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London firefighters balloting for action
Written by Neil Cafferky Wednesday, 01 September 2010 10:19
Up to 1,000 firefighters poured into the conference room of TUC headquarters for a mass meeting of the London Fire Brigades Union (FBU) on Tuesday night (24 August).
They gathered to discuss the union's strategy in response to the London Fire Authority's (LFA) attempt to rip up their contracts.
PCS - a strategy to stop the cuts
Written by John McInally, national vice-president Public and Commercial Services union (PCS), personal capacity Thursday, 05 August 2010 08:30
The PCS civil servants union’s national executive committee (NEC) has met to discuss how to respond to the Tory/Liberal coalition government’s cuts and privatisation programme.
Announcements of cuts of up to 25% in government departmental budgets were rapidly followed by instructions to plan on the basis of 40% cuts.
Special needs summer schemes cuts overturned
Written by Padraig Mulholland, NIPSA Branch 517 (personal capacity) Tuesday, 03 August 2010 16:17
In the opening battle against budget cuts in education, campaigners won an important victory by forcing education bosses to reverse their decision to slash summer schemes for special needs children.
In June, it was announced that the schemes were to be cut from two weeks to one and that special needs transport was withdrawn altogether. This vicious attack on children was answered by trade union members, who alongside parents and Socialist Party members, immediately mounted a militant campaign in late June and early July. A petition was raised, protests were held in Newry, Armagh and Lisburn and the campaign received good media coverage and public support rocketed.
Unite general secretary election: support Len McCluskey
Written by Kevin Parslow, Branch Secretary LE/1228 (personal capacity) Friday, 30 July 2010 10:58
The general secretary election in Unite will take place between 25 October and 19 November this year.
Nomination papers have now been sent to branch secretaries and shop stewards can order forms for workplace nominations, all of which have to be in by 6 September.
Socialist Party members in Unite are supporting Len McCluskey, the candidate of the left organisation, United Left.
Fight the cuts! Unions must call major demo
Written by Gary Mulcahy, Socialist Party Belfast Tuesday, 27 July 2010 07:30
A massive 20,000 public sector jobs in Northern Ireland face the axe as a result of the cuts contained in the Tory/Lib Dem “emergency” Budget announced in May, according to economists.
The impact of these cuts will be devastating for the North, given the dependence of the economy on the public sector. The public sector accounts for 60% of the economy. Hundreds of thousands of private sector jobs rely on the public sector via contracts and the spending power of public sector workers.
Linamar announces closure in Swansea: Union prepares challenge
Written by Alec Thraves, Swansea Socialist Party Friday, 09 July 2010 16:34
208 workers at the Linamar plant in Swansea, and their families, face the dole as the Canadian car parts company announced the closure of the Swansea plant by the end of this year on Wednesday 7 July.
The company had told the union that it would come to the talks with an 'option A' - confirmed product sourcing and a future, or 'option B' - a closure.
Unison general secretary election - Prentis vote falls despite Con-Dem attacks
Written by A Unison member Tuesday, 06 July 2010 23:02
As reported in last week's Socialist, Unison general secretary Dave Prentis was re-elected to his position in the recent ballot, but with fewer votes than when he last stood in 2005.
The drop in votes for Dave Prentis was in the region of 21%, disproportionate to the fall in the turn-out in the election, from 16% to 14.6%, and is despite the fact that the election took place after the general election, when the threat of the Con-Dem attacks on public sector workers might have been expected to rally Unison members behind the union and its leadership.
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