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UK Workers' Movements Newswire Archive

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Local government workers to strike over pay

25-06-2008 15:17

Local government workers have voted 55% in favour of strike action, making strikes by over 600,000 workers a near certainty over the summer, from 16th-17th July.

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The United States, Europe and Human Rights

23-06-2008 12:06

The discredited way in which the European Union suspended its sanctions on Cuba on June 19 has been reported in 16 international press dispatches... Such hypocrisy is made all the more evident by the brutal European measure to expel illegal immigrants from Latin American countries.

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Blonde ambitions

22-06-2008 23:07

The university league tables media frenzy tells us a little bit more about the deep interrelations of interests amongst academia and students, as well as a little bit more on the state of the democratic environment of the universities in the UK and finally refers us to the many associations which should keep an eye on standards and academic freedom in the UK.

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All diamonds are still blood diamonds

22-06-2008 16:58

Diamond diggers in Sierra Leone
The movie, the celebrities and the publicity have come and gone. Now the conditions for the people of Sierra Leone are worse than ever. The popular Africanist Movement is struggling to change that.

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Sacked airport shop steward rejects union compensation 'offer'

21-06-2008 15:55

'I refuse to be bribed and blackmailed into silence. My struggle for justice continues' - Gordon McNeill

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Tracey and Ericka Belong to Glasgow!

20-06-2008 09:25

Tracy and Erika
Tracy and Erika Andrew were taken from Dungavel detention centre at four o'clock on Tuesday morning and driven to Glasgow airport for a BA flight to Gatwick and removal to Nigeria. On the plane at Gatwick Tracy broke down and started crying and begging for her daughter not to be taken to Nigeria because she would be killed.

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Shell tanker drivers’ strike foreshadows summer of discontent

20-06-2008 05:43

Last weekend’s strike by 641 Shell oil tanker drivers foreshadows a summer of discontent over low pay rises and soaring food and fuel bills.

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Repression and Revolt in the run up to G8 Japan

19-06-2008 00:06

Over the past week and a half, an unprecedented political crackdown has been enacted in advance of a series of economic summits around the country. Despite this, the brave workers of Kamagasaki stood up against the stiff security environment in riots against the brutal beating of a day laborer over the past five days. The twin situations of repression and revolt deserve to be examined in more detail.

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Incidents of Serious Self-Harm in Removal Centres up 54%

17-06-2008 18:29

Self-Harm in Immigration Detention 1st Quarter 2008 Jan/Feb/Mar

There were 48 incidents of Self-Harm requiring medical treatment in Jan/Feb/Mar 2008 this is an increase of 54% on the last quarter of 2007 Oct/Nov/Dec during which time there were 31 incidents.

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UNISON's witchhunt of anti-New Labour activists intensifies

17-06-2008 17:32

Excellent chance of it all hitting the fan at Unison conference today: the four left-leaning union activists that the union bureaucracy is presently trying to expel are holding a special protest meeting. It’s a meeting which anybody who is anybody in Unison has a substantial stake in.

The union bureaucracy’s witchhunt of these four respected officers is easily the biggest issue at conference this year. There are those who think that the union’s future is written in this battle. Either left or the right in the union must win.

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London Free Film show: Doc on Revolutionary black unions in Detroit 1970's

17-06-2008 17:14

Free Film show: FINALLY GOT THE NEWS - Revolutionary black unions in Detroit, 1970s
Saturday 28th JUNE, 8pm Pullens Centre, 184 Crampton St, London SE17
Followed by discussion and chat. With speaker Brian Ashton, an ex-car industry shop steward.

Hosted by 56a Infoshop and Mute Magazine

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John McDonnell MP at Hands Off the People of Iran Weekend School

16-06-2008 22:41

John McDonnell MP addresses the June 14-15 2008 weekend school of Hands Off the People of Iran. He argues that anti-war activists in Britain should not only oppose imperialism's war plans, but also be in active solidarity with the workers, women's and students movements in Iran.

www.hopoi.org

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Osaka Riots A Personal Account

16-06-2008 16:31

This is one persons account of the riots in Osaka, the time they are talking about is Friday 13th the day of the G8 Finance Ministers meeting.

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Housing association police state

16-06-2008 15:38

CCTV watching our every move, arbitrary arrest and detention under terrorism legislation to stifle protest and dissent, banning of the film On the Verge, 42 days detention for suspected terrorists. Day by day our civil liberties and human rights are being eroded and taken away. Housing associations are now part of the surveillance society.

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Manpower Offices Shut Down.

16-06-2008 13:20

Manpower shut down.
Autonomous working class activists shut down the offices of Manpower in Sheffield city centre by d-locking the doors closed and filling the locks with glue. Posters were fly-posted onto the windows publicising the companies exploitation of migrant workers and anti-union politicies.

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Update on Riots in Osaka, Japan with Photos

15-06-2008 15:26

Here is an update on the situation happening in Osaka, Sunday 15th June.

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Rioting in Osaka Japan

15-06-2008 04:19

Riots erupted this weekend in Osaka as a result of a day labourer being arrested, after an argument over food he paid for and did not receive. When he was taken into custody he was tied to a chair and subjected to brutal beatings by 4 police.

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Evo Morales, president of Bolivia on the Return Directive

14-06-2008 23:45

No to the European Union's "Return Directive", please read Evo Morales letter to EU and sign.

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Bristol Anarchist Bookfair goes live

14-06-2008 17:11

The recently formed Bristol Anarchist Bookfair Collective is delighted to announce the date and location for 2008:
St Werburghs Centre, Horley Rd, Bristol BS2 9TJ
Saturday 13 September, from 10am to 5pm
All welcome – free entry
Get involved – stalls, meetings, ideas

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Academies - the time to fight is now

13-06-2008 13:47

Scenes from Brent occupation
Despite local opposition to proposals to turn Parkwood High School into a "city academy" plans are still going ahead. The time to fight them is now.
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