Manchester Workers' Movements Newswire Archive

C.U.T.S ( Communal Use Textile Studio), Liverpool.

Beccy Williams, 20-09-2007 09:55

A Newly-opened community resource for creative textile recycling in Central Liverpool, with sewing studio and screen-printing facilities. Details of up-coming workshops for October and November 2007. Read more >>

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Freedom for the Cuban Five!

posted by F Espinoza, 11-09-2007 14:39

An International Campaign to Free the Cuban Five will begin on September 12. This will be an excellent opportunity to knock at the doors of American people’s consciences Read more | 1 comment >>

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Durham Working Class bookfair November 3rd 10-5pm

Trevor Bark, 11-09-2007 11:49

North East Working Class Bookfair
St Nicholas Church, Market Place, Durham City.
Saturday November 3rd 2007, 10-5pm Read more >>

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Manchester mental health staff strike again

Ed, 10-09-2007 17:46

After a similar strike just over two weeks ago, hundreds of mental health workers in Manchester are going on strike for a second time today in a row over the suspension of union official, Karen Reissman. Read more | 1 comment >>

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Protest at Selly Oak Campus of the University of Birmingham

Cathy McDonald, 07-09-2007 16:25

Trade-union members in Birmingham, at 1 p.m. on Monday, September 10th, will protest in support of strikers at the University of Minnesota in the U.S. This will be a gesture of global solidarity in a difficult strike! Read more >>

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Royal Mail: Stockport wildcat strikers return to work whilst national talks exte

catch, 04-09-2007 20:47

Several hundred workers at Stockport Mail Centre returned to work today having walked out unofficially on Friday. Meanwhile national talks between the CWU leadership and Royal Mail have been extended until Sunday. Read more >>

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Worldwide support for Cuban Five grows

posted by F Espinoza, 02-09-2007 19:14

The Cuban Five—Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González and René González—were prosecuted for defending Cuba from U.S.-backed terrorists. They were arrested in Miami Sept. 12, 1998 by the FBI and charged with espionage conspiracy, murder conspiracy and failure to register as foreign agents—a total of 26 counts... Read more | 6 comments >>

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Mental health workers on strike in support of colleague

Ed, 01-09-2007 15:13

Nearly 700 UNISON members in Manchester Community and Mental Health branch went on strike yesterday in support of their colleague Karen Reissman, suspended from work since June. Read more | 1 comment >>

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The expression of the subversive love of the Cuban revolution

posted by F Espinoza, 02-08-2007 21:01

Not only have you graduated as medical doctors, but also as humanists. You have learned what it means to practice international solidarity and have understood the reality of preventive and healing medicine in a socio-political context. This brings to reality the much celebrated phrase of Jose Marti: Homeland is humanity. Read more | 15 comments >>

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Asbestos campaigners support call for investigation into PPG Group

Save Spodden Valley, 01-08-2007 12:45

Rochdale asbestos campaigners are backing calls for an inquiry into allegations of “bribing, bullying and bugging” regarding residential planning applications. The claims have just been made by the Channel 4 Dispatches programme “Britain’s Bad Housing”. Read more | 2 comments >>

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Haiti: Workers Protest Privatisation Layoffs and Fuel Prices

Inter Press Service (IPS), 24-07-2007 18:05

IPS has published two new articles on labour organising in Haiti. Read more >>

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Haiti: Privatization Plan Begins with Mass Firings at Téléco

Agence Haitïenne de Presse, 12-07-2007 18:10

At least 500 Téléco workers received termination letters Friday as part of the government's announced plan to privatize the company. Another thousand are expected to be fired on Monday.
Read more >>

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Alimta approved by NICE for asbestos cancer mesothelioma

Forum of Asbestos Victim Support Groups UK, 08-07-2007 23:34

The Forum of Asbestos Victim Support Groups welcomes the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Final Appraisal Determination which has today approved the use of Alimta to treat the terminal asbestos cancer, mesothelioma. Read more >>

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The Good Lord Protected Me From Bush...

posted by F Espinoza, 29-06-2007 18:41

The Good Lord Protected Me From Bush," said President Fidel Castro referring to recent statements by the US statesman, who predicted that "one day, the Good Lord will take Fidel Castro away." Read more >>

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Vilma Espín Guillois

posted by F Espinoza, 21-06-2007 10:36

Vilma’s example today is more necessary than ever. She devoted her entire life to the struggle for women’s rights when in Cuba most women were discriminated against as human beings, the same as in the rest of the world, with only the honorable revolutionary exceptions... Read more | 1 comment >>

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Posada Carriles knows too much...

posted by F Espinoza, 18-06-2007 22:39

Interview with Fabian Escalante, ex-chief of Cuban Intelligence... Read more | 1 comment >>

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They will never have CUBA

posted by F Espinoza, 18-06-2007 12:38

“Whoever attempts to conquer Cuba will only gather the dust of her soil soaked in blood, if he does not perish in the fight”, exclaimed Maceo... Read more | 20 comments >>

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Human Rights Issues in Question over Welsh LNG Pipeline Protests

Someone who cares, 10-06-2007 12:02

Anti Welsh LNG Pipeline a success so far: LEGAL UPDATE:
AND 300 Industrial Workers strike for 3days at LNG Terminals at Milford Haven, over safety issues.
Waiting for Eviction @Brecon Tree camp against the Pipe, in the sun and lush countryside soon 2b destroyed. Court Case:Human Rights Issues in Question.. Read more >>

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Bush's lies and cons

posted by F Espinoza, 08-06-2007 20:50

Evidently Rome is not yet included among the 60 or more dark corners of the world that the United States military must be ready to pre-emptively attack, as Bush proclaimed at West Point on June 1, 2002... Read more >>

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The Unanimous Opinion.

F Espinoza, 18-05-2007 15:28

At the 6th Hemispheric Meeting in Havana, when the discussion turned to the subject of production of biofuels from foodstuffs, which are constantly getting more expensive, the huge majority voiced their opposition with indignation... Read more | 2 comments >>

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