Pensions: make unions commit to action now!
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Unions which have not accepted the Government’s so-called “final” formula for public sector pensions are talking about a further strike on the issue in late March, and more action beyond that.
Trade union issues
Strikes at Barnet Council, Newsquest, Remploy
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Members of Barnet Unison local government branch will take their fourth one-day strike on Thursday 9 February against mass privatisation at the council.
Pensions fight in the balance
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Trade union militants across the labour movement are fighting to rescue the pensions battle from sell-out.
Planning the next steps in the pensions fight
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Members of Workers’ Liberty who work in the public sector met on Saturday 14 January to discuss organising against a sell-out in the pensions campaign, and to develop our efforts to build rank-and-file power in workplaces and unions.
Organise next pensions action now!
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The decision of Unite’s local government committee to follow the lead of its health committee in rejecting the latest pensions offer is a significant development in the fight to defeat the government’
Private sector pensions fight
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The ongoing pensions battle in the public sector has now spilt over into the private sector.
Haitian Trade Unionists Launch Speaking Tour across Canada
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Date:
23 May, 2007 - 18:00 - 5 June, 2007 - 22:00
Location:
Cities across Canada
Description:
From May 22 to June 5, 2007 CTH will be launching its first ever Labor and Women Solidarity Tour to take place across Canada. We hope to meet with a wide variety of people and spread the word about the Haitian labor movement. Ginette Apollon, head of the womens commission of the Confédération des travailleurs haitiens (CTH), Paul "Loulou" Chéry, General Secretary of the CTH, and Euvonie Georges-Auguste, a Haitian women's rights leader and activist will be touring Canada in May and June of 2007.
The initial list of sponsors of the speaking tour includes:
* Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW)
* National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE)
* Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)
* Ottawa and District Labour Council
* Halifax/Dartmouth District Labour Council
* Vancouver and District Labour Council
* Hospital Employees Union (division of CUPE)
* CHORHA (Haitian community organization in Hull/Ottawa)
* Canada Haiti Action Network (chaptersin 13 cities)
* LACHASauSHA (Haitian community organization in Hull/Ottawa)
* Nowar-Paix (Network to Oppose War and Racism--Ottawa)
* Rassemblement Outaouais contre la guerre (ROCG)
* Canadian Union of Public Employees,Local 4600 (Ottawa)
* Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group (NSPIRG)
* OPIRG-Carleton
* OPIRG-Toronto
* Hands Off Venezuela - Ottawa
* Café Justicia
* Grupo Apoyo Pueblos de las Americas(GAPA)
* Ottawa Fair Trade Network (OFTN)
* Cross Cultural Sound Exchange
* Global Justice Working Group of First Unitarian - Ottawa
* Halifax Peace Coalition
* Student Coalition Against War (SCAW--Halifax)
* St. Mary's University Women's Centre (Halifax)
* Dalhousie University Women's Centre (Halifax)
* Stopwar.ca (Vancouver)
Our goal in each city is to organize seminars, public meetings and other exchanges with the delegation in order to learn more about the situation in Haiti and to stimulate ongoing contact and solidarity between trade union and women's rights organizations in our two countries. The tour will also serve to raise funds for the difficult and ongoing work of the speakers and the organizations they represent.
Any participation and financial support that you can offer to the speaking tour is welcome. All funds raised beyond the travel costs of the tour will go to the CTH's organizing efforts and to the grassroots women's organizations that the speakers represent.
Speak tour dates:
Ottawa May 23, 24, Toronto, southern Ontario May 25 to 28, Halifax May 25, 26, Winnipeg May 27, 28, Calgary, Edmonton May 29, Fredericton May 29, 30, Vancouver May 30, Victoria May 31, Montreal June 2 to 5
description:
From May 22 to June 5, 2007 CTH will be launching its first ever Labor and Women Solidarity Tour to take place across Canada. We hope to meet with a wide variety of people and spread the word about the Haitian labor movement. Ginette Apollon, head of the womens commission of the Confédération des travailleurs haitiens (CTH), Paul "Loulou" Chéry, General Secretary of the CTH, and Euvonie Georges-Auguste, a Haitian women's rights leader and activist will be touring Canada in May and June of 2007.
Location:
Cities across Canada
Cities across Canada
Pensions fight: plan now for the New Year
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The government has dramatically raised the stakes in its class war assault against public sector trade unions.
New assault on workers' rights
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On 23 November the Tory-Lib-Dem government announced an assault on employment rights.
Next steps after 30 November
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The immediate impact of the mass public sector strike on 30 November was to demonstrate the potential social power of the working class to a generation of workers who had not experienced it before.