UK Workers' Movements Newswire Archive
Don't Deport Subramanium Alosius Jude Christie
28-08-2007 15:01
Sri Lanka - 547 persons killed - 396 disappearances - first 6 months of 2007
27-08-2007 15:23
The Law & Society Trust, in collaboration with local partners including the Civil Monitoring Commission and the Free Media Movement, has compiled a working document listing 547 persons killed and 396 persons disappeared during the period January to June 2007. The complete confidential document, with names, locations of incidents and all available data, has been submitted to the Presidential Commission of Inquiry ("the Commission") as well as relevant members of Government.oaxaca comic book
26-08-2007 17:02
8 Demonstrations against all removals to DR Congo Tuesday 28th
25-08-2007 17:21
Second Feminist Fightback conference, UEL, October 20
22-08-2007 17:13
The second Feminist Fightback conference will take place at University of East London on Saturday 20 October. Last year, Fightback attracted more than 200 people.Metronet works vote 95% in favour of strike action
22-08-2007 16:57
Sao Paulo (Brazil) is under a disguised dictatorship
22-08-2007 15:48
It’s a disguised dictatorship, with press freedom, but no freedom for public demonstrations.Postal workers - let's keep an eye on our leaders!
21-08-2007 15:01
Scared by a wave of unofficial walkouts at the beginning of August that raised the spectre of an all out post strike, Royal Mail bosses have finally agreed to negotiations with the Communication Workers Union. Reportedly £23 million has been found to help fund pay rises. But the rank and file militants, who led the decisive wildcat strike in Scotland that forced Royal Mail into talks, may still be denied victory. A CWU rep explains the dangers - and the opportunities - in the current stage of the dispute.Strikes at Aer Lingus
21-08-2007 12:30
SWP covers for sell-out of postal workers strike
21-08-2007 12:26
On August 9, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) announced that it was suspending further strike action in Britain’s postal service. Without any explanation to its members, the CWU declared it was entering negotiations with Royal Mail in an attempt to reach an agreement by September 4. A national demonstration planned for August 21 was cancelled.Cargo handlers at Heathrow on strike
20-08-2007 14:44
Glasgow: Social care workers win strike
20-08-2007 14:41
Strikers and campers unite
20-08-2007 14:11
Climate campers showed solidarity with strikers at Nippon Express air freight company on Friday and Saturdayof the Climate Camp.UK action aganst Starbucks
20-08-2007 12:16
By Diane Krauthamer
National protests against Starbucks
19-08-2007 20:43
Cargo-Striker and Climate-Camper Solidarity
18-08-2007 14:16
30+ climate campers show solidarity with NIPPON workers
18-08-2007 12:35
30+ climate campers show solidarity with NIPPON workers todaySolidarity with NIPPON workers // mass picket in support of strike [11.30am Sat]
18-08-2007 08:38
As the climate camp continues near heathrow, down the road a group of workers at NIPPON EXPRESS have been striking against a new work regime which will effectively mean a £1265 pay cut for many of them.***************************************************************************************************************
SOLIDARITY WITH NIPPON WORKERS - MASS PICKET 11.30am SATURDAY 19th AUGUST
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Nippon workers are expecting us down there and we are more than welcomed!
UK Bangladeshis robbed via '1st. Solution', let down by diplomatic mission in UK
17-08-2007 11:33
The UK Bangladeshis who have been robbed of their money by a group of perpetrators operating under the front 'First Solution' that had been based near the East London Mosque in Whitechapel Road London E1, had been promised help by the current, care-taker regime in Bangladesh. To date, the victims have not received any help if it is defined by their having received the money back. Why? Is the current care-taker administration in Dhaka, the capital city in Bangladesh, being fully informed by their UK diplomatic mission based in London? Or are there other players and factors involved?As health workers prepare for ballot, Unison leaders back off
16-08-2007 20:35
Unison national secretary has angered union activists by demanding that local branches take a position of neutrality on the issue of a below inflation pay offer.