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Issues of interest to UK trade unions, affiliations, specific campaigns within particular industries.

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Left Opposition emerges in shopworkers union

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Submitted by StuartJordan on September 21, 2008 - 12:17pm.

USDAW bureaucracy shaken by election result

Organise 2008!

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08/11/2008 - 10:00am
08/11/2008 - 5:00pm

Organise 2008!
A conference organised by trade union organisers
Saturday 8 November, 10–5pm
London Metropolitan University

Organising hospitality workers - Can it be done?

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09/06/2008 - 12:45pm
09/06/2008 - 1:45pm

Film and discussion of young workers organising experiences in New Zealand, France and the UK.

Councils underestimate scale of school strike closures

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Submitted by mick duncan on April 25, 2008 - 9:26am.

[By Polly Curtis and Anthea Lipsett
Thursday April 24, 2008; EducationGuardian.co.uk]

The number of schools affected by today's teacher strike action could be many more than the 8,000 predicted, after key local authorities reported double the number turning pupils away, the Guardian can reveal.

Everybody Out - 2 - Mass Meeting Ahead of Oil Strike

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Submitted by mick duncan on April 25, 2008 - 9:14am.

[From BBC]
Grangemouth
The strike by Unite members is due to begin on Sunday

Q&A on the Grangemouth dispute

Workers at the Grangemouth oil refinery are to hold a mass meeting ahead of a planned strike which will shut down the facility.

"NHS Together" trade union demonstration, London

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03/11/2007 - 11:00am
03/11/2007 - 4:00pm

"NHS Together" trade union demonstration, London
Assemble at 11.00 at the Embankment

Freemantle care workers' march, London

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10/11/2007 - 12:00pm
10/11/2007 - 2:00pm

Assemble at Watling Park (nr Burnt Oak Station, Northern Line), march leaves at 12.30
Rally at St Alphage Church Hall, Playfield Road, Edgeware HA8
Speakers: Heather Wakefield, Linda Perks, Jon Rodgers (Unison) and Eric Lee (LabourStart)

Labour Representation Ctte conference

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17/11/2007 - 10:00am
17/11/2007 - 4:30pm

LRC Conference 2007: The Next Steps for the Left

Saturday 17th November

JUSTICE FOR CLEANERS, London action

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15/09/2007 - 2:30pm
15/09/2007 - 3:00pm

There will be an action for JUSTICE FOR CLEANERS this SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 15th
from 2.30pm at the LLOYDS Building on 100 Leadenhall Street in the
City...nearest tube is Liverpool St.

LLOYDS are having an open day and we are going to be protesting outside.

The cleaners at LLoyds are contracted by MCLELLAN .....they are earning poverty
wages, the contractor is still refusing to sign a union recognition agreement
and allegations of harassment and intimidation have been made against
management by the cleaners.

March with the postal workers, London

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21/08/2007 - 12:00pm
21/08/2007 - 2:30pm

Please note: this march has been canceled!

Preliminary details of CWU national demonstration in support of the postal
strike on 21 August.

Assemble at 12 noon, Clerkenwell Green, EC1 (nearest tube: Farringdon on
Circle, Hammersmith & CIty, and Metropolitan lines). March departs at
12.30. Circular route back to Clerkenwell Green for rally a 1.30 PM.
Speakers to be confirmed.

Further information will be available from the CWU website. Get in touch
with local CWU branches to find out about transport.

Rank and file trade union school, London

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15/09/2007 - 12:00pm
15/09/2007 - 6:00pm

Saturday 15 September

Noon-6pm. St Mary’s Community Centre, 302b Upper St, London N1

Professionally-staffed creche provided

Sessions include

* Disputes: how to win them
* Pensions: a strategy to win
* Partnerships: can they work for workers?
* Equality: the fight goes on
* Iraqi trade unions: building solidarity
* Mergers, Super-unions & union structure

Organised by the Alliance for Workers' Liberty
Email dayschool@workersliberty.org for more information or to book tickets.

Repeal the anti-union laws rally, parliament

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18/10/2007 - 7:00pm
18/10/2007 - 9:00pm

Rally to promote the second reading of the 'Trade union rights and freedoms bill'
Committee Room 4 at House of Commons, Westminster, London

www.unitedcampaign.org.uk

Labour mvt conference on climate change: planning meeting

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14/07/2007 - 12:45pm

Labour Movement Conference on Climate Change is set for February 2008.

There will be an open planning meeting for this conference in Birmingham on Saturday 14 July. The venue is Carrs Lane Church, Carrs Lane, Birmingham City Centre, and the start time is 12. 45pm. Please do all you can to publicise this meeting amongst your union friends and comrades. We will need to take decisions on the venue, budget, structure and publicity for the February event at this meeting. If you are planning to attend this meeting in Birmingham please let me know by email as soon as possible.

Migrant workers: new report details exploitation

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Submitted by mark osborn on June 3, 2007 - 9:29pm.

A new study finds one in five migrants are working for less than £5 per hour...

TUC set up vulnerable workers commission

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Submitted by mark osborn on June 3, 2007 - 9:23pm.

Are you being exploited at work?

Have you been treated badly in the past? Maybe you haven’t been paid the National Minimum Wage? Or have been made to work in conditions that are not safe? Have you been sacked unfairly?

Starbucks: workers organise

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Submitted by mark osborn on May 27, 2007 - 6:52pm.

