Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 16th, 2012
REBUILDING THE TRADITION OF INDEPENDENT WORKING-CLASS EDUCATION MEETING Saturday 4th February 2012 10.30 – 3.30 Brunswick Centre, near Russell Square Tube, London £6.00 includes lunch. Pay on the day. Please email now to confirm / book your place venablesk@yahoo.co.uk “How can Independent Working-Class Education contribute to today’s class struggle? What can we learn from history?” The [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 30th, 2011
By Frank Horn, ASLEF London Underground District Line This dispute is not so much about the money basically as about the longstanding agreement we’ve had with London Underground that depots would be booked off for Boxing Day. There are four depots on the District Line, so once every 4 years we would get the day [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 5th, 2011
Waitrose [a part of the John Lewis group] trumpets it’s caring approach. But they have as a supplier, ANZSCO/CMP, a company which has locked out over 100 of its workers for six weeks, because they won’t accept a 20% pay cut. Amanda Chase , one of those locked out, has been in theU.K.recently talking to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 24th, 2011
TRANSPORT UNION RMT confirmed today that members on the Tyne and Wear Metro working for DB Regio and Nexus will strike alongside public sector colleagues on the 30th November. Following a vote of more than 80% in favour all members are to take strike action by not booking on for any turn of duty commencing [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 21st, 2011
SHIPPING UNION RMT confirmed this morning that members on the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have voted by large margins for strike action and action short of a strike in the dispute over pensions. In the ballot around 60% voted for strike action and 80% for action short of a strike. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary services the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 21st, 2011
TUBE UNION RMT has today written to London Mayor Boris Johnson after it emerged that tube cleaning contractors Initial are planning to sack staff in order to fund the costs of paying their workers the London Living Wage. In their “Business Case” document, Initial say that as a cost saving measure brought on by “the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 16th, 2011
Unite workers in Manchester and Crewe have voted to take Strike action this Monday (the 19th). Work to rule, including and overtime ban is already taking place in response to the victimisation of Crewe Unite rep Alan Jenney who’s contract was breached in order for him to be made redundant by the company. Unite is [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 25th, 2011
Egyptians have been here before, but the nature of this protest will unsettle a regime for which complacency is a way of life Simon Tisdall guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 25 January 2011 Egypt is not Tunisia. It’s much bigger. Eighty million people, compared with 10 million. Geographically, politically, strategically, it’s in a different league – the Arab [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 25th, 2010
Just received news that the FBU has called a further strike on November 5th at 10.00 hours, to last for 47 hours, owing to the failure of the London Fire Brigade to lift the threat of mass sackings. Further report to follow.
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 24th, 2010