UK Workers' Movements Newswire Archive
Friends of Mohammed Isahq Ibrahimi
20-03-2008 16:31
Friends of Mohammed Isahq Ibrahimi
20-03-2008 14:58
He is currently detained in Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre and is due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Tuesday, 25th March at 20.30hr by Hamburg International Airlines 'Ethnic Charter Flight' PVT008 to Baku for onward transit on flight PVT085 to Kabul.Stopping of benefits
20-03-2008 12:53
Many claimants are finding their benefits are being stopped on entirely bogus grounds. The intention being to force them off benefits. If they appeal, they usually win and get their benefits reinstated, but at what cost in terms of stress and peace of mind?Notts Peoples post offices still fighting despite cutbacks & government spite
20-03-2008 10:32
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Nottingham MayDay Celebrations 2008.
19-03-2008 23:51
The annual march and rally to celebrate International Workers Day will once again take place in Nottingham. On Saturday 3rd. May local people will come together with music, song and speeches, and a march through the city centre, in a traditional MayDay carnival.A4e
19-03-2008 16:03
According to the boss and founder of a4e speaking on a BBC business programme last week, they are the unemployed best friend, they 'help' the unemployed back into work!Greece: General strike against the reform of the social insurance system
19-03-2008 02:30
The Crisis In Scottish Prison Service Industries
18-03-2008 12:59
Scottish Prison Service Industries have fallen on hard times recently - sales are plummeting and staff are leaving in their droves. Given the deafening silence in the mainstream media we at CAPS thought you might like to find out just what is really happening.Strong support on the first day of Work and Pensions strike
17-03-2008 17:33
The first day of a two day strike in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) received strong support today as PCS members walked out for the second time over the imposition of a three year pay offer, which sees 40% of staff receiving 0% this year and the lowest paid increases which take their wage to only 24 pence above the minimum wage.Another Attempt to Remove, Vera & Kenni
17-03-2008 06:16
Barack Obama and the Crisis of U.S. Imperialism
16-03-2008 00:15
African People's Socialist Party Chairman Omali Yeshitela has been delivering a series of presentations around the U.S. on the significance of the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama.Full article | 1 addition | 1 comment
Earth First Class War Prisoner Marie Mason Arrested In Cincinnati
15-03-2008 14:41
Earth First Class War Prisoner Marie Mason Arrested In Cincinnati
http://www.iww.org/en/node/4004
Around the Campaigns, Friday 14th March 2008
14-03-2008 11:06
Mixture of good and bad this Friday
Firebrands of Liverpool
13-03-2008 20:43
Radical workers' struggle on Merseyside: still relevant or matter of the past? Reading and disscussionMarie Mason - another potential victim of US Green Scare
13-03-2008 18:47
Below is a message from the Friends of Marie Mason. Marie is a long-time environmental, community and labour union activist based in Cincinnati, whose house has been raided by the FBI on charges relating to her environmental activism. Environmentalist prisoner support groups, and activists with the IWW (the radical union she belongs to), are asking for urgent support.UK Returns to Colonial Slavery with Terminal 5
13-03-2008 16:14
Investigations show that British Airways felt that Black and Asian Males were not good enough to have usefull jobs on the T5 project. They were employed more like 'go for's' and used to carry out mundain tasks. Thhere was not a single black fulltime employee involved in T5 by BA. So what are male ethnic minorty qualified staff worth to the UK? and why do so many black and asians support this kind of a regime by continueing to fly with BA?No to 7% rent rises and no to privatisation in Lambeth!
12-03-2008 22:51
Rent rises and privatisation:What do you think about the council’s proposals?
Public meeting for all Lambeth tenants/residents and staff
6.30pm to 9pm
Thursday 13 March
Assembly Halls, Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton
Friends of Bruno Medjiako Tcheuleu
12-03-2008 07:17
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Nottingham Library Assistant Speaks Out About Uniforms And Bully Tactics
11-03-2008 14:37
Last week we spoke with Barbara, who has worked in Nottingham's libraries for many years. In this interview she voices her anger over the decision by the City Council to introduce uniforms for library staff. More so, she talks about the ever degrading library service and the bully tactics deployed by City Council managers to keep its staff in line..
UK attacked Iraq for oil – poll
10-03-2008 13:16
A larger number of people believe that Britain invaded Iraq to gain control of its oil than for any other reason, a new ICM poll for War on Want says today.