Manchester Workers' Movements Newswire Archive

MMU set to axe support staff

MULE, 21-11-2009 11:04

Manchester Metropolitan University has this week announced that it will be cutting 127 administrative and support staff roles. Read more | 4 comments >>

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Wildcat Strike at Risley Prison

MULE, 18-11-2009 17:19

Prison officers at Risley Prison in Warrington and at two prisons in Lancaster took part in wildcat strikes today in solidarity with staff in Liverpool, who walked out on Tuesday. The strike by hundreds of officers forced the governor of HMP Liverpool to bow to the pressure and agree to talks with the Prison Officers’ Association (POA). Read more | 4 comments >>

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Immigrant workers arrested in factory raid

MULE, 16-11-2009 09:26

Police and immigration officers arrested 23 workers at a clothes factory in Ardwick, Manchester, last Wednesday as part of a massive raid to catch people working illegally. Read more >>

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No to Welfare Abolition National Meeting

Anne-Marie, 09-11-2009 22:52

The Welfare Reform Bill is a massive attack on the disabled, single parents, unemployed workers and workers in the Department for Work and Pensions and we cannot allow it to be implemented. 

14th November is our chance for welfare and disability rights activists, members of unemployed workers' groups and trade unionists to get to together, build links of solidarity and plan our struggle. If you are organising against welfare abolition or want to start doing so, please make sure people from your group come along! Read more >>

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First Buses – The Other Strike

MULE, 03-11-2009 10:41

While all of the media attention was focused on the ongoing postal dispute, another group of workers were taking on their bosses in Greater Manchester this Monday. Over 800 Drivers for the First Bus Group based at depots in Bury, Bolton and Wigan joined thousands across the country who took strike action over an imposed pay freeze. Read more | 1 addition | 2 comments >>

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Posties on Strike!

Cliff Cawthon, 23-10-2009 23:04

The first coverage of the postal workers strike from Manchester.
Read more | 1 comment >>

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Manchester Students support the Postal strike

Chris Brandler, 22-10-2009 15:39

Over 16 students went down at 7am to picket lines in Manchester to show support for the postal strike. Read more >>

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UPDATE: Terrorism Act injunction against Blacklisted worker thrown out of Court!

Northern Voices, 21-10-2009 21:24

Terrorism Act injunction application against Blacklisted Trade Unionist thrown out in the High Court Read more >>

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Clarification: Terrorism Act 2000 being used against Blacklisted workers

Northern Voices, 20-10-2009 20:48

The main contractor at Fiddler's Ferry power station in Cheshire - Scottish & Southern Energy - is seeking an injunction under the Terrorism Act 2000 to prevent blacklisted workers from picketing the site. Read more | 4 comments >>

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Prevention of Terrorism Act being used against Blacklisted workers

Northern Voices, 17-10-2009 19:10

The main contractor at Fiddler's Ferry power station in Cheshire is seeking an injunction under the Prevention of Terrorism Act to prevent blacklisted workers from picketing the site. Read more | 1 addition | 1 comment >>

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PUBLIC MEETING -sat 17 october, 6pm, Queen mary university, room 210, Laws build

SENAN, 15-10-2009 22:12

These prison camps must be shut down and all internally displaced persons (IDPs) must be freed immediately.

Speakers include:

peter Taaffe general secretary of the Socialist Party, has campaigned and written about the struggle of workers and the poor in Sri Lanka for many years, and has visited Tamil areas in Sri Lanka.

Janani paramsothy organiser of protests in Parliament Square

Nagarjunan (ramesh Gopalakrishnan) South asia researcher for amnesty international and well-known Tamil writer.

Senan international coordinator for Tamil Solidarity Read more >>

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Massive yes vote smacks down Royal Mail

Red Postie, 10-10-2009 15:17

What a great result! A massive majority of 76.24%. Royal Mail’s feeble appeals to the membership have fallen flat on their face. Read more | 8 comments >>

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Was Karl Marx Right? Understanding The Credit Crunch

Nige, 15-09-2009 10:48

‘Was Karl Marx Right? Understanding the Credit Crunch’ is the title of a new Workers' Educational Association (WEA) course starting on Tuesday 15 September 2009 at the Unitarian Church hall, Ellison Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, over 10 weeks from 6.00 pm - 8.00 pm. Read more | 10 comments >>

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EVENT: From the Camp to the Swoop, Copenhagen and beyond....

Manchester Climate Action, 06-09-2009 00:08

Thursday 10th September
7pm
Jabezz Clegg (Dover Street, off Oxford Road)

Find out what happened at this summer's camps in the UK, plus plans for a mass action at Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal fired power station on October 17th. All this in the lead up to the Copenhagen talks in December. Read more >>

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Manchester College strikes again!

The Mule, 24-08-2009 11:38

Staff at Manchester College will go on a one day strike on August 27, protesting against compulsory redundancies and union intimidation. Read more >>

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Dissident Island Radio - August 21 transmision from 9pm

Dissident Werewolf, 21-08-2009 13:25

ARUK2009 // RTF5 // Vestas update // Treehouse Galleries // Capitan of the Rant // Climate Camp swoop // Megabitch Read more >>

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Have you ever visited…the Working Class Movement Library?

The Mule, 21-08-2009 09:48

Manchester is famous for being the birthplace of industrial capitalism. However, it is also hallowed ground in the history of working class politics and struggles for justice and equality – stories all too easily left out of mainstream history. Keeping that legacy alive relies on preserving that history, and making it accessible and relevant today. Read more | 2 comments >>

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With Amanda Villatoro, of CSA CRF must be recognized as an occupational illness

Giorgio Trucchi - Rel-UITA, 21-08-2009 06:25

 http://www.rel-uita.org/agricultura/agrotoxicos/irc/2009/con_amanda_villatoro-eng.htm Read more >>

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Welcon succeeds where Vestas say they could not !!

Mistral, 18-08-2009 14:35

So ... On the one hand Vestas say there is no demand, yet ..
Welcon say... There is !! Read more | 1 comment >>

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Manchester Fire Fighters to go on strike?

The Mule, 17-08-2009 15:43

There are signs that a new round of strikes by fire fighters could take place in the next month. The government could face industrial action on a scale not seen since the Fire Brigades’ Union (FBU) in 2002. Read more | 1 comment >>

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