The 4 page Starbucks coffee makers' union bulletin is attached (pdf, Spring 2007).
Also Australian A5 Starbucks workers' flyer.

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Text from UK IWW about what they're up to:

STARBUCKS WORKERS UNION - INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD INDUSTRIAL UNION 660

Banana firm 'exploits migrants'

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Submitted by mark osborn on May 23, 2007 - 8:24pm.

From the BBC:
A leading supplier of fair trade fruit has been accused of exploiting Eastern European migrant workers in the UK.
Workers at Pratt's Bananas in Luton, Beds, say they have to work excessive hours, six or seven days a week, and fear losing their jobs if they refuse....

Starbucks workers' union, London

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07/06/2007 - 7:30pm
07/06/2007 - 9:00pm

Two short films from New York IWW member Diane Krauthamer:
- Together we win
- Union busting in Starbucks

Organised by the IWW
6.30 for food; 7.30 meeting starts
at the Bread and Roses, 68 Clapham Manor Street, London SW4

Info: 07882 972754
www.starbucksunion.org

Olympic sites: r+f building workers' meeting, London

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29/05/2007 - 7:00pm
29/05/2007 - 9:00pm

UK Rank & File Building Workers Committee

Can we trust union officials to get a good deal for us on Olympic sites?

Why not get organised ourselves

We demand:

* 35 hour week
* £20 per hour for all workers
* Direct employment
* Elected stewards and safety reps

Organising meeting at
Cock Tavern, Chalton Street, Euston
7pm, May 29

All building workers and rank and file trade unionists welcome

Contact 07749 517074

Unite wins groundbreaking victory for agency workers

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Submitted by mick duncan on May 21, 2007 - 1:14pm.

Thousands of agency workers are entitled to greater employment rights following a tribunal pursued by Unite – the union (T&G section) that has ruled in favour of a group of Polish workers in the food processing industry, saying they should be considered employees rather than self-employed.

Regularisation for all migrant workers! London meeting

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19/05/2007 - 11:00am
19/05/2007 - 4:00pm

Saturday 19 May, 11.00 - 4.00
South Bank University

Burberry? Ethical? You must be joking!

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Submitted by mark osborn on March 25, 2007 - 7:45pm.

Next week, the last big factory in the Rhondda Valley will close as Burberry, the luxury brand that put the plaid in Cymru, moves to China.
Story: Observer, 25 March 07

Women's TUC backs No Sweat

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Submitted by mark osborn on March 19, 2007 - 3:52pm.

From a blog written by Janine Booth (RMT):

"RMT's resolution on sweatshop labour. Janet Cassidy moved it, describing the appalling conditions of women sweatshop workers, and outlining some of the good work of the No Sweat campaign. Maria Exall of the CWU seconded, stressing the point that ethical buying might make your conscience feel good, but it is workers' solidarity that can actually improve the lives of sweatshop workers. BECTU, Community, GMB and one other union also spoke in favour, and the resolution was unanimously passed."

Trade Union Freedom Bill, House of Commons

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01/03/2007 - 7:00pm
01/03/2007 - 8:30pm

United Campaign rally for the Trade Union Freedom Bill sponsored by John McDonnell at the House of Commons on Thursday 1st March at 7pm. This is the evening before the Bill is due to be debated, though it is highly unlikely to be reached Speakers include John McDonnell, John Hendy, Tony Woodley, Billy Hayes, Bob Crow, Matt Wrack, Christine Blower, Roger Kline and Tony Benn

Burberry protest, central London

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14/02/2007 - 5:00pm
14/02/2007 - 6:00pm

Valentine's Day protest against Burberry's plan to move production from a unionised plant in south Wales to Chinese sweatshops.
Join us at Burberry's, 157 Regent Street (Oxford Circus tube) in central London.
On 14 February protests will take place across the world against Burberry (see Home Page for main story).

RMT protest against ISS cleaners job losses

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31/01/2007 - 3:00pm
31/01/2007 - 4:00pm

Join RMT in protesting against the plan by ISS to cut over 200 jobs, on the day that the company is expected to issue post-dated compulsory redundancy notices.
Location:
TubeLines' offices, 15 Westferry Circus, Canary Wharf, London E14 (Canary Wharf Tube or DLR)

Burberry protest, central London, 27 January 07

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Submitted by mark osborn on January 27, 2007 - 3:12pm.
Burberry protest, central London, 27 January 07

Burberry protest, central London, 27 January

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Submitted by mark osborn on January 27, 2007 - 3:10pm.
Burberry protest, central London, 27 January

Burberry protest, central London, 27 January

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Submitted by mark osborn on January 27, 2007 - 3:08pm.
Burberry protest, central London, 27 January

No Sweat protest against Burberry, Regent Street, 27 January

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Submitted by mark osborn on January 27, 2007 - 2:59pm.
No Sweat protest against Burberry, Regent Street, 27 January
No Sweat protest against Burberry, Regent Street, 27 January
No Sweat protest against Burberry, Regent Street, 27 January

No Sweat activists wrapped up the front of the Burberry store, on Regent Street, central London, watched by a large posse of press and helped by a group of Burberry workers.
With brown paper and fake second class stamps we "posted" Burberry to China where they have moved production to take advantage of China's repressive labour laws and non-union, ultra-cheap labour.

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