Solidarity 3/147
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Solidarity 3/147, 12 March 2009
Probation Service: Build support for a ballot
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PROBATION SERVICE: Probation areas up and down the country are facing huge cuts in government funding.
Workers Climate Action speak at RMT
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UNIONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE: Workers’ Climate Action were invited to speak at the RMT young members’ conference on 1 March.
Further Action at Staythorpe
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Engineering construction: Workers demonstrated outside the Staythorpe power station construction site, in Nottinghamshire, again on Wednesday 11 March.
Vote John Moloney for PCS Deputy General Secretary
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The coming election for Deputy General Secretary of the civil service union PCS will be a choice between the old centre-right of the union and a candidate, AWL member John Moloney, backed by the Independent Left.
The PCS union “machine”, though on paper left wing — dominated by the Socialist Party — will be backing the centre-right candidate, Hugh Lanning.
What “quantitative easing” means
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The Bank of England’s move in early March to a new monetary tactic — “quantitative easing” — came alongside much economic-disaster news.
The banks “bailed out” so lavishly last year still need more bailing out. Lloyds TSB, which was supposed to be a “strong” bank capable of saving HBOS by buying it out with Government aid, turns out to be as much a basket case as any other.
For jobs, fight the bosses, not other workers!
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An Appeal by Socialists and Trade Unionists
As the recession brings attacks on jobs, wages and conditions, we are determined to fight back, and to support our fellow workers who do so, for example in the recent engineering construction walkouts.
Obama sets plans for Iraq pull-out
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On 27 February new US president Barack Obama announced his detailed plans for Iraq.
Small reductions in US troop levels have already started. After them the US military presence will remain large — 120,000-plus — until after the Iraqi elections scheduled for December 2009.
Then faster withdrawal is planned, and “combat” operations are due to end by 31 August 2010.
World News in Brief
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Japan
Thousands of workers have rallied in Tokyo demanding job security and wage rises.
Act to reverse climate change now
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Riki Lane reports from Melbourne