UK Workers' Movements Newswire Archive
Israel: Off Your Trolley
07-12-2009 06:25
Nestle KitKat to be Fairtrade - except bars involving child slavery
07-12-2009 03:37
The Guardian newspaper (7 December 2009) has reported that Nestlé is to have four-finger KitKat chocolate bars certified by the Fairtrade Foundation in the UK.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/07/fairtrade-kit-kat Two-finger bars and other chocolate outside the scheme will continue to involve child slavery, according to critics.
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/10757
New Fargate Speaker out (Dec/Jan issue)
06-12-2009 23:09
Anti-capitalist presence at wave
06-12-2009 17:32
Meeting: The economic crisis and the threat from the right
05-12-2009 19:23
Tuesday 8 December, 7.30pm at the International Community Centre, Mansfield Road, NottinghamStormin the Dáil
05-12-2009 13:57
When they try to introduce "the Budget from hell" this Wednesday let's make their life hell. There should be non-stop pickets and protests outside the Dáil from midnight Wednesday the 9th to midnight Thursday the 10th.Weatherspoons warned not to host EDL
04-12-2009 20:55
Weatherspoons were telephoned earlier today by concerned nottingham types and they were asked if they understood the potential political and cultural significance of allowing the EDL to openly demo in their pub near the canal this coming Saturday.Weatherspoons Advised dont hold EDL demo in Notts!
04-12-2009 12:17
Weatherspoons were telephoned earlier today by concerned nottingham types and they were asked if they understood the potential political and cultural significance of allowing the EDL to openly demo in their pub near the canal this coming Saturday.Telephone 01923 477777 This is the weatherspoons HQ number RING THEM PLEASE!!
Storm the Dáil on Budget Day, Wednesday, December 9th
03-12-2009 15:40
Storm the Dáil on Budget Day, Wednesday, December 9th.Seize control from the corrupt bas**rds and their traitor 'Trade Union' 'leader' friends.
Communication Workers Union president resigns from Socialist Workers Party
03-12-2009 12:45
Britain’s Socialist Worker newspaper acknowledged on November 29 that Jane Loftus, president of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), has quit the Socialist Workers Party. Its manner of doing so only confirms how deeply embroiled the SWP is in the rampant opportunism that led to her departure.TOMORROW NIGHT: Class Evening - the radical labour union social
02-12-2009 18:50
DATE: 3 December, 8pm til late
VENUE: Lamp Tavern, 157 Barford Street, Digbeth B5 6AH
PROGRAM: Film ‘Bread and Roses’ and Discussion
Christmas Appeal - Spare some coppers for a Copper
02-12-2009 17:23
We need a New Anticapitalist Party in Britain
02-12-2009 12:54
After more than 12 years in office, Labour has proved itself time and again to be a party that attacks workers’ pay, conditions, jobs and rights. And now we face the worst capitalist economic crisis for decades, with a massacre of jobs sweeping the country.The working class in Britain does not have a party of our own to organise and inspire resistance to the bosses’ crisis on a daily basis – on the streets and in the workplaces as well as at election times.
Continuing Conflicts that Create Refugees, November 2009
02-12-2009 10:10
Three actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated and none improved in November 2009, according to the International Crisis Group.Around the Campaigns Wednesday 2nd December 2009
02-12-2009 08:46
1) ADC Work shop Glasgow2) Destitution Awareness Week
3) Refugee Council ~ UKBA proposals to change asylum support
Open Cast North East
01-12-2009 14:49
APPLICATION 1/2008/0822 Land to the south east of Billingside Plantation , LeadgateUNISON's Latest Witch Hunt
01-12-2009 12:53
Alan Docherty, Branch Secretary, Darlington LG Unison, has a union disciplinary on the 7th January. He has not been told what the charges will be. The Labour Party are fighting dirtily to keep control of this union.Statement by AUCPB in Support of Recent General Strike in Ireland
01-12-2009 09:31
General strike in Ireland involved 250 thousand people.As the Russian website www.novopol.ru., reports, in Ireland on November 24, a general strike took place.
Resources for Anti-Deportation Campaigns/Groups/Supporters
01-12-2009 07:55
All the sites below are used by NCADC to source 'Quality' information, which can be used for Anti-Deportation Campaigns, can also provide 'New' information, which might assist fresh asylum claims.Workers' Fightback: Irish Public Sector Strike/Student Movement Grows
30-11-2009 17:42
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!