UK Workers' Movements Newswire Archive
Free film: 56a Infoshop, London: Our Daily Bread (Sun 29th)
20-11-2009 11:01
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 29th at 5pm
OUR DAILY BREAD, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, 2005 (92m) + short
at 56a Infoshop, London
Fruit of the Loom Campaign VICTORY! - Honduran Union sign historic agreement
20-11-2009 10:39
Vestas Event tomorrow (sat): Push the Green Button-the Revolution is ON!
20-11-2009 08:31
The Vestas Occupation and continuing campaign caught the imagination of many labour and environmental activists. With Copenhagen coming up, the campaign is bringing together it's disparate elements... Gather in St James Square, Newport, Isle of Wight with friends, colleagues & family. Meet like-minds, swap ideas, and forge new connections for the challenges ahead. At 12 noon ex-Vestas workers who occupied their factory in July, lead the countdown and PUSH THE GREEN BUTTON as we declare the REVOLUTION... ON!Wildcat Strike at Risley Prison
18-11-2009 17:19
Prison officers at Risley Prison in Warrington and at two prisons in Lancaster took part in wildcat strikes today in solidarity with staff in Liverpool, who walked out on Tuesday. The strike by hundreds of officers forced the governor of HMP Liverpool to bow to the pressure and agree to talks with the Prison Officers’ Association (POA).Black Flag 229 released online, 230 launched
17-11-2009 14:55
Following a successful launch at this year's London Anarchist Bookfair, the Black Flag collective is releasing its previous issue, 229, online as a PDF download and is also offering a teaser to the new magazine.For the life and freedom of Cesare Battisti
17-11-2009 00:44
Cesare Battisti is on hunger strike since friday, november 13th, in a brazilian prison he is being kept for more than two years, even after he was granted a political refugee status by brazilian government.Immigrant workers arrested in factory raid
16-11-2009 09:26
Police and immigration officers arrested 23 workers at a clothes factory in Ardwick, Manchester, last Wednesday as part of a massive raid to catch people working illegally.Gerrard Winstanley 400th Anniversary Celebration
15-11-2009 23:40
Details of a celebration to be held in honour of the life and work of Digger leader Gerrard WinstanleyUS Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s Three-Day Fact-Finding Mission in Honduras
14-11-2009 17:28
Citing a “serious deterioration of human rights since the coup,” Schakowsky reflected on the executive decree PCM-M-016-2009 (declaring a state of siege) published on Sep. 27 which was set in place to supposedly defend national security and public order but that “seems to be defined as anything that is said against the coup.”Security Alert: Omali Yeshitela and Uhuru delegation determined!
12-11-2009 13:09
Security Alert: Omali Yeshitela and Uhuru delegation determined to attend Sierra Leone workers conference despite martial law.
Supporters of human rights for African people alerted to protest if the government attempts to deter the delegation.
México. Paro Nacional 11 N 1er. Reporte
11-11-2009 13:22
En los primeros minutos de este dia 11, jornada de Paro Nacional en México, se confirma PARO TOTAL Y CIERRE de los siguientes centros de estudioClimate Change Films Sun 15 Nov 7pm Glasgow Social Centre
10-11-2009 21:31
ProjektionsClimate Change Films
Sunday 15th November
7pm - 9pm
Glasgow Social Centre
66/68 Osborne Street
G1 5QH
U.S. Black Leader Omali Yeshitela travels to Sierra Leone for historic conferenc
10-11-2009 20:56
Brighton Refuse Workers Suspend Industrial Action To Allow Further Negotiations
10-11-2009 16:32
Negotiations have moved in the right direction which means negotiators were able to put the revised offer to the members who agreed to suspend action for 21 daysThe Crisis
10-11-2009 11:57
The crisis in modern society isn’t just about economics. It’s about the crisis in the environment too and about the crisis in international relations. Several major wars are being fought “on our behalf” whilst worldwide rabid nationalism., fascism and fundamentalism are making headway. All of these crises effect each other. We need to examine the effects of these crises, how they interconnect and whether a solution to these problems is possible.Brighton Cityclean workers to consider new offer to resolve dispute
10-11-2009 08:32
No to Welfare Abolition National Meeting
09-11-2009 22:52
14th November is our chance for welfare and disability rights activists, members of unemployed workers' groups and trade unionists to get to together, build links of solidarity and plan our struggle. If you are organising against welfare abolition or want to start doing so, please make sure people from your group come along!
Workers' Fightback: Union tops sabotage posties and firefighters/Austria university occupations
09-11-2009 20:25
We believe... workers know how to run our workplaces far better than business people, the government, or trade union leaders!
We aim for... workers' control over our own jobs and our own lives!
Constructing cultures of resistance
09-11-2009 02:39
Notts council workers rally for jobs
07-11-2009 16:02
