Category: Strikes
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Blacklist Support Group Report on Ian Kerr
This is a full report FROM Blacklist Support Group <[email protected]> “One revelation after another today as convicted blacklister Ian Kerr broke his silence today and gave nearly 4 hours worth of evidence to the Scottish Affairs Select Committee investigation into blacklisting. Among the more jaw dropping evidence: Kerr has been a full-time blacklister since 1969 – previously…
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RMT Cleaners strike over low pay
Low-paid cleaners employed by the Carlisle company on the TransPennine Express (TPE) contract protested outside TPE’s office in Manchester as part of their strike on 30th November. The cleaners work for extremely low wages often in freezing cold conditions, so much so that they said it was warmer on the 8am protest than it had been on the station last night! …
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Tesco Drivers move to a INDEFINITE Strike 6th Dec!
180 Tesco drivers, members of Unite the union, at the supermarket giant’s distribution hub in Doncaster have announced an indefinite strike from Thursday 6th December, after they voted to reject the latest “completely unsatisfactory” offer to settle the long-running dispute. Having already taken 8 days of strike action, a planned 4-day strike was suspended to…
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“Capitalism is killing our people”
A report of the 2012 Midlands NSSN Conference by Dave Gorton (UNITE) Craig Johnston from the RMT got the Midlands NSSN Conference off to a resounding start with the cry “never mind where the money’s coming from; where’s the money gone?” Transport workers were not going to take the blame for the capitalist crisis they…
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Crown workers walk out over pension attacks
Workers at three factories have walked out in immediate and angry response to an attack by Crown on the pension scheme. Crown’s senior management informed trade union lay representatives on Monday 19th November that all enhanced payments of early retirement in the final salary scheme finished at 9am. This was at 10am! Two hours later…
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NSSN to lobby TUC General Council on December 11th
The National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) is organising a lobby of the TUC General Council when it meets on December 11th. It will assemble from 9.30am at Congress House in Great Russell Street. NSSN national chair Rob Williams said, “Up to a thousand union activists came to our lobby of the TUC conference in Brighton…
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N14 workers in Europe take action against austerity – TUC name the day for a general strike in Britain!
N14 workers in Europe take action against austerity – TUC name the day for a general strike in Britain! Many thanks for this report from Alex Gordon President of the RMT:On 14 November workers are taking coordinated, general strike action in Spain, Portugal, Greece and Italy for the first time as part of a European…
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Belgium March over closure of Fords
On Sunday 11 November, more than 15,000 people attended a demonstration organised by the Belgian trade unions for jobs and against the closure of the Ford car factory in Genk. The plant closure would mean the slashing of 4,000 jobs (without even counting the subcontractors). The announcement of the closure comes as November was a…
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Strike against bullying NUT/NASUWT
UPDATED: Picture from picket line today. One parents comments: ”My daughter is home for three days due to the Stratford Academy strike in east London. It is not ‘lost education’; she is getting some of the best education possible. She is watching her teachers courageously standing up to a bullying, autocratic senoir management and fighting for…
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Join Bromley Unite lobby council 12th Nov!
URGENT SUPPORT NEEDED Colleagues, Our Brothers and Sisters inBromley are facing unprecedented attacks on their National Terms and Conditions, pay and bargaining. UNITE are the only Union making the stand in Bromley to oppose these unacceptable moves to break away from National T&C’s and Pay talks. . We need All Branches to mobilise as many people…
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Doncaster Drivers go to war with Tesco!
’ve never been on a picket line like it! An armoured personel carrier and a farmer’s muckspeader blocked the gates to Doncaster Tesco’s depot. Around 150 drivers, members of Unite the union, and their families joined the blockade for photographs as police stopped the traffic and scab deliveries! All were in high spirits as this ‘stunt’…
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TCL Miners protest over Pensions in Namibia
On Wednesday (7 Nov), Former workers for TCL in Namibia started their demonstrations outside the court in the capital Windhoek demanding the restoration of their missing pension funds. Click for march pictures Initial reports indicate continued obstruction by the authorities. The workers have followed all correct procedures, but the police are trying to prevent them…
