Lewisham Hospital Worker #18 - 17 May 2013
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A workplace bulletin for Lewisham Hospital workers, by Lewisham Hospital workers.
Frontline
“There is a special bond between dockers”
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Steve Biggs, a dock worker and Unite rep at Southampton Container Terminal, spoke to Solidarity about his job.
Stop the Tories closing our A&E's!
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Accident and Emergency departments are at crisis point. One in 10 patients admitted to A&E now have to wait more than four hours to be treated or discharged — double the figure this time last year.
Bangladesh: workers oppose the Islamists
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Badrul Alam from the Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist-Leninist) spoke to Solidarity.
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Brighton council workers fight pay cuts
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A GMB member working for CityClean at Brighton council spoke to Solidarity about their battle against pay cuts.
Cyprus left goes for euro-exit
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On 29 April the Central Committee (CC) of AKEL, the Communist Party which until 28 February 2013 held the presidency of Cyprus, declared that "the only choice for Cyprus is a solution outside the loan agreements and Memorandum. The implementation of such a solution is likely to constitute a decision for exit by Cyprus from the Euro".
Italy's left searches for unity?
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Against a background of a rampant Berlusconi protesing innocence and Prime Minister Letta of the cowering in silence and Italy's radical left has made a series of initiatives saying it can unite resis
Tories push kids into poverty; Labour says "give up"
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Share prices are going up. Profits are increasing. Top bosses' pay is soaring. And child poverty is rising almost as fast.
Left must avoid anti-EU trap
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Bob Crow and the leadership of the RMT rail union have joined the chorus for British exit from the EU led by Nigel Lawson, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer for Margaret Thatcher.
Morocco: freedom for political prisoners!
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Ziyad M is a supporter of the Revolutionary Marxist Current of Morocco
Freedom for all political prisoners in Morocco!
Hawking and the boycott
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Stephen Hawking's decision not to attend an 18-20 June conference in Jerusalem has caused much celebration among advocates of an academic boycott of Israel.
Left Unity: make space for debate
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Left Unity is billed by its key organisers as filling a gap in the political market for Left politics; the thousands of people who signed the appeal for a new party billed as an expression of the widespread yearning for anti-austerity politics in Britain.
Lewisham Hospital Worker #17 - 8 May 2013
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A workplace bulletin for Lewisham Hospital workers, by Lewisham Hospital workers..
Tubeworker 02/05/13 — We're Right To Strike!
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An industrial bulletin for Tube workers, by Tube workers, featuring stories on the Tories' plan to ban strikes and the "Justice for the 33" campaign to win reinstatement for sacked agency workers.
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Protest at Primark, Matalan, Mango!
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The National Garment Workers' Federation (NGWF) in Bangladesh has launched a petition. It asks UK high street chains Primark, Mango, and Matalan to commit to forcing their Bangladeshi suppliers to comply with the Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety Agreement.
Sheffield civil servants to strike against victimisation
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Following a 62% vote for strikes, members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) in the Sheffield DWP Contact Centre will strike on 7 May.
Local government pay offer is 1%
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Local government employers have made a "final offer" of a 1% pay increase to trade unions representing council workers.