UK Indymedia - UK Workers' Movements Newswire Archive

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Victory for British and Polish Workers' Rights

21-05-2009 07:18

EU exploitation law defeated after UK-wide strikes

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An Injury To One Is An Injury To All! - Against Unemployment, Racism, and War

19-05-2009 18:18

Leaflet Unite For Jobs Demo, Birmingham 16.5.09

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Second attempt to remove Cherbal Family

19-05-2009 05:55

Fresh removal directions have been served on Ismail Cherbal and Safia Aouf, nationals of Algeria, and their British-born children Sonia aged four and son Aya aged 15 months. Who have lived in Blackburn, Lancashire, for almost five years. They are currently detained in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre and are due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Saturday, May 23rd, at 09.45 hours on British Airways flight BA894 to Algeria.

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UNITE National March For Jobs, Birmingham, May 16 2009

19-05-2009 05:50

The turnout organizers claimed for Birmingham's national March for Jobs was 7,000, not exactly stunning I'd say! The biggest union in this country Unite (two million members) organized this march. It also had the backing of the TUC. Would it have been to much to expect a better mobilization for a 'mass' demonstration to defend jobs in the UK's industries? It appears once again other than the usual flashy PR promotion, no organizational action follow up commenced to make it a real success. The leaders of the union movement continued their failing in giving a lead! It meant getting off their backsides and rolling up their shirtsleeves, getting down in the workplaces and the streets to do, what they are paid and expected to do. Organizing something that has some bite!

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25 Years After the Battle of Orgreave -- A People's History

18-05-2009 20:09

Meeting on Fri May 22, 7pm

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Linamar Workers Prepare for Strike

18-05-2009 09:28

DATE: 17th May 2009
LOCATION: Linamar plant, Swansea

Rob Williams spoke at a rally of Linamar workers and union members on Sunay 17th May to remind everyone of the need to fight to protect workers' rights, pay and conditions.

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Postal Workers Refuse to Deliver BNP Leaflets

18-05-2009 08:55

Postal worker stood firm against management intimidation at the Bridgwater Sorting Office, Somerset this week as bosses attempted to force them to deliver British National Party (BNP) leaflets in the run up to the forthcoming Euro elections.

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Jean-Baptiste Bassime Must Stay In UK Campaign

18-05-2009 05:21

Jean-Baptiste Foukong Bassime a national of Cameroon and resident of Birmingham; was arrested and detained by UK Home Office when he reported for signing at Solihull Immigration office on 5/5/09. Currently he is detained in Campsfield IRC, and due to be forcibly removed to Cameroon on Thursday 21 May 2009 on Easyjet flight U2-2431 from Luton Airport @ 06:00hrs to Paris, and then from Paris to Cameroon on Air France Flight AF940.

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Manchester Public meeting: Fighting the Economic Crisis

17-05-2009 22:44

Saturday 23rd May, 1.00pm

Upstairs, Town Hall Tavern, Tib Lane, Manchester (city centre), M2 4JA.

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Barnsley BNP "Off Our Streets"

16-05-2009 18:42

100 trade unionists and anti-fascists challenged the Barnsley BNPs "right" to give out their racist and anti-working class rubbish in the town centre today, Saturday May 18th.

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Bath Bomb #22 Out Now

16-05-2009 01:41

This month's issue of Bath's radical newsletter, now out

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Third attempt to remove Constant Moussavou

15-05-2009 06:27

Constant Moussavou, a national of Congo Brazzaville, and resident of Leicester a long time activist/member of Leicester Civil Rights Movement (LCRM). Is currently detained in Dungavel House IRC and due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Monday 18th May 2009 on Air France Flight No AF1981 @ 06.40 from London Heathrow.

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Workers' Fightback Update 2

15-05-2009 00:36

Co-ordinating solidarity and exchanging information on independent, rank and file working class resistance to the profit system. The revolution will be social networked...

We support... rank and file workers' struggles against the chaotic profit system!

We believe... workers know how to run our workplaces far better than business people, the government, or trade union leaders!

We aim for... workers' control over our own jobs and our own lives!

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Pics: Support Demo for LMU Occupation

14-05-2009 19:02

On Tuesday 12th around 100 people demonstrated outside the London Metropolitan University's Commercial Road campus, following a call to support the student occupation of the university. Those demonstrating included a continget from the IWW and UCU unions, students and staff from the university, as well as campaigners against the privatisation of education. People demonstrated for about one and a half hours, during which speeches were made by students and unions staff. See video.

The management of the university has hired private security to prevent people from joining the occupation. They prevented the demonstrators from visiting en mass the occupied area, although, for some very strange reason, people were allowed into the occupied rooms in small groups, so many of those demonstrating eventually did so in order to show support to the students in occupation.

See below some pics of the demo:

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OutCry

14-05-2009 11:56

We don't want your Immigration legislation
We don't want your child control
Foreign national children are UK's assets
Woolas, Smith, leave these kids alone

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Plaque to commemorate ILP members who fought in Spain

14-05-2009 09:01

The first plaque to remember the members of the Independent Labour Party who fought in the Spanish Civil War alongside the POUM on the Aragon Front is to be unveiled in Manchester on May 30th.

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Desmond Nwose aged 10 needs help for himself and his family

14-05-2009 06:38

My name is Desmond Nwose. I am 10 years old. My favourite subject is math's and I would love to be a successful solicitor so I can fight for people's right but I am not too sure now because I have no future and I was told by the people who broke down our door to arrest me and my family that we do not have the right to stay in the UK.

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Targeting Benefit Fraud

14-05-2009 01:40

The Government has set up a means to deal with Benefit Fraud. A Free Benefit Fraud Hotline.

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Swine Flu and the Working Class

13-05-2009 21:57

Two weeks ago came the first news about an epidemic, known as "swine flu", appeared in Mexico; according to statements by the Mexican Minister of Health, it was a "highly contagious mutant virus” which had moved from pigs to humans.
The alert triggered in the U.S. and Europe was accompanied by the information that it was already responsible for 20 "confirmed" deaths with forty still being “verified”. Day after day these news have made the headlines in newspapers and on television.

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Updated Anarchist Movement Conference Programme - Plan, Format and Content

13-05-2009 09:35

Updated Anarchist Movement Conference Programme - Plan, Format and Content
June 6th/7th, Queen Mary University, Mile End, London E1 4NS
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