UK Workers' Movements Newswire Archive
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.Day 5 of Mersey Fire Strike: Talks Break Down
05-09-2006 18:51
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”.Day 4 of Mersey Fire Strike: More 'Negotiating' Amid Allegations
04-09-2006 17:42
Day 3 of Mersey Fire Strike: FBU's Skarratts Blinks First
03-09-2006 15:25
Day 2 of Mersey Fire Strike: Authority Calls On "Fantasy firefighters"
02-09-2006 13:29
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.Strike at Whipps Cross Hospital
01-09-2006 20:47
Some news about an important industrial dispute in the health service in London.Day 1 of Mersey Fire Strike: Great Show of Solidarity
01-09-2006 11:41
Eight Day Strike For Liverpool Lives
31-08-2006 12:31
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.
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!Australians: Defend the right to strike! Aug 29 solidarity with CFMEU 107
29-08-2006 04:08
IWW Informational Picket in Edinburgh
26-08-2006 23:17
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.
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?
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!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.Area Commander Dan Stephens Betrays Merseysiders
23-08-2006 17:22
Mersey Ambulance Workers Win Talks
21-08-2006 19:15
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.
