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Up the Posties!
A new phase of industrial action in the form of rolling strikes has been announced by the postal worker's union. Here are some interviews with striking posties at Birmingham's Mail Centre in Newtown. This was from the first wave of industrial action on 29th June 2007.
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Details of further postal industrial actions
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said it has entered a "a new phase" in their dispute with Royal Mail. The Postal Executive had agreed to escalate the dispute on both industrial and political fronts, with a rolling programme of strikes that means Royal Mail will face two weeks of functional/site-specific strikes resulting in two weeks of continuous disruption to mail services.Sri Lankan detainees go on hunger strike in Harmondsworth
Some 29 Sri Lankan Tamil nationals have reportedly gone on hunger strike at the Harmondsworth detention centre in London in protest at a Home Office decision to deport them back to Sri Lanka tomorrow. Harmondsworth has been the sight of continued resistance, with repeated hunger strikes, riots and demonstrations.MWB Group - National Foie Gras Target!
The MWB Group own 20 hotels in the UK, trading under Malmaison and Hotel du Vin, and have got restaurants in all of them selling foie gras.
IWW Solidarity with Coventry Post Office workers strike
IWW members in Coventry support Post Office counter staff's strike against the closing of Hertford St Crown P.O. and attacks on pay, conditions and unionisation.
Parliamentary campaign to enforce infant formula regulations
Infant formula companies continue to push their products with health claims that don't comply with UK legislation. The Government has said Trading Standards offices have been encouraged to enforce the legislation, but so far nothing much seems to be happening. So a campaign has been launched in Parliament. Ask you MP to sign the Early Day Motion.Assault on Pauline Campbell by Police
Pauline Campbell, the mother of Sarah Campbell (
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Solihull Post Office workers walk out again
Like elsewhere in the country, Solihull Crown Post Office workers walked out today and formed a picket line outside in protest at Post Office Ltd plans to close down further Crown Post Office branches and transfer services to WH Smith stores, with the loss of up to 1,500 jobs, as well as plans for a pay freeze and a pay cut for 80% of staff. The strike action was the second this week but the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has promised further actions to force Post Office Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Mail Group Ltd, to "think again".
Victoria Square Crown Post Office Birmingham Solidarity Banner Drop
Early in the morning, just as day was dawning, Postman Pat and his Wildcat shinned up some scaffolding at the Crown Postal Office in Victoria Square, Birmingham, and unfurled a large banner in solidarity with all the striking workers at Crown Postal Offices.
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Iranian refugees remember Babak Ahadi at Sheldon Court
Members of Birmingham's Iranian Refugee Association today held a commemorative picket at the Immigration and Asylum Tribunal (IAT) in Sheldon, Birmingham, to remember the death of their friend Babak Ahadi, who took his own life two years ago. Babak, born in Iran in 1972, set himself on fire on 5 July, 2005, after his asylum claim was dismissed by the IAT at Sheldon Court. He had fled Iran in 2002 after an Islamic group threatened to expose that he had converted to Christianity, which would have led to his execution.
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Haiti: Labor Press Release on State Privatization
Port-Au-Prince; July 11, 2007 Press Release Concerns of the CTH, regarding the management of the Country.
MOVE's Ramona Africa on May 13th Bombing and 'Justice'
Ramona Africa, sole adult survivor of the FBI bombing of the MOVE house in Philidelphia on May 13th 1985, talks about how she coped with the aftermath of the bombing and how she sees justice from an uncompromising, revolutionary perspective.
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Crown postal workers walk out
Crown Post Office workers went on strike today over the Post Office Ltd plans to close further Crown Post Offices (the larger branches usually situated on busy high streets) and transfer services to WH Smith stores, with the loss of up to 1,500 jobs, as well as plans for a pay freeze and a pay cut for 80% of staff. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has announced a similar strike action on Thursday, 19 July, from 6am till mid-day. In Birmingham, out of the 25 people who work at the post office in Victoria Square, only 5 didn't walk out (3 CWU members and 2 non-members), but the post office operated almost as normal as managers were brought in to do the work.
Remember Babak Ahadi
In mmory of Babak and all the other victims of the Home Office's "firm, fast and fair" policies.Commemorative Protest at Sheldon Immigration Court Birmingham
On Wednesday 18th July between 12:00 pm and 14:00 pm, members of the Birmingham's Iranian Refugee Association will be holding a commemorative protest at the Asylum & Immigration Tribunal, Sheldon Court to remember the death of their close friend, Babak Ahadi, two years ago.
Babak committed suicide in Bristol after hearing his asylum claim was refused by the Immigration Tribunal at Sheldon Court, in July 2005. Babak was an Iranian Asylum Seeker who fled Iran in 2002 after converting to Christianity and an Islamic group threatened to expose him which would have led to his execution.
Industrial Action at Crown Post Offices Today
On 9th July, the Communication Workers Union announced a further two dates of strike action at all Post Office Limited Crown Post Offices.The first strike will begin today, Monday 16th July, starting at 14:30 and finishing at 19:00. The second strike is on Thursday 19th July, starting at 6:00 and finishing at 12:00 p.m. Solidarity with the Posties!
Postal workers across the country went on a second 24-hour strike on Thursday 12th June. This was in response to the Royal Mail management's refusal to negotiate a decent pay award for postal workers and if their so-called 'business plan' is realised then that will result in 40,000 job losses. The company met with the Communication Worker's Union (C.W.U.) the day before and just re-stated it's 'business plan' that effectively puts the interests of corporations and profit before postal workers and a decent postal service in Britain. Unless the company sees sense and comes back to the negotiating table then further industrial action in the form of strikes is inevitable. In addition, there are two further strikes taking place this week in Post Office Counters, which is a distinct business unit but part of the Royal Mail Group. This is in protest at plans to 'franchise' 85 offices to WH Smith and a three year pay freeze to be imposed on those postal workers.
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Astonbrook: another asylum-profiteering company exposed
Police have raided Birmingham-based asylum accommodation provider Astonbrook Housing Association after it emerged that the 'charity' had been, among other things, inventing asylum seekers to claim millions from the Home Office and the City Council. Two years ago, another housing provider contracted by the Home Office, the Angel Group, was being investigated for fraud.
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