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UK Workers' Movements Newswire Archive

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The unemployable

21-04-2011 21:14

Interesting article.... a dependency on the state through welfare.
This made me think: What happens when we manage to destroy The State?
Where will these people who are so dependent on it get their money from?
I realise many can do things like get a grant off the Arts Council or something, but if we are talking about 80,000 that is going to be a lot of hungry mouths.

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Defend Our May Day!

21-04-2011 19:15

Getting in on the May Day action in Bath...

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Bath Bomb #38 Out Now

21-04-2011 19:14

The latest issue of the Bath's monthly radical freesheet is finally out, jettisoning special iron-thick, creamy attention on the soon-to-be happy couple

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Locked Out Vivergo Workers Continue Their Fight For Jobs

21-04-2011 14:28

Construction workers face state repression, as well as oppostion from union tops
Last week I reported how construction workers at a biofuels plant near Hull were facing opposition from their ultimate employers, the police, and trade union tops as they fought for their jobs and employment rights. Yesterday morning it was announced that the Vivergo oil company had agreed a £1.2 million compensation package with the sub-contractors, Redhall. The deal - which would have amounted to nearly £3,250 for each of three hundred and seventy workers - was decisively rejected by a mass meeting later in the day, against the advice of Unite bureaucrats.

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London Mayday 2011 - A celebration of our strength // Anarchist Public Assembly

17-04-2011 19:45

In the winter of 2010 the nation's school and university students showed that it isn't only opinion polls or media corporations that can set the agenda, but also the mass actions of the people. Suddenly the talk changed from how could we best afford this crisis to whether we could actually resist the austerity measures and reject the whole notion of a crisis for us so that the rich can continue rule. What was considered possible, realistic and justifiable was changed: the students had lost their battle but started a war

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Chaos spreading in Greece

17-04-2011 07:49

Protesters clash with riot police in Keratea over plans for a landfill site in t
The Guardian today has an interesting article on the situation in Greece. I haven't seen anything on indy for a while and there seems to have been corp media blackout for ages so until some more solid news on the situation emerges, this article is definitely an interesting read.

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Vivergo Workers Confront Employers, Police and GMB Union

15-04-2011 15:08

Saltend workers blocking traffic in response to management's refusal to talk
Construction workers at a biofuels plant near Hull face opposition from the contractors, the police, and now their own union after being locked out for more than a month.

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Bayer’s Deadly Birth-Control Pills: Alleged Toll Climbs to 190, Shareholders Rev

15-04-2011 14:45

Bayer’s Deadly Birth-Control Pills: Alleged Toll Climbs to 190, Shareholders Revolt
About 190 women have died while taking Yaz and Yasmin, Bayer’s two leading contraceptive pill brands, according to the Swiss media, and the company faces a shareholder motion condemning its marketing of the brands at its April 29 annual meeting.

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Atos Picketed, Daily Mail Mobbed and Invaded, WestminsterCouncil Told

15-04-2011 14:28

Protests took place around the country yesterday as part of the Third National Day of Action Against Benefit Cuts.

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Solidarity with Chris Bambery! Down with SWP Stalinism!

14-04-2011 14:32

against stalinist coup in the SWP

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Deptford Anti-Cuts Social Centre resists eviction

13-04-2011 08:47

SQUATTERS occupying a disused jobcentre in Deptford were celebrating a “victory” this morning after bailiffs failed to evict them from the property. One of the most dynamic campaigns around cuts and other issues has been the one in Lewisham, South London. Social Centre Plus, the occupied ex-dole office has been perhaps the best recent example of how to run a real community space. Yesterday they were able to resist the first attempt at eviction.

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Meeting with a Workers’ Initiative Polish trade union delegate in London, 15.04

12-04-2011 19:50

Meeting with a Workers’ Initiative Polish trade union delegate in London, 15.04
A meeting with the International Secretary of Workers’ Initiative anarcho- syndicalist trade union from Poland will take place on. Friday, 15 of April, at 7pm in Freedom Bookshop, Angel Alley, 84b Whitechapel High St. London E1 7QX There will be also a screening of “Plyta” movie about the wildcat strikes and workers’ struggle organized by Workers’ Initiative at Cegielski plant in Poznan, Poland.

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Benefit Cuts Protest - Day 3 this Thursday - call for support

11-04-2011 14:17


The Third National Day of Protest Against Benefit Cuts takes place this Thursday 14th April.

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Connexions Strike

11-04-2011 08:40

UNISON members in Connexions strike against the loss of support/careers services to young people and against up to 36 compulsory redundancies.

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Connexions Strike

11-04-2011 08:39

UNISON members in Connexions strike against the loss of support/careers services to young people and against up to 36 compulsory redundancies.

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Birmingham Connexions Workers Strike

11-04-2011 08:33

About the half day strike of UNISON members to prevent up to 36 compulsory redundancies and the reduction of youth support/careers services in the city.

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Mayday come to Portsmouth

10-04-2011 16:53

As the government proposes to ban the Mayday bank holiday, plans for marches are popping up all across the country and Portsmouth is no exception.

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Support the NHS picket in Cambridge, 09/04/2011

10-04-2011 15:52

Yesterday (Saturday April 9th, 2011) a small but significant group of activists gathered in Cambridge Market Square to lodge their disapproval of the government's current proposals to all but privatise the NHS by devolving funding to local GP practices - a bizarre idea by anybody's standards.
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