UK Workers' Movements Newswire Archive
Unrest in France - blog launched
13-03-2006 10:14
http://libcom.org/blog has been set up to provide in-depth English language coverage of the riots, occupations, strikes and marches across the country.
Why the Israeli Labor is about to fail?
13-03-2006 10:04
The elections in Israel are about to come and the Israeli Labor launched a campaign in which it started to discuss the possibility of allying to the Kadima (Forward) party. A few weeks ago, Labor chairperson, Amir Peretz MP, promised to win the elections or to serve as militant opposition to OlmertThe Real Oxford Union First Annual Address
11-03-2006 00:31
TUC Deputy General Secretary gives the first Real Oxford Union Annual Address.France: Hundreds of thousands fight attacks on young workers
10-03-2006 13:46
France: Students mobilise against the CPE
10-03-2006 13:13
In France, students mobilise against the CPE: All together in the struggle against capitalism! University and high-school students, future unemployed, future part-time or temporary workers: All together in the struggle against capitalism!Paris: Sorbonne is occupied
10-03-2006 12:09
Since yesterday evening, the legendary university Sorbonne in the LatinQuarter of Paris is occupied. Even though the CRS (French Riot Police)
was present, the occupation could be held throughout the night...A new
chance for social change?
Trumped Up Dismissal Rejected By Tribunal
10-03-2006 01:04
A trumped up charge of insubordination and abusive and threatening behaviour was used to dismiss a longstanding employee. The union refused to defend its member.WorkRep took the case to the Manchester Employment Tribunal.
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Global anti-war demonstrations March 18th and March 19th 2006
09-03-2006 23:05
Haiti: the resilience of workers, peasants and urban poor
09-03-2006 11:57
The announcement late last week that blank ballots cast in Haiti's presidential election were to be discounted, effectively acknowledging René Préval's victory without recourse to a run-off, sparked massive celebrations in the poorest districts of this devastated country.Cog in the Machine (tagging & tracking workers - which, and by who?)
08-03-2006 17:26
Gay Mexican Executive Clears Legal Hurdle, vs Coca-Cola Femsa
08-03-2006 15:49
The first and second phase of the civil suit brought by fired executive Roberto Mendoza vs Coca-Cola FEMSA, a subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company, has resulted in a ruling for Mendoza, who accuses the company of discrimination due to his sexual orientation.Happy International Women's Day
07-03-2006 23:04
The QUICKTIME REPORT 8/3/06 - SEE GLOBALLY!
07-03-2006 19:45
New Infoshop News podcast
07-03-2006 00:04
The new installment of the bi-weekly Infoshop News podcast is now available for downloading and listening. The Infoshop News Show features news from the Infoshop News newswire, music, interviews and other features. This edition features the last part of Infoshop's 2005 interview with Jon Bekken, who is a professor at Albright College and longtime editor of the Industrial Worker.In support of the strikers at Cottam power station, near Lincoln
06-03-2006 22:11
What Is Happening At Cottam?An inspiring all-out unofficial strike is taking place at Cottam power station, near Lincoln, in protest against the exploitation of migrant workers.
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Strike! The miners strike remembered 22 years on
06-03-2006 20:53
This Sunday at the Commonplace social centre in Leeds, we will remember the miners strike with films, talks, photo exhibitions and cheap grub. Come along to 23-25 Wharf Street in the City Centrewww.thecommonplace.org.uk
Mayday proposal and meeting - Against the terrorism of everyday life
03-03-2006 23:15
Haiti: SOKOWA union struggle forces IFC to recognise ILO core standards
02-03-2006 12:34
The struggles of the CODEVI Free Trade Zone Workers’ Union in Ouanaminthe, Haïti, have established a HISTORIC, WORLDWIDE PRECEDENT!Twenty years ago today: the assassination of Olof Palme
28-02-2006 01:29
Today, February 28, 2006, social democrats all over the world mourn the assassination of Olof Palme, the last of the great Swedish social democrats. This article discusses the murder.