Liverpool Workers' Movements Newswire Archive

28-06-2006 09:01 | 1 comment

Shit Treatment for Bootle Civil Servants

The government are conducting a “witch hunt” against trade union leaders, threatening disciplinary action against staff who advised colleagues to go home when office toilets broke down. Read more >>

27-06-2006 12:19 | 3 comments

Wildcat Walkout in Ellesmere Port!

Production at Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port factory was stopped on Monday after staff walked out at neighboring TDS Automotive Logistics. Read more >>

21-06-2006 13:52 | 2 comments

Defend NHS Demo - Victoria Station 11:30 June 24th

Demonstrations against 800 job cuts and service cuts at Pennine PCT, gather at Victoria Station 1130, Saturday 24th June Read more >>

20-06-2006 18:14

Remember Des Warren - Justice for the Shrewsbury Pickets

3pm, Saturday 5 August 2006 at the Casa, Hope Street, Liverpool
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20-06-2006 17:33

Smithdown Against Demolition formed in Liverpool

On July 11, 2006 the issue of the unnecessary Compulsory Purchase Orders for our homes and businesses went to Public Inquiry. For those of you who have been to public meetings and been told by the council and their partners that these houses are definitely coming down - this is a lie. This is their preferred option, which will be decided by Public Inquiry, and then by Ruth Kelly MP, for the Government.
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20-06-2006 01:47

Norris Green Workers Protest Sayers Job Cuts

Nearly a hundred workers and their families took to the streets of Norris Green, Liverpool on Saturday 17th June, in a protest against almost 200 redundancies at Liverpool bakers Sayers. They called on the company to invest in the site to help improve efficiency, rather than make the redundancies. Read more >>

19-06-2006 18:42 | 2 comments

Birkenhead families to lose housing benefits

So-called 'neighbours from hell' in Birkenhead are going to be among the first to be stripped of housing benefits, plunging them even further into the poverty that causes their 'antisocial behaviour'. Read more >>

16-06-2006 21:33 | 1 comment

Patients Must Travel Further To See GPs

In the ‘Our Health, Our Care, Our Say’ White Paper, the government has published details of how you must travel further to see your doctors and dentists, spending more time and money whilst damaging the environment with increased exhaust emissions that poison us all. Read more >>

13-06-2006 11:03

Keep Our NHS Public Demo & Meeting

Cuts and job losses will devastate health services. The NHS debt of £800m is less than 1% of its total budget. The government could easily afford to cancel the debt and cancel job cuts. Join together to make them give us the money to run the NHS. Read more >>

12-06-2006 18:40 | 1 comment

New Peoples Centre Opens in Liverpool

I attended the official opening of the centre and spoke with John Fillis, Managing Director of 'Capitalists of Culture', a new art-space rather than gallery at: 50-54 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool Read more >>

12-06-2006 16:46

More McHospitals for Merseyside!

Following hard on the heels of the Liverpool Women's and the Countess of Chester hospitals, two more local hospital trusts have applied for 'foundation' status - opening healthcare up for private profit. Read more >>

10-06-2006 23:22 | 1 comment

Class Composition in the North East, Sat 17th June 2006

The working class in the North East has changed since WWII, and in the past 20 years change at work (or not) has been rapid, but working class cultures continue. The old working class traditions and strategy have outlived their usefulness, and now something new is required to meet 21st century challenges. Read more >>

08-06-2006 14:29

Mersey Ambulance Staff Fight Employers' Hypocrisy

Ambulance staff on Merseyside are considering strike action after their employers - the Merseyside Regional Ambulance Service Trust - double-crossed them over a new pay deal. Read more >>

07-06-2006 14:54

FTSE 100 company to 'help' run Liverpool hospital

On the very day that the government announced a £500 million 'overspend' on the NHS (

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5055602.stm), it has been revealed that an as yet unannounced FTSE 100 company will be invited to 'help' run the Liverpool Women's Hospital. Cadbury's and Sainsbury's are believed to be in the front running. Read more >>

06-06-2006 15:49 | 1 addition | 2 comments

Adult Education Slashed in Liverpool

Learner in Liverpool received a bitter blow today as details began to emerge of the coming cuts in adult education in the city. Read more >>

25-05-2006 13:14 | 4 comments

“Laing O’Rourke is the worst employer I’ve ever worked for.”

“Laing O’Rourke are sacking 90 workers and refusing to pay us a promised wage rise. They are the worst employer I’ve ever worked for.” Read more >>

19-05-2006 17:17

Hospital workers going unpaid in Liverpool

They may not be doctors and nurses, but the low paid cleaners, caterers and porters are just as vital to the running of Broad Green and the Royal Liverpool hospitals. And they are not being given their full entitlement of wages. Read more >>

17-05-2006 15:36

One thousand jobs go in Ellesmere Port

After a week of speculation, one thousand Vauxhall car workers at Ellesmere Port today learned their jobs were being axed. Read more >>

12-05-2006 00:28

Mersey Councils Invest In Death

Councils across Merseyside and Cheshire are pouring more than £28m into the world's largest arms companies - including Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems. As if that wasn't enough, they've also got a £3 million stake in Halliburton - Dick Cheney's favourite oil company! Read more >>

02-05-2006 20:51 | 3 additions | 1 comment

Mersey May Day 2006

This year, Merseyside's May Day celebrations crossed the water to Liverpool. Read more >>