UK Workers' Movements Newswire Archive
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Amey Noise Demo Report
08-12-2008 19:55
Angered by the rejection of the sacked migrants appeal, one of the workers and people from oxford, bristol and south wales no borders made a right racket outside Amey's Oxford HQ.In September 2008 five Colombian cleaners working for Amey Plc at the
National Physical Laboratory were suspended for daring to criticise Amey
for putting an excessive workload onto ever fewer staff, for
unilaterally changing terms and conditions and for disrespecting
grievance procedures. The five have since been sacked.
Stop The South Wales Jobs Massacre - Community Fightback Time
08-12-2008 12:57
Job cuts and closures have disproportionately hit South Wales with workplaces closing virtually everyday. It is vital that we mobilise the entire community behind the struggle to save South Wales from being once again laid waste by capital red in tooth and claw.Sparrows' Nest Anarchist Library & Archive, St Anns : opening event
08-12-2008 01:33
Nottingham Trent University backs down in dispute
07-12-2008 21:44
According to the University and Colleges Union (UCU) website, Nottingham Trent University (NTU) management have backed down in their bid to derecognise the trade union and cut back on reps' facility time. This is good news for workers at the uni.Dave Nellist to speak at Campaign for a New Workers' Party forum
07-12-2008 16:35
Campaign For A New Workers Party public meeting and discussion: how can we fight for a working class political voice?7.30pm, Thursday 11th December at Oxford Town Hall.
Workers in Chicago Take Over Factory!!
06-12-2008 22:21
Idled workers occupy factory in Chicago.East Timor Action Network Opposes ex-EDO Corp Director as new US Intel Chief
06-12-2008 18:01
ETAN Urges Obama Against Appointment Of BlairSaturday, 6 December 2008, 11:04 am
Press Release: The East Timor Action Network ETAN
ETAN Urges President-elect Obama Not to Appoint Adm. Blair Director of National Intelligence
Leftist Union Leaders Assassinated in Venezuela
06-12-2008 13:35
On November 27, three leftist union leaders in the Venezuelan state of Aragua – Richard Gallardo, Luis Hernández and Carlos Requena – were gunned down by an assassin. The murder came hours after the unionists had led a workers occupation of a Colombian-owned milk plant which had been brutally broken up by state police. All three were leaders of the UNT (National Workers Union) and of the USI (Socialist Left Unity), a party which has opposed attempts by the government of Hugo Chávez to impose state control of labor, and has fought the rightist opposition backed by imperialism. They may have been murdered by assassins hired by the Colombian company, by elements connected to the police of outgoing state governor, a former Chávez ally, or by supporters of a current official of the governing United Socialist Party. In any case, despite Chávez’ socialist rhetoric, the reality of the bourgeois Bolivarian “revolution” in Venezuela today is that leftist unionists are murdered while the forces of capitalist state repression back up the bosses. While many leftists have called on the Chávez government to investigate, Trotskyists call for organizing workers defense guards and imposing workers control of production. Venezuela today is stuck at a crossroads. Building a Bolshevik-type workers party based on Trotsky’s program of permanent revolution is key."Shame on Ewell" Amey protest rocks Kingston University
05-12-2008 21:34
More wildcats at Brighton bin depot
05-12-2008 15:49
Second attempt to remove Stephane Siewe
05-12-2008 07:26
benefit 4 cowley
05-12-2008 00:56
Help your favourite alternative Brighton social centre/caff/bar/meeting place out of a hole. Cowley Club on London Road needs funds!new labour 'arbiter mach frei' attack on poor
04-12-2008 19:20
the welfare reform bill is a vicious attack upon vulnerable people. Even proposing such authoritarian measures as using lie detectors on the sick.Full article | 2 additions | 4 comments
Shelter Dispute
04-12-2008 11:24
DAN blocks Whitehall against Welfare Reform Act
04-12-2008 11:23
Yesterday (Wednesday 3rd December, International Day of Disabled People 2008) at 2pm, activists from the UK Disabled People's Direct Action Network (DAN) and London Coalition Against Poverty (LCAP) blocked traffic both ways on Whitehall, directly outside Downing Street, for over 45 minutes in protest against the new Welfare Reform Act, which replaces Incapacity Benefit with a much more punitive "Employment Support Allowance" and forces disabled people into "workfare" schemes which are effectively free labour for corporations.The Mad World of Work
03-12-2008 20:57
http://www.catalystmedia.org.uk. This time the focus is on definitions and experiences of work.
SOUTH WALES JOB MASSACRE - Fightback Time!
02-12-2008 18:50
The New Chartists in South Wales have put together two meetings to organise community fightbacks against the job massacres. Many shopstewards, union reps, the convenor of UNITE at Hoover will be coming along, but it important that we mobilise the entire community behind the struggle to save South Wales from being once again laid waste by capital red in tooth and claw.Class struggle contingent with Bangladeshi workers on 6 December climate march
02-12-2008 12:18
Class struggle against climate change! Join Workers' Climate Action, No Sweat and the Colombia Solidarity campaign in marching with garment worker trade unionists from Bangladesh on the 6 December National Climate March.Ayodeji Omotade V British Airways
02-12-2008 08:22
Don't Deport Abbas Ali Babakir
02-12-2008 07:48
Campaigner to be forcibly deported to Iraq this evening
This message from International Federation of Iraqi refugees