Solidarity 215
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The eviction by Basildon council of 90 Traveller families from their homes at Dale Farm in Essex is set for Monday 19 September.
Solidarity 215, 7 September 2011
Dale Farm eviction set for 19 September
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Build for November pensions strike!
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The National Union of Teachers Executive should soon name a date for a second strike against government pension cuts, probably early November.
Defend the NHS
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On 6 and 7 September a revised Health and Social Care Bill has its third reading in Parliament amid talk of a backbench Lib Dem rebellion and leaked documents outlining the Tories’ secret plans to sell off hospitals to multinational corporations.
Plymouth council workers take on union-busting bosses
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A meeting of Unison members at Plymouth City Council on Wednesday 24 August voted unanimously (with just one abstention) to call for a strike ballot unless the council reverses its decision to de-recognise Unison.
Threat to unions' political rights
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The long-simmering issue of political party funding will come to the boil in October, when the Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL, a sort of quango, set up in 1994, with members appointed by the Government and the three big parties) reports.
London cleaners win again
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The recent wave of cleaners’ militancy in London is continuing, winning a new victory at Senate House in Bloomsbury.
Charity workers strike against cuts
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Unison members employed by the Scottish charity Quarriers struck for 24 hours on 6 September in opposition to plans to impose brutal pay cuts.
Scotland: demo good; "cross-party coalition" bad
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The Scottish TUC has called an all-Scotland anti-cuts demonstration for Saturday 1 October, in Glasgow.
NHS waiting lists will spiral
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Kate Ahrens, a health worker and shop steward in the Leicestershire Health branch of the public sector union Unison, spoke to Solidarity in a personal capacity about the issues facing health workers.