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BESNA beaten, now organise to bin the Blacklist!
Around 70 rank and file construction workers met in the Mechanics Institute, Manchester on Saturday 17th March to discuss the significant victory against the ‘Dirty 7’ companies and to plan the way forward to end the blacklist, agency working and to stop the bosses war against jobs, pay and conditions. Speaking from the platform Jerry…
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Locked out MMP workers fight on
Solid support was decisively demonstrated by the locked out MMP workers for continued action in their dispute. Of 139 papers issued in the secret ballot following a meeting of the workforce in a nearby hotel, 138 voted in favour of rejecting the so-called ‘offer’ by the MMP management. An agreement had been reached only weeks…
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Privatisation and cuts are destroying the Fire service: A Coventry FBU rep speaks out
02 February The Fire service both locally and Nationally is in crisis. The government has cut the funding to some Brigades of up to 25% including the West Mids Fire service which is one of the worst hit in the country. And trying to find 25% savings whilst still providing the emergency cover and service…
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Strike by Unite oil tanker drivers to defend jobs hits fuel supply
123 oil tanker drivers employed by road haulage firm Wincanton began a week long strike at 5am Tuesday 24th January. Employed on the ConocoPhillips contract, they deliver fuel to Jet petrol stations. After a 83% vote for action, these Unite members are striking for job security – they want ConocoPhillips to guarantee they will abide…
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No sell-out on pensions – Fight until we win!
Name the day for the next coordinated strike in January! Today the TUC’s Public Sector Liaison Group (PSLG) met for the first time since the magnificent 30 November public sector strike. Disgracefully, Brendan Barber, general secretary of the TUC, argued that all of the trade unions should sign up to the government’s latest ‘heads of…
