Manchester Workers' Movements Newswire Archive

JJB Sports management revise pay offer to staff after strike action

k8, 16-11-2006 14:29

The GMB union has just released a press release saying that the management at Dave Whelan's JJB Sports company have revised their offer to staff. The revised offer apparently deals with the issue of low pay and unequal rates of pay in the Wigan JJB Sports depot. Some staff are only paid £180 a week. Agencies that supplied agency staff to the depot during the strikes may face prosecution. Read more | 1 comment >>

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JJB Support Picket - Manchester 11th November

Jack Sol Fed, 10-11-2006 13:48

Saturday 11th November: No-Sweat and the GMB Union have called a series of solidarity pickets around the country in support of striking workers at the JJB warehouse in Wigan. The company has allegedly been using recruitment agency temps to break the strike (which is illegal). Read more >>

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Griffin's Bodyguard In Faceparty Teen Orgy Scandal

Linda Lovelace, 31-10-2006 00:17

What anybody does in their spare time is their own business, but for an openly homophobic party who encourages violence towards gay and lesbian people, acccusing such people of being "promiscious", does smack of double-standards. Read more | 41 comments >>

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Save Perparim Demaj from Deportation!

UNISON, 17-10-2006 18:09

PRESS RELEASE/FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE/17th October 2006 Read more >>

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Labours employment policy??

Mrs. Bradley Investigates, 06-10-2006 21:24

is Labour closing Job Centre? Read more >>

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Age Discrimination Law - background

WorkRep, 29-09-2006 02:33

This article give a background to the Age Discrimination Law to be introduced on Sunday. As will be seen, the government has been bound for a while to end discriminatory practices against older and younger workers.

The article is to be found at:
www.workrep.co.uk Read more | 2 comments >>

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Prison Guards Strike On...And Then Off Again!

Joe Hill, 20-09-2006 21:44

Yesterday morning it was revealed that Liverpool prison officers had voted to go on strike over a below inflation pay offer and changes to their working practices. But last night it was announced that the strike had been cancelled! Read more | 4 comments >>

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NUS Disabled Students Campaign are backing the Disabled Peoples' and CARWB lobby

Colin Revell, 15-09-2006 16:11

Hi some very good news, the National Union Of Students (NUS) Disabled Students Campaign are backing the Disabled Peoples' and CARWB 'Welfare-Reforms' protest in Manchester, on Monday 25/9/06 and they wish to be added to the growing list of groups endorsing the Coalition:. apparently they already have policy on this.

WILL YOU BE THERE TOO???
Read more >>

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Fight back for women's liberation - Feminist Fightback conference

Feminist Fightback, 14-08-2006 13:27

Feminist Fightback is a conference for feminist activists, sponsored by the Education Not for Sale Women's network, which will be held in London on Saturday 21 October (venue tbc).

Read more | 6 comments >>

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Read the NUS president's shameful attempt to censor the Black Students'

bored and lonely, 09-08-2006 15:23

Below is an email sent from Gemma Tumelty to the NUS NEC due to Ruqayyah's correspondence with the RESPECT coalition. Both of these emails are followed by a statement from Ruqayyah Collector, NUS Black Students' Officer on the current situation. Read more | 3 comments >>

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Taxing Times for Inland Revenue Strikers

Joe Hill, 01-08-2006 19:51

Tax offices in Bootle, Glasgow, Newcastle, Salford, Wrexham, Cardiff, Portsmouth, Leicester, Bradford and Edinburgh were closed yesterday as up to 8,000 workers came out on strike against plans to make them fill in forms accounting for each hour they work. Read more | 5 comments >>

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PUBLIC MEETING ON CUBA/LATIN AMERICAN REVOLUTION

LB, 10-07-2006 15:53

Cuba: spearheading the Latin American revolution Read more | 1 comment >>

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Save the NHS demo:24th June 06

j., 26-06-2006 08:12

Health workers and NHS users joined a street protest in Manchester on 24th June 2006 regarding the Pennine Acute Trust crisis that threatens more than 1,200 NHS jobs. Read more | 2 comments >>

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Defend NHS Demo - Victoria Station 11:30 June 24th

Jack, 21-06-2006 13:52

Demonstrations against 800 job cuts and service cuts at Pennine PCT, gather at Victoria Station 1130, Saturday 24th June Read more | 2 comments >>

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Keep Our NHS Public Demo & Meeting

Nimrod, 13-06-2006 11:03

Cuts and job losses will devastate health services. The NHS debt of £800m is less than 1% of its total budget. The government could easily afford to cancel the debt and cancel job cuts. Join together to make them give us the money to run the NHS. Read more >>

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Air America Interviews The God Loving Bushite Killer Johnny Wizard!

Johnny Wizard, 02-06-2006 00:54

Again, it only serves the interests of the enemy neo-con.
No warring faction is going to exclusively, indiscriminately
murder whomever, repeatedly, but for only the dying bushite
dumfuk, as Creation's justly sworn enemies. Read more >>

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Manchester picket in support of the strikers of Mercadona (Barcelona)

Worker Freedom, 25-05-2006 12:53

Manchester picket in support of the strikers of Mercadona (Barcelona) Read more | 1 comment >>

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Report: Tyneside May Day - Asylum Seekers Demand the Right to Work

Tyneside Community Action for Refugees (TCAR), 30-04-2006 16:34

On 29th April a contingent from Tyneside Community Action for Refugees (TCAR) joined the annual Tyneside march for International Workers Day. Their demand was simply the right to legal work itself. Read more | 2 comments >>

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Petition in support of lecturers' pay action

Education Not for Sale, 26-04-2006 11:42

Education Not for Sale has launched an online petition in support of the AUT and NATFHE lecturers' unions' campaign for decent pay. Please add your or your organisation's name, post on relevant websites and elists and forward to sympathetic people! Read more | 7 comments >>

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Asbestos deaths- please, can you spare a minute to email a message of support

Save Spodden Valley - International Asbestos Memorial, 26-04-2006 09:25

An International Asbestos Memorial for the 5,000,000 people who may die of asbestos related disease.
The United Nations International Labour Organisation estimate current asbestos related deaths are 100,000 pa.
This Friday on Workers Memorial Day there is a united call for an worldwide ban on asbestos... Read more | 1 comment >>

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