16-01-2007 16:49
Migrant and casual labour reside on the front lines of capitalism, and the IWW has a strong history of militant organising amongst these groups. They remain the two of the most exploited and vulnerable groups of workers today.
What can be done? How can casual and migrant workers help themselves? What are their connections and differences? How can other workers support them?
Read more >>05-01-2007 14:38
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A day of political discussion, training and planning for student activists organised by Education Not for Sale, No Sweat and Students Against Sweatshops. Come and join other student activists to discuss how can we argue for, organise for and campaign for radical ideas in the student movement.
11.30-3.30pm, TGWU Transport House, Theobalds Road, Holborn, London
Read more >>03-01-2007 06:39
Solange has been detained in Yarl's Wood IRC since early October and is due to be removed from the UK back to DR Congo, on Wednesday 3rd January 2007 @ 19.00hrs.
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03-01-2007 06:36
With hunger-strikes, acts of self-harm and protest people are fighting their invisibility. The recent resistance inside these detention centres joins with the thousands of other people worldwide who demonstrate, riot, light fires and destroy compounds in protest against and in defiance of their incarceration. It shows that people, regardless of their desperation, will always struggle for their human dignity.
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13-12-2006 20:53
Camden Council is about to launch the most sweeping cuts to services and jobs since the early Thatcher days - even though it received one of the biggest grants from govt for a London Council this year. Thousands of the borough's most vulnerable people will lose access to the services that they need, as money is paid to consultants and privatisers.
Read more >>08-12-2006 18:22
The Fast for Justice by cleaners planned for next week has been cancelled due to a premature victory. Sounds like a pretty good reason!
Read more >>07-12-2006 13:33
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Starting Monday 11th Dec, a group of cleaners from the TGWU Justice for Cleaners campaign will be spending several days without food, sitting outside the headquarters of one of UK's richest banks, demanding a fair deal.
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06-12-2006 19:03
Following a successful strike by workers at JJB Sport's warehouse in Wigan, the company is trying to sack GMB rep Chris Riley. The No Sweat campaign is organising a protest against this and in solidarity with Chris this Sunday in Shepherd's Bush.
Read more >>04-12-2006 10:30
Starbucks is responsible for various attacks on people and the planet. in its most recent guise, it is picking on its workers who are fighting against the giant to unionise their workplaces with the IWW. the CEO of Starbucks is talking at the NASDAQ conference on Wednesday, and London IWW is calling for a demo against his union-busting ways!
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04-12-2006 06:07
80 demonstrators protested outside Harmondsworth and Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centres on Sunday the 3rd Decembeer 2006
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03-12-2006 21:06
After two weeks of demonstrations and actions, including the occupation of Goldman Sachs headquarters, the cleaners celebrate their victory and move into the next stage.
Read more >>30-11-2006 19:42
A large scale disturbance broke out at Harmondsworth after HM Inspector of Prisons (HMIP) published a report on Harmondsworth which it described as "Undoubtedly the poorest report" issued on any immigration removal centre to date.
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29-11-2006 20:09
ISS is the company that has been in the news this week for doing the nasty on the cleaners in the City of London. Now they are at it in the London Underground. Cleaners in the depots, where they clean the carriages, must now clock in and out using biometric machines that measure their unique fingers' proportions. All the cleaners are migrants, who will be the first target of biometric IDs and the like. They want to fight this but need help.
Read more >>29-11-2006 11:23
Yesterday a small but determined group of low paid cleaners and their supporters occupied city firm Goldman Sachs. The demo was expected and all entrances had been closed except one. Police and extra security were evident. However the peaceful yet determined occupiers outnumbered the guards and soon the lobby was occupied by the demonstrators. Extra Police were brought in to control the gathering and escort them outside. Details were taken but there were no arrests.
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29-11-2006 09:20
Workers are considering a walkout to stop the government closing 14 regional blood centres around England.
Read more >>28-11-2006 15:08
Today at 12pm around 25 cleaners and supporters went into the lobby of Goldman Sachs Headquarters, despite attempts by security to kick them out. They were protesting at the treatment of cleaners by ISS, which is partially owned by Goldman Sachs, and demanded a deal with the TGWU.
Read more >>27-11-2006 14:28
Cleaners need help to tackle big multinational company.
Read more >>24-11-2006 14:36
The No Sweat campaign's 2006 conference takes place at SOAS on Saturday 25 November.
Read more >>24-11-2006 02:31
A Global Action Day for Education will take place on the 30th Nov to protest and resist neoliberal reforms (especially within the education sector). Students of the world unite!
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22-11-2006 16:54
Colombian journalist FREDY MUÑOZ ALTAMIRANDA has been arrested by Colombia's notorious secret police after participating in a workshop organised by one of the BBC's US correspondents.
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