the theme of a ‘fight-back union’…
Urgent appeal for solidarity from contract workers at the Gualberto Villarroel oil refinery in Cochabamba, Bolivia
Socialist Party NHS campaign
HOSPITAL CAMPAIGNERS People United Saving Hospitals (PUSH) organised protests on 5 July, the 59th anniversary of the national health service…
Campaign saves Swansea hospital unit
Sussex must fight back against NHS cuts
Durham health cuts show need for new workers’ party
Wales
Wales Assembly coalition no answer to workers’ problems
Wales Assembly: LABOUR PARTY Wales and the Plaid Cymru party have reached an historic agreement and formed a new government in Wales, the One Wales coalition…
Cardiff: Fight school cuts and closures
Tales from the council chambers
Nurseries campaign embarrasses councillors
THE STRUGGLE to save three Huddersfield nurseries from closure has entered a critical stage…
Southall Labour councillors cross floor
Marxist analysis: history
The ‘July days’ – rich in lessons for today
Following previous articles on the 1917 February revolution and the April Days, PETER TAAFFE now moves on to the ‘July Days’….
Socialist Party news and analysis
London Underground derailment: Kick out dangerous profiteers!
JUST AFTER 9am on 5 July a London Underground Central Line train was derailed, trapping 800 passengers underground for about two hours…
Kwik Save workers betrayed by bosses and union
Socialist Party events
Socialist Party Youth and students
It was clear from the discussion at the recent Socialist Party youth and student meeting that activists could have a busy summer ahead….
Socialist Party review
Political discourse can swing!
From the plantation to the penitentiary by Wynton Marsalis: Wynton Marsalis has never shirked controversy but with the release of From the Plantation to the Penitentiary, it appears he decided to take on all comers…
International socialist news and analysis
South Africa: union leaders call off biggest-ever strike
ON 28 June, public sector unions called off South Africa’s biggest-ever strike, involving nearly one million workers which began on 1 June…
Slave-labour scandal in China
