UK Workers' Movements Newswire Archive
*Second attempt to remove Kadesh Desturi Swedi*
09-03-2009 08:03
City Council cuts will damage your community services
06-03-2009 22:18
CITY COUNCIL CUTS WILL DAMAGE YOUR COMMUNITY SERVICESJoin our protest on Monday, 9 March, 1-2 pm, Old Market Square.
Around the campaigns Friday 6th March 2009
06-03-2009 13:29
Asylum man in rooftop stand offA Nigerian asylum seeker staged an eight-hour rooftop protest after immigration officers turned up at his family home early yesterday. Steve Umoru, 43, clambered through a skylight window and then scrambled along the roofs on Dodworth Road.
Full article: Adam Civico and Kate Pickles, The Barnsley Chronicle, Friday 06/03/09
http://www.barnsley-chronicle.co.uk/news/2,0000,2606.html Building Firms Blacklist - Same Old Story
06-03-2009 11:58
The information watchdog has shut down a company which it says sold workers’ confidential data, including union activities, to building firms.Cleaners for Justice at Willis, London 5 March
05-03-2009 18:19
Workers Occupy Dundee Factory
05-03-2009 17:43
An occupation is taking place at Prisme Packaging in Dundee. It started at 5pm on Wednesday 4th March after the twelve employees were told their contracts were being immediately terminated without redundancy pay.Blacklist of building workers seized
05-03-2009 14:16
Data raid seizes 'blacklist' of 3,200 construction workers5 March, 2009
This Thursday – keep up the fight for Mitie Cleaners at Willis!
04-03-2009 18:11
As the marvellous but short-lived campaign Justice for Cleaners has ended, it is now Cleaners for Justice! Cleaners in London are beginning to come together again to continue the fight for their rights.GERMANY: Oscar Lafontaine on the Financial Markets
04-03-2009 16:49
"The present crisis cannot be overcome without a regulation of the financial markets.. When banks are given billions through the so-called bank bailout and these billions disappear somewhere, that is a misapropriation or embezzlement of tax funds.."Students highlight Fruit of the Loom connection to death threats
03-03-2009 19:48
Anger after the CALL Lobby to Parliament 25th Feb 2009
03-03-2009 14:48
We need to fight the huge cuts in Adult Education currently being made by the government. Those who have a degree cannot now take a subsidised course at that level or lower. John Denham (government minister) says Spanish for Holidays is a waste of time. Money which goes to war should be used for making all education free.Full article | 1 addition | 3 comments
New Course - Origins of the Credit Crunch, Newcastle, March 11th 2009
03-03-2009 13:06
'The History and Politics of the Credit Crunch’ is the title of a new course led by Dr Trevor Bark and starting on March 11th 2009 at the Workers Educational Association building at 21 Portland Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle.The Arrogance of Capitalism
01-03-2009 14:47
Mandelson, Labour's most neo-liberal minister says to keep the Royal Mail public, it must be (partially) privatised (!). He today also accused the unions of "fighting an ideological battle" - now, remember everyone, we all decided ages ago capitalism is great.The Right to Work
28-02-2009 22:22
Fractious leadership contest in Unite union
28-02-2009 20:33
The leaders of the Unite trade union have made headlines recently with their advocacy of "British jobs for British workers", first used in the Lindsey oil refinery dispute. Unite joint General Secretary Derek Simpson even joined with the right-wing tabloid, the Daily Star, to promote the demand.Willis cleaners protest grows
27-02-2009 22:30
Sacked cleaners and their supporters held their third and largest protest on Thursday, outside insurance brokers Willis in the heart of the City of London. Willis's cleaning contractors Mitie had brought in redundancies and overnight working over Christmas, just when the cleaners had achieved the 'living wage'.And a new video tells the story so far....
Proposal for anarchist/anti-authoritarian presence at 'put people first' demo
27-02-2009 18:38
The 'Spring offensive' against the G20 is shaping up to be a major event in the anarchist calendar this year, and also a massive opportunity to gain exposure and expose thousands of people to our message.An opportunist defence of the union betrayal at BMW Cowley
26-02-2009 21:40
On February 16, hundreds of workers at BMW's Cowley car plant in Oxford, England, were sacked. Those sacked were mainly agency workers, many of whom had worked at the plant for years.Cowley ~ LDV - Things Likely To Get Awkward For The Awkward Squad
26-02-2009 16:12
A contrast between the state of art, modern BMW Cowley plant at Oxford and Birmingham’s dilapidated LDV plant at Washwood Heath
Staythorpe Power Station Demonstration
25-02-2009 11:41
I thought people might like to hear of my account of the mass protest called by Unite to support the construction workers at Staythorpe power station at Newark yesterday, Tuesday.