UK Workers' Movements Newswire Archive
Durham Miners 123rd Gala
15-07-2007 20:40
Sacked workers demonstrate against Electra Lil-lets in Birmingham
15-07-2007 16:47
Sacked workers, their families and fellow trade unionists held a demonstration on Thursday, 12 July, outside the Boots store in High Street, Birmingham city centre, to protest over reduced pensions following the closure of the Lil-Lets tampon-making plant in Alum Rock last June. The protest was the second in a series of protests outside Lil-Lets major customers, organised by the UK's largest union, Unite. The first one took place outside Tesco and Boots at the Beggars Bush on the Princess Alice Retail Park, Birmingham, on 7 July. Seven other protests across the Midlands are planned in July and August, while women across the Midlands are being urged to boycott Lil-Lets products.
Tesco Blockade
15-07-2007 08:30
Falsifying May 1968 in France
14-07-2007 17:47
translation of a book that falsifies the May 1968 movement in France.Cov Wobblies support local posties
13-07-2007 13:30
IWW supports posties - 1000 jobs may go in Cov !Full article | 2 additions | 2 comments
Second Round of Postal Workers Strike: Birmingham Picket Lines
12-07-2007 22:50
In Birmingham, three picket lines were formed at each gate of the main mail centre in Newtown. Solidarity from fellow workers, as well as from members of the West Midlands Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) union, was impressive.
See report and pics of the first round here:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/birmingham/2007/06/374716.html
Haiti: Privatization Plan Begins with Mass Firings at Téléco
12-07-2007 18:10
Union Power! In Cardiff
12-07-2007 17:01
This is going to be a very important meeting in Cardiff for all those who want to support the workers striking against Gordon Brown's pay-freeze.Let's make sure it's a success and take in the argument that joint action between PCS, CWU and other unions can beat New Labour and increase the confidence of workers all over Britain to fight back against neoliberalism...
British postal workers face political struggle against Brown’s Labour government
12-07-2007 16:57
Even as it announced the second 24-hour national postal strike commencing this evening, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) was doing its utmost to stab its members in the back.Sanctuary in Swansea for the Dadkhah Family
11-07-2007 05:12
NO Volverán - new film on the Venezuelan Revolution
09-07-2007 15:37
Alimta approved by NICE for asbestos cancer mesothelioma
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.Sheffield Anarchists - Issue 2 - The Fargate Speaker - NEW AND IMPROVED
08-07-2007 19:32
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Poll shows Nestlé is “widely boycotted” says company executive
06-07-2007 11:04
Nestlé is one of the world's most boycotted companies. It has always denied the strength of support for the boycott - until now.Help to break media silence on the Cuban Five!
04-07-2007 23:21
Immigration Reform Is Needed, After Bush
03-07-2007 00:40
Stewart Alexander, a presidential hopeful with the Peace and Freedom Party, says, “I believe Congress should work on comprehensive immigration reform after President Bush ends his term in office. I do not believe this important issue should be used as a political football or as a bandage for an administration that is hemorrhaging before the nation and the world.”UK expatriate Bangladeshis hard earned cash robbed by Bangladeshi outfit
02-07-2007 10:56
A number of spontaneous demonstrations have been held in the UK, including in Luton and mainly in London. The people agitating in these demonstrations are almost all Bangladeshis [or arte people of Bangladeshi origins with needy relatives back in Bangladesh] who have just found out that a money transfer outfit they gave a total of several £Million to has stolen their cash. All kinds of short term characters are embarked on exploiting the situation for their petty and unpleasant ends.Postal Strike in London a massive success.
30-06-2007 23:17
Over 95% of postal workers were taken part in strike action across the UK.
CWU General Secretary Billy Hayes said
“The strength of support today has proven that postal workers are resolutely determined to fight against cuts in the public service, against job cuts and for decent basic pay”.
The Union has again today reiterated their call on Royal Mail to negotiate seriously with the union on pay and dealing with major change and modernisation.
“We have seven days with no strikes and this is a window of opportunity for the company to come and negotiate seriously. We urge them to take it”, said Dave Ward, Deputy General Secretary
The Unions Executive is meeting Tuesday to consider the next steps. If Royal Mail continue to refuse to negotiate, this is likely to see the announcement of further strike action.
Tremendous strike by CWU shuts down post
30-06-2007 13:31
The postal strike yesterday shut down Royal Mail from top to bottom of the country in a terrific show of postal workers’ power. The CWU postal union has claimed that over 95 per cent of its 130,000 members in the post took part in strike action. The strike ended at 3am Saturday 30 June but could cripple postal deliveries for days