Articles from the Socialist, issue 557
19 November 2008
No Job Cuts
‘We’re not taking these job cuts’
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Super-rich bailed out by public purse while the rest of us are sinking, photo Suz squashdonkey.co.uk |
BT slashes 10,000 posts: BT’s recent announcement of 10,000 job cuts, as well as the loss of pension benefits, is an attempt by senior management to offset their poor performance, writes Bernard Roome, Communication Workers Union (CWU) national executive member, personal capacity.
Programme of action to fight unemployment is needed
JCB: Pay cuts haven’t saved our jobs!
Post office closures
U-turn over post office card account
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Stroud campaign saves Uplands Post Office, photo Chris Moore |
In a delayed and surprise announcement last week, arch-Blairite Work and Pensions secretary James Purnell announced that the government is abandoning the competitive tendering process and awarding the continuation of the Post Office Card Account contract to the post office for a further five years from 2010, writes Alistair Tice, Sheffield Communities Against Post Office Closures.
Stroud post office saved!
Coventry fights post office closure
Lewisham housing: Arguments against privatisation win
Socialist Party workplace news
Drop the witch-hunt in Unison fight to Defend trade union democracy
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Lobby of Unison disciplinary hearings against the four Socialist Party members, here joined by the Hackney Unison branch secretary, photo Alison Hill |
The Socialist has reported extensively on the witch-hunt in Unison. In June 2007, the Unison bureaucracy launched a disciplinary investigation into five union officers. They were attacked for daring to…
Scotland: Unison local government: Close vote on pay
Unite/Amicus general secretary election
International socialist news and analysis
World food crisis: A systemic failure of capitalism
The world could be facing a repeat of this year’s food crisis, as the impact of recession unfolds. This month, despite what has been described as “harvest bumper crops”, the UN Food and Agriculture…
Democratic republic of Congo: Civil war erupts once again
G20 conference: Summit for nothing
USA: Challenging the two parties of big business
First ever all-Germany school students’ strike
Eyewitness report: Italian students occupy
Socialist Students
Student democracy under attack
The National Union of Students (NUS) extraordinary conference in Wolverhampton on 12 November voted through a raft of attacks on union democracy contained in the NUS governance review, writes Matt Dobson, Socialist Students national organiser.
Privatisation = FE college students suffer
Interviews
Social workers say: investment needed
Interviews: In the aftermath of the horrific death of ‘Baby P’ the media has been casting around for people on whom to pile the blame…
Sacked for being pregnant!
