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Organise 2008!
Organise 2008!
A conference organised by trade union organisers
Saturday 8 November, 10–5pm
London Metropolitan University
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Organising hospitality workers - Can it be done?
Film and discussion of young workers organising experiences in New Zealand, France and the UK.
Councils underestimate scale of school strike closures
[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
[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
Freemantle care workers' march, London
Labour Representation Ctte conference
JUSTICE FOR CLEANERS, London action
March with the postal workers, London
Rank and file trade union school, London
Repeal the anti-union laws rally, parliament
Labour mvt conference on climate change: planning meeting
Migrant workers: new report details exploitation
A new study finds one in five migrants are working for less than £5 per hour...
TUC set up vulnerable workers commission
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?
Banana firm 'exploits migrants'
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
Olympic sites: r+f building workers' meeting, London
Unite wins groundbreaking victory for agency workers
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
Burberry? Ethical? You must be joking!
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
Trade Union Freedom Bill, House of Commons
Burberry protest, central London
RMT protest against ISS cleaners job losses
Burberry protest, central London, 27 January 07
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.
