Police against Tories
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On 10 May 20,000 coppers joined a Police Federation demonstration against cuts and reforms. On the same day just 500 public sector workers joined London’s strike day rally against pension cuts.
Trade union issues
Industrial news in brief
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Forty-five workers at the Enterprise Distribution Centre, which unloads paper reels from incoming vessels at the Tilbury docks in Essex, struck on Monday 7 May, the first walkout at the docks since 1989.
Sunderland College strike ballot; Greenwich libraries strike; new NUJ chapel in Wapping
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Workers at Sunderland College will be balloted for strike action in a dispute over pay.
Tanker drivers to vote on deal
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More than 2,000 fuel tanker drivers will vote on an offer from the fuel haulage industry’s major employers that bosses hope will settle a dispute on job security, health and safety, and minimum standa
Fighting the Tories: what next?
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Bankers’ and bosses’ pay and bonuses, share prices, and profits have recovered nicely since the sudden crash of 2008-9.
Unions: not surveys but agitation
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It has become habit for public sector unions, even when they have a legally valid ballot mandate for strikes, to conduct “surveys” of their members to see whether there is a mood for further action.
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.
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.