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National Shop Stewards Network Bulletin
No. 23
THEM:
The huge cheers
as cuts were announced in parliament, spoke volumes of the real
interests and concerns of this ConDem government. With half a Million
public sector jobs to be slashed, now a total of £18 million from
Welfare, and more taken from benefits than will be collected in the
bankers levy, this is not us all in it together!
The 'Debt' is not
ours to pay, it has come from the Bankers bonuses, the wasted Trident
spends, MP's expenses, and the uncollected taxes of the rich. The £6
million pound uncollected taxes of Vodaphone, which provoked a protest
this week, is just one example.
AND US:
When it became
clear that the TUC Congress had pulled back from organising
a demo in response to the ConDem Comprehensive Spending Review this
year, the NSSN, along with RMT, FBU, PCS and NUT London
representatives decided to go ahead and call one which was led by
Firefighters and RMT members.
As the Scottish
TUC took the initiative for a national demo 20,000 took to the
streets. Over 2000 people attended the Bristol ANTI CUTS alliance
protest from across the South West and were shamelessly
attacked by Police. Great marches also took place in Manchester,
York, Sheffield, Wrexham, Cardiff, Belfast and Lincoln. Inside the
SERTUC rally Bob Crow raised the temperature and gained a standing
ovation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9FL-KlqX6w
SO
WHAT NEXT?
An NSSN model
motion for united coordinated action and a national demo is now being
circulated. The NSSN in London and elsewhere will encourage all its
supporters to push for a 24 hour public sector strike and a national
demo before Xmas! PCS at its recent NEC is also supporting this and
will be pushing for this too:
http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_events/pcs_comment/index.cfm/id/CB03DBCC-D957-4567-B8AE42EF237FDD29.
This is alongside continued work within our unions, alliances and
community campaigns. We will then follow up with an Anti-Cuts
Conference on January 22nd:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159784320718030&ref=ts
INTERNATIONAL
TAMIL NADU - 500 workers jailed in dispute with FOXCONN. The company
signed an agreement with a union belonging to the ruling party in the
state -- a union which had no support at all among the workers.
Messages of protest requested:
http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=790
PROTEST 2nd Nov, 4.15pm, Australian High Commission, The Strand,
London: Ark Tribe is an Australian construction worker and trade
unionist who faces jail for refusing to face an interrogation by the
Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC), an anti-trade
union body set up by the previous Howard government: www.rightsonsite.org.au
Friday 12 November 2010, Demonstration in memory of Jimmy Mubenga RIP
Died while in the hands of G4S private security guards, , Assemble
10:30am @ the Angolan Embassy in London (22 Dorset Street, London, W1U
6QY). Nearest tube stations: Baker Street/ Marylebone. March to the
Home Office (2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF)
GENERAL
ANTI CUTS
Large Anti Cuts Lobbies & meetings took place this week in Hackney,
Bromely & Greenwich.
30th OCT March
Hastings - Stop the cuts with a Halloween theme, fancy dress welcome.
Robertson ST, HASTINGS
Brighton - 12 noon The LEVEL - BrightonStopTheCuts-owner@yahoogroups.co.uk
Portsmouth - 11.30 Guildhall Square - louismacdonald@ntlworld.com
Plymouth - 11am Plymouth Guildhall
Meeting WIGAN Trades Council Public 10.30am UNITE office, Wallgate.
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