Nottinghamshire Workers' Movements Newswire Archive

CITY COUNCIL CUTS WILL DAMAGE YOUR COMMUNITY SERVICES

Join our protest on Monday, 9 March, 1-2 pm, Old Market Square.

I thought people might like to hear of my account of the mass protest called by Unite to support the construction workers at Staythorpe power station at Newark yesterday, Tuesday.

Construction workers at the site of a new gas fired power station at Staythorpe near Newark, Nottinghamshire have joined workers across the country in striking against the use of foreign contractors. While the issue has been contentious for some time, with a unemployed workers holding protests outside the site since November. The issue was reignigted after workers at the Total oil refinery at Lindsey in Lincolnshire walked out over similar concerns.

On Tuesday, around 200 council workers protested outside the Council House in Nottingham's Market Square against job cuts proposed by the city council. These would see around 400 people laid off in order to save £2 million. To find out what motivated these protests and where the campaign is likely to develop I interviewed Unison activist Jean Thorpe. I started off by asking her exactly what she does in the union.

The recent wave of wildcat strikes in the construction industry has sparked a walkout at Staythorpe power station in Newark. Workers walked out yesterday and are still on strike.

Constant Moussavou, Still Here, Campaign fights on

"Constant said that a High Court injunction against the deportation order has been successful but he will still continue to be detained. It appears that the earlier legal ruling to disregard the new evidence and to not await the authentication of the documents (due to be received on Mon 26th Jan 09) provided on Constant’s behalf has been reversed.

He’d like to thank everybody for their support and expressed the need for your continued help and support in ensuring he’s able to resume his life and work in Leicester."

A special thank you also to Sir Peter Soulsby (MP), NCADC/supporters and to Canon Barry Naylor and colleagues for their continued support and interventions on Constant’s behalf.

Priya Thamotheram for the campaign /  priya.thamotheram@highfieldscentre.ac.uk

Background: Sanctuary for Constant Moussavou
 http://www.ncadc.org.uk/archives/filed%20newszines/Newszine100/Constant.html

On the afternoon of Sunday 7th December, about 40 people gathered to welcome the opening of of the Sparrows' Nest Library & Archive. It is part of the Nottingham ‘Centre for Anarchist Culture and Education’. Based in Robin Hood Chase, St.Anns.

According to the University and Colleges Union (UCU) website, Nottingham Trent University (NTU) management have backed down in their bid to derecognise the trade union and cut back on reps' facility time. This is good news for workers at the uni.

Mustafa Abdulrahim Mustafa from Sudan and resident of Nottingham is detained in Campsfield House IRC and due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Tuesday 2nd December on BMI flight BD997 from Heathrow Terminal 1, @ 16:00, flying to Beirut, and then on to Khartoum.

Oladipo Victor Aiyegbayo a Nigerian national and resident of Nottingham; is currently detained in Colnbrook IRC and due to be forcibly removed from the UK today Friday 7th November @ 22.20 on Virgin Nigeria Airways flight VS651 from London Heathrow to Nigeria.

'What is Global Ethics?' by Kimberly Hutchings from the London School of Economics which will take place Monday 27th October from 4.00-5.30pm in the Conference Suite, University Staff Club, University Park Campus, University of Nottingham. The lecture is part of the 'Open Seminar Series' organised by the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ).

Yesterday, University and Colleges Union (UCU) members were on strike at Nottingham Trent University (NTU). Notts Indymedia interviewed the chair of NTU UCU, Brian Ward, to find out what's happening.

Jane Mary Mutetsi has left the UK
She was removed last Thursday to Uganda, there was a problem at the airport in Entebbe because she is a Rwandan citizen and the authorities at the airport wanted to return her to the UK because she had no documents entitling her to be in Uganda. Jane Mary was very tired and had a headache throughout her flight, and so mentioned to the authorities that all her children are in Uganda and she was allowed into the country after some discussions. She was also asked why she had been sent back from the UK but apparently one of her escorts told them that her visa had expired and as she is unwell she wanted to go home. At the moment she is safe and well.
Friends of Jane Mary Mutetsi, thank all those who fought to keep Jane Mary in the UK
 http://www.ncadc.org.uk/archives/filed%20newszines/newszine89/JaneMary.html

Jane Mary Mutetsi from Rwanda was 'captured' when reporting Monday morning in Nottingham and is currently detained in Yarl's Wood IRC,  due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Thursday 16th October @ 20.00 hrs on Kenya Airways flight KQ101 from London Heathrow to Nairobi and KQ410 to Entebbe.

After over a year of working under the threat of being forced into uniform, library assistants find out that this threat has disappeared.

Roundtable on European Social Forum in Malmo
Monday afternoon 13th October at 4:00 in the Conference Suite at the University Staff Club, University Park Campus..

Mustafa Abdulrahim Mustafa
Online campaign to prevent the removal of Mustafa Abdulrahim Mustafa, Sudanese cameraman, from the UK
 http://www.petitiononline.com/MustafaM/petition.html
Background: Mustafa Belongs to Nottingham
 http://www.ncadc.org.uk/Newszine99/Mustafa.html

Let Amdani Juma Stay / Rally in the Market Square
Nottingham, tomorrow Saturday 11th October @ 12.30
Please come down and support us. We need to keep the pressure up and tell the world that Nottingham has not forgotten Amdani. We are expecting the media to be there so bring as many people and banners as possible. Thanks, Friends of Amdani /  stuartbrown236@btinternet.com
 http://www.ncadc.org.uk/archives/filed%20newszines/Newszine88/AmdaniJuma.html

On 12:30 on Monday 6th October 2008, staff and students from Nottingham Trent University together with hundreds of UCU members from all around the country held a national rally outside the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham.

Mustafa Abdulrahim Mustafa from Sudan is detained in Campsfield House IRC and due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Saturday 4th October on BMI flight BD 997 from Heathrow Terminal 1, @ 13:15hrs, flying to Beirut, and then on to Khartoum