18-07-2009 21:46
Wednesday 22 July 7pm
The Cowley Club, 12 London Road, Brighton.
First meeting of Brighton Class Struggle Forum, themed around a post-mortem of the Viseton dispute.
Brighton Class Struggle Forum – The Visteon Dispute - Wednesday 22 July
The Visteon dispute – a post mortemWednesday 22 July 7pm
The Cowley Club, 12 London Road, Brighton.
First meeting of Brighton Class Struggle Forum, themed around a post-mortem of the Viseton dispute.
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29-05-2009 18:42
Workers at the Swansea Linamar car parts plant have voted for an all-out indefinite strike, in support of their sacked union convenor Rob Williams. Williams was originally sacked one month ago, after an “irretrievable breakdown of trust” with management – i.e. he actually tried to stand up for his fellow workers. Indeed in April he visited all three Visteon occupations (like Linamar, Visteon are strongly linked to Ford).
Workers' Fightback: Update 4
Workers at the Swansea Linamar car parts plant have voted for an all-out indefinite strike, in support of their sacked union convenor Rob Williams. Williams was originally sacked one month ago, after an “irretrievable breakdown of trust” with management – i.e. he actually tried to stand up for his fellow workers. Indeed in April he visited all three Visteon occupations (like Linamar, Visteon are strongly linked to Ford).
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28-05-2009 01:08
Shock Funding of BNP by UKIP
Former UKIP Candidate and current BNP Candidate Adam Champneys seems to be the bankroll for the BNP. Why would UKIP take such an interest?[Full Story | 7 comments ]
27-05-2009 11:38
Anarchist Movement Conference: Time to take a stake in making a movement
June 6th and 7th sees an attempt by anarchists and libertarians to take a critical look at our movement and how we relate to the wider political context in the UK. It will feature hundreds of people from all over the UK who are active in making our movement into a combative and popular anarchist, class struggle movement.[Full Story | 1 comment ]
09-04-2009 23:19
visteon workers leaving factory today at midday
Visteon workers leave the factory the have been accupying for nine days.[Full Story | 2 additions ]
07-04-2009 23:41
Ford Visteon occupation solidarity rally against eviction
Workers call for all to come and join them at the Visteon Factory in Enfield, occupied since Wednesday 1st April[Full Story ]
01-04-2009 09:48
Day of action against Subway for firing of pregnant worker
Trade unionists and activists are taking part in the National Day of Action against the Subway sandwich chain on Saturday 4th April, in protest with their firing of pregnant worker Natalia Szymanska.[Full Story ]
24-03-2009 09:26
Why We Must Take Action To Protect Our Bus Drivers From Assaults
Having asked the GMB to write to attached article the local paper refused to publish it in full.[Full Story | 3 comments ]
17-03-2009 18:36
GMB Accuses Brighton Bus Company of putting staff safety at risk
The GMB Trade Union is calling on Brighton Bus Company to install protective screens on all buses following a series of assaults on Bus Drivers.[Full Story ]
10-03-2009 12:28
Kingston University has filed action with the World Intellectual Property Organisation on behalf of its Vice-Chancellor, Sir Peter Scott to wrest control of the domain name, sirpeterscott.com from a former whistleblower employee.
Kingston University Files Action to Silence Whistleblower
Kingston University has filed action with the World Intellectual Property Organisation on behalf of its Vice-Chancellor, Sir Peter Scott to wrest control of the domain name, sirpeterscott.com from a former whistleblower employee.
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21-02-2009 14:25
Murder of Small Farmer Rights Organizer Sparks Protests in Yaracuy, Venezuela
Small farmer rights groups plan to march across the city of San Felipe in Venezuela’s Yaracuy state this Saturday to demand that the hired assassins of Nelson López, a small farmer rights organizer, be brought to justice. López, who was shot fifteen times in the back last Thursday, is the 213th small farmer (campesino) to be murdered since 2001, the year the government of President Hugo Chávez passed a sweeping land reform law which set the conditions for re-distribution of idle sections of large estates to small farmers, according to the Ezequiel Zamora National Farmers’ Front (FNCEZ), one of the groups convoking Saturday’s marches.[Full Story ]
19-02-2009 21:55
LAMBETH UNISON RAISES OVER £2000 IN SOLIDARITY WITH GAZA
The Lambeth Branch of UNISON, the second largest trade union in the UK, has raised over £2000 for Medical Aid for Palestinians through a fundraising drive throughout the Borough’s workplaces. Nationally, UNISON has committed to send a donation of £10,000 to Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and Lambeth Branch activists collected a further £2020.43 for MAP’s Emergency Appeal for Gaza through a series of collections amongst Lambeth’s workers.[Full Story | 1 comment ]
05-02-2009 15:30
Israel: northern Israel Railways workers in wildcat strike
Israel Railways workers in Haifa conducted a wildcat strike this morning, Thursday Feb 5th, in response to fraud charges against official union members, and replacement of workers not loyal to management.[Full Story | 1 comment ]
05-02-2009 09:30
Emergency Solidarity Appeal from General Union of Guadeloupe Workers (UGTG)
Dear comrades and friends,The French colonial authority is getting ready to suppress the workers, youth, and people of Guadeloupe as well as their organizations.In response to the call of 47 trade unions, political organizations, consumer associations, popular organizations, and cultural associations, a general strike began on 20 January 2009, expressing the general discontent of the masses of workers, who are sick and tired of the suffering they face.[Full Story ]
05-02-2009 08:12
New Yorkers March Against Wage Slavery
On a chilly Monday morning in midtown Manhattan, demonstrators displayed powerful messages of solidarity with food and retail workers, demanding fair wages and treatment while sending a prominent message to bosses: “You can’t keep the workers down, New York is a union town!”[Full Story ]
04-02-2009 21:27
Healthcare is a Right!
On a rainy November 13th evening in NYC a large group of people gathered in Times Square, and then marched to the headquarters of GHI, a non-profit health insurance company which faces privatization. The marchers were demonstrating in support of the passage of HR 676, a bill for national single-payer healthcare, and against the proposed privatization of GHI/HIP.[Full Story ]
30-01-2009 20:40
Brighton Councillors sign Petition to Disclose Public Cost of Fighting Transgender Tribunal Cases
A petition has been signed by a number of Brighton & Hove City Councillors, demanding the City Council disclose the Public Interest question of how much Public Money they spent fighting two un-winnable Employment Tribunal cases against Natasha Thoday, a transgender teacher. Notably 2 other councillors (North Devon & Edinburgh) and Carline Lucas MEP have also signed. A letter was sent today asking the remaining City Councillors to also sign it.[Full Story | 1 comment ]
24-01-2009 02:28
Where is the answer?
clarification on the purchase of Brazilian company Esso (Exxon Mobil pretencente) of oil to the company COSAN[Full Story ]
18-01-2009 13:43
Bentswood Election (Haywards Heath) What you should know
An Ex-Tory, as Labour Councillor?[Full Story ]
12-12-2008 18:06
Greece fightin’, go Greece fightin’
Go Greece fightin’, you’re bringing those police scum down
Greece fightin’ go Greece fightin’
You are supreme, the people scream for Greece fightin’
SchNEWS: Go Greece Fighting!- Athens Explodes After Murder of 15 Year Old Punk
Go Greece fightin’, you’re burnin’ up Athen’s townGreece fightin’, go Greece fightin’
Go Greece fightin’, you’re bringing those police scum down
Greece fightin’ go Greece fightin’
You are supreme, the people scream for Greece fightin’
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