UK Indymedia - UK Workers' Movements Newswire Archive

Coops under threat by EU commission& none cooperative greedy corporations

29-05-2008 13:42

Coops in Europe are under threat by EU commission spurred on by some none cooperative corporations, they have supported & are supporting Transition principles as much as possible like Green movement & need our help
sign petition now!& write to your MEP ASAP
www.coopseurope.coop/spip.php?article561

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Gentrification and resistance, from NY to London

29-05-2008 13:37

A report about a London meeting featuring Juan Haro, an activist from the Movement for Justice in El Barrio, a movement fighting displacement of poor residents by housing corporations in East Harlem, New York

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Unite injunction against Belfast sacked shop stewards

29-05-2008 12:10

The Unite union has served an injunction against protesting shop stewards, threatening them with fines and imprisonment.

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Healthcare in Cuba and Britain: Newcastle Public Meeting 01/06/08

29-05-2008 02:25

Cuba is renowned for its healthcare system, but how is this possible for a small country under economic blockade?
And what can we learn from Cuba about the situation we face in Britain, with an NHS under crisis and privatisation?
Come and join the discussion. All welcome.

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Glasgow bin workers in wildcat strike

28-05-2008 20:35

170 bin workers in Glasgow took part in wildcat strike action last Friday 23rd May.

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Ending near for Nepal monarchy (by Latuff)

28-05-2008 12:31

To be published in "Aristera" Communist paper in Greece:

http://www.koel.gr/

High resolution version for printing purposes here:

http://ia311332.us.archive.org/2/items/EndingNearForNepalMonarchy/Nepal.gif

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UNISON Public Meeting, 11th June: Save our services in Lambeth!

27-05-2008 11:15

Speakers include:
Mark Serwotka – General Secretary, PCS
Alan Walter – Secretary, Defend Council Housing
Heenal Rajani – Lambeth UNISON
Barbara Glosby – Lambeth Pensioners Association

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Memories of “Popular Power” in Venezuela’s economy

23-05-2008 21:43

* From false co-management and cooperatives to the deceitful EPS, we present a balance of what has happened in Venezuela after at least 7 years of pretending to build a socialist economy, where the available data and verifiable facts belie the failure of the Chavez administration.

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Who is really progressive in Northern Ireland?

22-05-2008 18:55

On a recent trip to Belfast/Northern Ireland I wanted to find out who is really to be accepted as being a progressive force up there. The Left has generally supported those pro-catholics, who are working for a united Ireland as a part of a national liberation struggle from London rule. I decided to interview representatives of progressive parties on either side on the issues that socialists should really care about -- social issues -- to see how different they really are in their day-to-day politics in these current times of peace.

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Local journalists strike in York

22-05-2008 18:02

Local newspaper journalists go on 5 day strike in York over below-inflation pay rises.

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Council workers to vote on action

22-05-2008 17:58

UNISON members in local government in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will vote on strike action to begin in July, while teachers discuss co-ordinated action.

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HFE safe science or GM, eugenics, cloning& chimera bill?

22-05-2008 07:00

pluripotent stem cell research is there & placentas can be used to grow more stem cells for cures combined with natural cures why is there a need for opening the door to growing half human half dog embyros?
What do they want besides spair body parts?. This bill has not gone fully through parliament so write to your MP,regional minister & MEP,+ Brown & Lord Darzi"health minister"+ Lord Drayson "gm corporate boss science minister.
Do we need a clone or a tortured vivisected chimera army?or spair bodies grown for rich people done by politically correct experimenting,sorry"helping" sick children?

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Unite hunger striker Gordon McNeill in bad shape

19-05-2008 22:25

Gordon McNeill is now on the fourth day of a hunger and thirst strike outside Transport House in Belfast.

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MAYDAY Magazine meeting 24th May midday Newcastle

19-05-2008 14:53

Advertising a progressive political meeting and trying to take the working class movement forward and towards better politics.

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Union Stages MGM Casino Protest at Foxwoods

18-05-2008 21:04

The United Auto Workers gathered near the new MGM Grand at Foxwoods in Ledyard on Saturday to kick off the first of two days of protests against what the union calls an unfair tipping policy and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe's refusal to bargain.

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Abdul Alfeckhal Belongs to Middlesbrough

18-05-2008 10:51

Abdul Majeed Alfeckhal served for fifteen years as a high-ranking officer in the Libyan navy. After this length of service he asked to be released from the navy, as he was suffering from depression and felt unable to continue serving in the armed forces of a repressive regime.

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Shame on EU& Berlusconi,petition MEPs now!& support Italian migrant worker gypsi

17-05-2008 08:30

Shame on EU& Berlusconi,petition MEPs now!& support Italian migrant worker gypsies. Gypsies & travellers are easy to scapegoat despite being hardest working people Ive met & work almost 24/7. Most pay taxes far more than dodgy billionaires like Berlusconi. Boycott italian goods unless from cooperatives etc & petition your MEPs, good luck antifash in Italy.Will try to help you & go to International cooperative alliance meet in Rome at start of June if I get time from work, www.ica.coop

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Justice for cleaners demonstrate against AON

16-05-2008 22:52

Justice for Cleaners have organised a week of actions against companies in London who employ contract cleaners who pay their workers less than a living wage. Pictures and text from demonstration at Devonshire Square, London EC2 on Thursday 15 May, 2008. Pictures copyright (C) 2008, Peter Marshall

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Science museum in strike ballot

16-05-2008 21:03

National Science Museum staff are being balloted on strike action after voting overwhelmingly to reject below inflation pay offers for 2007-2008 and 2008-2009.

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Council workers to ballot for strike action

16-05-2008 21:01

UNISON members working in local government in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have been given the green light for a ballot on industrial action after rejecting the pay offer from employers.