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The NHS? We'll Take It From Here!

05-09-2006 20:16

In a 'triumph of Blairism', the government has awarded a £1.5 billion NHS contract to DHL - a Germany-based air courier company. Workers in Runcorn are amongst those considering strike action.

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Day 5 of Mersey Fire Strike: Talks Break Down

05-09-2006 18:51

Firefighter Mark Rowe - Speaking up for Merseysiders
Talks seemed to have broken down between Merseyside FBU and the Fire Authority today, as allegations were slung backwards and forwards.

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Exeter strikers celebrate success

04-09-2006 20:49

Exeter postal workers voted unanimously to return to work this morning after hearing that they had won a “total victory”.

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Day 4 of Mersey Fire Strike: More 'Negotiating' Amid Allegations

04-09-2006 17:42

Firefighter Mark Rowe - Speaking up for Merseysiders
Merseyside firefighters today began the second part of their eight day strike, following a two hour return to work. Meanwhile, Merseyside FBU secretary Les Skarratts continued his secretive face-to-face "negotiating" with Assistant Chief Fire Officer Bill Evans.

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Day 3 of Mersey Fire Strike: FBU's Skarratts Blinks First

03-09-2006 15:25

Firefighter Mark Rowe - Speaking up for Merseysiders
Even though the firefighters' strike seems to be absolutely solid, there are worrying signs that Merseyside FBU secretary Les Skarratts may be preparing a retreat.

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Day 2 of Mersey Fire Strike: Authority Calls On "Fantasy firefighters"

02-09-2006 13:29

Firefighter Mark Rowe - Speaking up for Merseysiders
As Merseyside FBU Secretary Les Skarratts prepared for tonight's face-to-face talks with Assistant Chief Fire Officer Bill Evans, it was clear that fire chiefs were becoming increasingly desperate in the face of firefighter solidarity.

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Walkout to support Exeter Royal Mail union rep

01-09-2006 21:42

Postal workers at Exeter mail centre have walked out unofficially and spontaneously to defend their CWU union and their local rep Fran Choules.

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Strike at Whipps Cross Hospital

01-09-2006 20:47

Some news about an important industrial dispute in the health service in London.

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Day 1 of Mersey Fire Strike: Great Show of Solidarity

01-09-2006 11:41

Despite predictions that hundreds of scabs would cross the picket line, and offers of time and a half to anyone who betrayed their union, the Mersey Fire strike began with a tremendous show of solidarity amongst FBU firefighters.

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Eight Day Strike For Liverpool Lives

31-08-2006 12:31

Despite a massive and hypocritical media campaign against the firefighters, Merseyside FBU members today began what is effectively an eight day strike in protest against £3.5 million of cuts.

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Filipinas in Lebanon treated like ’modern-day slaves’

31-08-2006 12:16

FINDINGS OF INTERNATIONAL MISSION TO LEBANON:

Filipina overseas workers in Lebanon are being treated like “modern-day slaves,” this was the main finding of Filipinos who had just arrived from Lebanon as part of an international civil society and parliamentary delegation.

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BCB 106.6 FM Recruits Community Reporters

29-08-2006 18:39

Bradford Community Broadcasting 106.6 FM is recruiting a second round of community reporters to give a voice to their neighborhood's news and views. People in Bradford, Keighley and Shipley are welcome to apply. Call 771677 to check your post code eligibility!

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Australians: Defend the right to strike! Aug 29 solidarity with CFMEU 107

29-08-2006 04:08

facing fines of up to $28,600 each
August 29 is a national day of solidarity with the 107 construction workers on the Mandurah to Perth rail line who are facing fines of up to $28,600 each, simply for taking industrial action in defence of their union delegate. On 5 July 2006, the Howard Government launched an unprecedented attack on 107 individual Australian workers and their families.

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IWW Informational Picket in Edinburgh

26-08-2006 23:17

ust a quick report on our Informational picket at Starbucks in Edinburgh yesterday (Saturday 19th).

We (4 wobs, two supporters) chose our ususal target - the High Street branch on the top of the Royal Mile.

The area was teeming with people as it's mid-Festival.

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derby potatoes needs stopping, but what about genetic "medicine"?

26-08-2006 07:34

from main page first reported in uk indy national site & gm watch,also Radio Nottingham recently.If anyone has details of these potato crops please put them up on indymedia so people know where they are & can protect their own crops & genes.But how many people also know that the recent monster elephant man drugs were genetic medicine made by german Biotech company Tegenero.
Nottingham has its own biocity with gm companies & connection to nanotechnology etc next to the bbc island on london road, as there are no safety regulations what happens to people nearby if dangerous particles escape or there is an accident?

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Fire Scab Scandal

24-08-2006 16:20

Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority - whose 3 million pounds worth of cuts to services provoked the forthcoming strike - have found enough money to offer time and a half for strikebreakers! Firefighters must resist this attempt to divide and conquer!

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Mexico: 1 dies in Oaxaca's growing unrest

23-08-2006 17:44

Thousands of protesters calling for Oaxaca Gov. Ulises Ruiz's resignation have occupied the southern city's center, taking over buses, setting up barricades and taking over radio and television stations to broadcast revolutionary messages. A group of masked men Monday fired on a government television station that the protesters have occupied since Aug. 1, injuring one man. Protesters responded by taking over 12 private stations and blocking the city's four main entrances with buses.

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Area Commander Dan Stephens Betrays Merseysiders

23-08-2006 17:22

The face of a traitor
In an disgraceful betrayal of his fellow firefighters and the people of Merseyside in general, Area Commander Dan Stephens has used the Liverpool Echo to claim that "more than 100" scabs will cross FBU picket lines next week.

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Mersey Ambulance Workers Win Talks

21-08-2006 19:15

Ambulance technicians in Merseyside and Cheshire have suspended their latest strike, having won talks on a pay deal their bosses had insisted was done and dusted.

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Firefighters to Strike Over Cuts

21-08-2006 18:45

Firefighters on Merseyside have overwhelmingly voted to strike against plans to make 120 workers redundant and reduce night-time cover to just one engine for the whole of Liverpool city centre. The cuts are planned because the government ordered £3 million of savings.