Trade unions
Every show of weakness encourages the government
The ConDem coalition has taken less than three months to show its true colours as an ultra-Thatcherite, neoliberal government in which Nick Clegg’s wretched LibDems play the servile role of Igor to the Tory Frankenstein.
6Sep2010 | John Lister | 0 comments | Continued
Rank and file challenge for Unite leadership
Unite the Union Britain’s largest and most influential Trade Union gears up for the election of its General Secretary. This election comes at a time when the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition is about to announce its plans for massive cuts to be set out in their Autumn Budget in October. All eyes will be […]
17Aug2010 | Administrator | 0 comments | Continued
What I Stand For: Jerry Hicks’ campaign to be UNITE general secretary
This election comes at a defining moment for working people in this country. It is the most important Trade union election for generations. We had the credit crunch, the recession and now the crisis of public debt. The Tory-Liberal, Con-Dem coalition government, wants to dump the costs of bailing out their beloved “free market” on […]
5Aug2010 | Admin. | 3 comments | Continued
UNISON election – Paul Holmes is the candidate who can build a left wing
UNISON – the biggest union in the public sector in Britain – is having an election for General Secretary in the immediate aftermath of the general election. The result is due be announced on June 22 writes TERRY CONWAY
This election, unlike the one the country faced on May 6, did not need to take place […]
Jerry Hicks says Unite are “lions led by donkeys”
While most eyes have been on the race for the General Election, another very important election has yet to hear the starting gun. The country’s largest trade union, Unite, must hold an election for General Secretary: but so far the official “front runners” are full time officials, already holding senior office in the union.
Their […]
NUT: Only a mass movement can fight climate change!
The outcome of the contemptible farce of the Conference of the Parties, or the climate change talks in Copenhagen, will shape politics globally for years to come. No one can be left in any doubt that capitalism’s solutions will involve death, drought, starvation and displacement for millions of people.
Senator Jim Inhofe is the leading Republican […]
NUT: Stop Tory market madness wrecking our schools!
Two policies together are designed to unleash market madness in our school system:
• All schools, primary as well as secondary, will be able to become Academies run by private organisations.
• 220,000 new school places will be created in schools run by alternative providers.
The Tories claim that parents are queuing up to run schools. This is […]
Join your local PCS rally to defend civil service compensation
Strike day marches and rallies are being held across the UK on Monday 8 March, and there will be a rally in central London on Tuesday 9 March (1pm, Westminster Cathedral Hall, Ambrosden Avenue, SW1P 1QW).
8Mar2010 | Admin. | 0 comments | Continued
Protest dawn raids on UNISON offices
Following the mitigation hearings Glenn Kelly (Bromely), Suzanne Muna (TSA ), Onay Kasab (Greenwich) and Brian Debus (Hackney) have all been banned from holding any office in Unison.
Early in the morning of 5th March UNISON officials turned up at the UNISON offices of the Bromley, Greenwich and the Housing Association having given no notice; they […]
Learning from the ‘85 miners’ defeat: organised women are a key element in strike success
The Miners’ strike of 1984-5, which ended 25 years ago today, was a turning point in British politics. In this article, Terry Conway discusses the impact of Women Against Pit Closures, the impact of its legacy in the 1990s.
Since her election as Prime Minister in 1979, Margaret Thatcher had wasted little time in attacking working […]
Birmingham: No cuts or redundancies! Build the resistance!
Birmingham’s ruling Tory / Liberal coalition are threatening to cut 2,000 jobs this year with 1000s more to follow, freeze the pay of 25,000 low paid workers and slash £75 million from the budget- cutting services to the bone to balance their books.
Jobs at risk include social services, libraries, sports centres, parks, museums, neighbourhood offices […]
Million Climate Jobs Conference – Register Now
Conference For A Million Climate Jobs
Saturday 13th March 2010
South Camden Community School, Charrington St, London NW1 1RG
Download the flyer here.
The conference
The failure of politicians to come to an agreement at Copenhagen has meant that the struggle against climate change takes on a new urgency. Here in the UK, the huge demonstration before Christmas […]
ENA chant offensive slogan and ''EEDL'' while marching through peaceful independent shop area of Brighton.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK7n-tP_4hM 
