UK Workers' Movements Newswire Archive
Conservatives Cuts Plan In Chaos As Brighton And Hove Opposition Parties Agree To Support the Workers
05-10-2009 19:26
The Conservative controlled administration in Brighton is today under threat as opposition councillors in the Labour, Green and Liberal Democrat Groups have stated that they do not support cuts to the wages of council workers.Investors in Vestas? Sell your shares...
05-10-2009 09:44
Vestas claim they are 'Number 1. in Modern Energy', and indeed are responsible for developing and installing much of the world's wind/renewable energy. However, they've shown their true colours (not so 'green' after all) this summer - through closing their St. Cross Business Park, Dodnor Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight factory, leading to the loss of 600 jobs. Unions were banned & working conditions deteriorating prior to closure, & 11 workers who occupied the factory to save it have been paid no redundancy. There will be a long-term campaign as a result. Will it effect Vestas Share Price? Watch This Space:
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=VWS.CO
Does A4e recommend ending Incapacity Benefits?
05-10-2009 07:40
A4e are among the private companies that Cameron and Brown have employed to come up with the conclusion that a billion pounds worth of cuts can be made by shifting the disabled onto job seekers. This will be hailed as a brand new policy at the Tory Conference.UK Taxpayer subsidises out-sourcing to autocracies
04-10-2009 15:27
A government agency called Creative Connexions has been set-up to subsidise out-sourcing of production to autocratic states.A4e propose new benefits delivery system
04-10-2009 06:13
The CJS Dynamic Benefits report outlines a scheme to abolish all benefits and replace them with two. All surpluses from abolished benefits will be channelled to service providers in a bonanza of Corporate Welfare. Unsuprisingly the report was written by former A4e and Lloyds Directors. It will be Tory Policy at the next election.Anarchists of South Africa are Queer and Proud
04-10-2009 02:22
How to support Abahlali Shackdwellers after recent muderous attacks
02-10-2009 18:41
Update from Kennedy Road by Abahlali_3 on Thu, 2009-10-01 in Kennedy RoadFriends and comrades, the movement is still under attack in Kennedy Road and the police are still failing to protect us. The settlement is now run by the chairperson of the local ANC branch, Jackson Gumede, and his armed mob. Gumede is asking people to show ANC cards. Senior people in the ANC and the police continue to offer open and public support for the attacks. None of the people that attacked us and destroyed our homes have been arrested. Many of us are still sleeping in the bush and in the streets. There has been another death in hospital. Our members from across 34 settlements in Durban, and some from other settlements as far away as Cape Town, will soon meet in a secret location. We will formulate a plan of action and draft and issue a full and official press statement.
New Deal training fraud
02-10-2009 14:20
If political parties are looking for painless cuts in public spending, New Deal fraudulent training courses should be their top priority.What kind of government do we need? Socialists debate the Greens and Labour
02-10-2009 13:17
As the next election looms, we debate what kind of government working-class people need.Vestas Management promote Community Control
02-10-2009 12:14
Leafing through company reports is usually a thankless and dull task. No so with Vestas - all sorts of fascinating opinion. Here's to a community buy out of the St. Corss Business Park, Dodnor Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight factory by ex-workers, locals, Climate Campers, Bicycologists, Climate Rushers, Workers Liberty, SWP & SP, Green Party, with financial support from Ecotricity and others shall we?Lambeth UNISON Pledges Support for Viva Palestina
02-10-2009 11:59
The Lambeth Branch of UNISON - the second largest trade union in the UK - has voted to reaffirm its solidarity with Palestinians living under Israeli Military Occupation at its Branch Committee meeting on 17th September 2009 and support the Viva Palestina convoy taking place in December.Vestas Workers Solidarity Camp - Photos
02-10-2009 09:17
Anarchist freesheet The Leveller #2
01-10-2009 19:33
The second issue of anarchist free-sheet The Leveller has been published.ANC leaders present during recent attacks on Abahlali Shackdwellers
01-10-2009 11:12
Lambeth UNISON Gives Green Light To Environment Reps
01-10-2009 10:07
The Lambeth Branch of UNISON - the second largest trade union in the UK - has voted to establish environmental reps in workplaces across the Borough. At a meeting of the Lambeth Branch Committee on 15th September, Branch activists agreed to encourage Lambeth UNISON members to elect environmental representatives within their places of work.Cambridge Unemployed Workers Union founded
30-09-2009 20:41
Unemployed Workers Union (UWU) started in Cambridge to fight for improved welfare conditions.Picket Tomorrow In Protest At Violent Attacks On Abahlali BaseMjondolo
29-09-2009 14:34
Abahlali baseMjondolo, the shack dwellers' movement in South Africa who sent representatives to the UK a couple of weeks ago, is under violent attack, and fighting desperately to save their homes and their organisation from ANC supported "development" (ie demolition)- physical and political annihilation.Black is Back! Nov. 7 Anti-war March in Washington, D.C
29-09-2009 02:45
Washington, D.C. – A newly-formed Black coalition has announced a rally and march on the White House to take place November 7, 2009 beginning in Washington, D.C.’s historic Malcolm X Park. The Rally and March are to protest the expanding U.S. wars and other policy initiatives that unfairly target African and other oppressed people around the world. Known as the Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations, the coalition formed on September 12, 2009 during a meeting in Washington, D.C. of more than fifteen activists from various Black organizations, institutions and communities.Workers' Fightback: direct action vs council cuts, Vestas, Cali uni occupation
28-09-2009 23:58
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!
Around the Campaigns Monday 28th September 2009
28-09-2009 12:37
Constant Moussavou has left the UK"Thank you all for your letters/support unfortunately the Home Office did not want to listen and Constant was removed to Congo Brazzaville on Wednesday 9th September. We have not heard from him since. Please let me know if anyone does here from or of him."
Yours sincerely,
Priya Thamotheram, Chair, Leicester Civil Rights Movement.
Sanctuary for Constant Moussavou