Solidarity 213
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Lambeth Council in south London agreed to a deal which will save all the jobs in the library service following the workers announcing strike action against libraries cuts.
Solidarity 213, 3 August 2011
Lambeth libraries: strong campaigns can save jobs
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Heading for the double-dip?
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On top of the public sector job cuts, private-sector industry is cutting jobs too.
Thousands march for Bombardier jobs
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Thousands demonstrated on Saturday 23 July to save jobs at the Bombardier train manufacturing plant in Derby.
BBC strike
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BBC workers took a second day of strike action on Monday 1 August in a battle over job cuts.
Social workers join Southampton strikes
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Social workers at Southampton Council joined local government workers’ indefinite rolling strikes on 3 August as the Tory-led council continues to push ahead with its cuts programme.
FBU to ballot on pensions?
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The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has announced that industrial action in the autumn over reforms to the firefighter pensions scheme now looks “increasingly likely”.
The Workers Committee
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J T (John Thomas) Murphy was a Sheffield metal-worker and, in 1920, became a founding member of the Communist Party of Great Britain.
Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln
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By Dan Katz
This book is available for a bit more than £8 on Amazon, which makes it a bargain.
The voice of power
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It would be odd if book reviews in socialist newspapers spent much time reviewing novels about obscure dead aristocrats.