UK Workers' Movements Newswire Archive
Today: Occupy London protest with Old Bailey Cleaners
24-11-2011 13:46
On Thursday 24th November at 4:30pm, there will be loud and colourful demonstration at the historic Old Bailey*, supported by the IWW and Occupy London. The people who clean the offices of the law firm, McGrigors, at the Old Bailey, are protesting against the illegal practices, bullying and the union-busting treatment they have received by Apollo Cleaning Services.
Apollo Cleaning Services was awarded the cleaning contract on 3rd October. Since then, they have bullied and harassed a pregnant cleaner – whom they told pregnancy was ‘irrelevant’ to her conditions of work. When she complained about the new disregard for health and safety practices her concerns were ignored.
Sparks demo leads to occupation of Grattes Brothers Head Office
23-11-2011 11:12
The Sparks weekly picket and demo became an occupation this morning as the group of 200 or so barricaded a door at the Grattes Brothers Head Office.Chris Grayling MP in Lpool today
22-11-2011 15:55
Protest against the Minister for DWP Cuts tonightLaunch of N30 strike website
22-11-2011 12:50
Occupy the Machine – Stop the 1%, Literally
21-11-2011 23:44
We invite you to imagine, as many of you already probably have, if thousands of people occupied local refineries, roads, ports, oil and mining extraction sites, etc. – in other words, imagine if people occupied the locations where the 1% destroy the land and exploit humans, all for profit.We Are 0%
21-11-2011 19:14
The concept of 99% turned itself into the mass of tended-to-be-represented folks not different from former 100%-ers represented in “we are all humans” system - usually named as bourgeois democracy.We are outside from 100% of statistics based paneconomism which is deeply racist at its core.
We’re against oppression by plutocratic 1%-ers or that established by manipulative majority.
We are unmanageable multitude of selforganised zeros.
http://antisystemic.org/SW/SituationistWorker-0%25.pdf
Protest Outside the Disabled Rights UK Conference: 22 November
20-11-2011 19:17
Tuesday 22 November 2011, from 10amTaylor Wessing, 5 New Street Square, London EC4A 3TW
On Tuesday 22nd November Disability Alliance will be hosting a conference on disability and poverty at the offices of Taylor Wessing, New Street Square, London.
The City of London: a cost / benefit analysis of the moral and economic cancer a
20-11-2011 18:27
Whilst not even having a positive impact on the UK economy, let alone society, the City of London places British people at the centre of an international network of tax havens which facilitates the harsh realities that the majority of people in this world have to live with everyday. Just as we banned slavery, we have another opportunity to change the world for the better right on our doorstep, we just have to take it.Mazi King Eze Onuigbo Must Stay—Home Office Ref: O1142828
19-11-2011 12:04
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=f5mNjp-ddvk And the demonstration at the Nigerian High Commission at Northumberland Street can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R0WxiLKgYE Support the striking electricians Saturday 19th November Glasgow
18-11-2011 18:18
Support the striking electriciansSaturday 19th November
N30 List of Pickets, Demonstrations and Rallies
18-11-2011 14:09
Legal Challenge to Government’s slave labour scheme
18-11-2011 03:07
A Month of Festive Action Against Atos and the Benefit Cuts
17-11-2011 11:40
Everywhere!
Join us in December for a month of protests, actions and demonstrations against poverty pimps Atos and the condem government’s Welfare Reform Bill.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122853381158514
Some Critical Notes on the General Strike in Oakland, California USA
17-11-2011 03:25
Remember, remember, the second of November -- and what needs to be done a lot better the next time around...Alternative Currency: Let The Era Of Global Prosperity Commence
16-11-2011 08:51
Designed on the principle of 'Free Currencies – Free Markets – Free People – Free Planet', on 13 November 2011, the long-awaited Crom Alternative Currency System has finally been opened – in many ways a unique combination of a social network and payment system.Billy Bragg at Occupy Sheffield
15-11-2011 13:37
4 More Unions Vote YES to Strike on 30th November
15-11-2011 00:27
4 more unions announced positive ballot results for strike action over pensions today – FDA and Prospect, who both represent civil servants, The Chartered Society of Physiotherapists and the Society of Radiographers.N30 Strike Day Protests Details
14-11-2011 23:14
Details below.Check
http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/campaigns/30-november/n30events.cfm for updates.
After Nov 9: Where do we go from here?
11-11-2011 10:45
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From the reports we’ve heard so far, the electrician’s action was pretty lively with roads being blocked for a while but the cops soon moved in with the result that the sparks ended up being kettled. You have to go back a long way to remember the last time plod took action against striking workers in this way. What is happening with the sparks action is having a resonance by word of mouth with other construction workers as doubtless they potentially face the shafting the electricians are confronting. We passed a few construction sites yesterday and the march was definitely getting the thumbs up from the builders watching us pass by. What is frustrating and quite scary is the almost total media blackout of the sparks dispute. The journalists are aware this dispute is going on but it’s hard to escape the suspicion that pressure is being applied from high up to keep this story under wraps.