Tag: TUC
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Bulletin 115 – More dole queues or time to for a 24hr general STRIKE?
“The good news is going to keep coming,” said David Cameron last week in the Commons about the economy. Well, for workers there has been nothing but an avalanche of despair as factories are threatened with closure and companies go into administration. We carry below a report of the campaign at Ford’s Transit plant in…
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Solidarity with Ford workers – Defend every job
News of Ford’s plans to close the Transit plant in Southampton has hit workers and the city like a bombshell. 500 Ford workers’ and 450 contractors’ jobs are under threat. But the shockwaves of closure will rumble far further. 81 suppliers provide components and materials to Southampton. After 700 jobs were cut in 2008, these…
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113 – March together this Saturday against austerity
March together this Saturday against the ConDem austerity offensive…then strike together! We have spent the last few months helping to build for Saturday’s TUC demonstrations in London, Glasgow and Belfast. We also lobbied the TUC conference last month for the unions to follow up the October 20 mobilisations with a 24 hour general strike to…
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NUT NEC report – Ready to move to strike action?
‘PHASE ONE’ NON-STRIKE ACTION ALREADY WINNING VICTORIES Even while the National Executive was meeting, reports were coming in of new victories being won over workload, appraisal and observations. These gains were being achieved by NUT members making clear to Heads that they will be sticking together and implementing the joint action guidelines.One Lewisham reps…
