Solidarity 219
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A New York public sector worker and member of the US socialist group Solidarity reports on the round-the-clock protests at New York’s financial centre.
Solidarity 219, 5 October 2011
Occupying Wall Street
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Fight for useful work at BAE!
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A retained fire service station in Brough, East Yorkshire, which is responsible for the fire safety of 26,000 people, could close as part of the consequences of huge job losses at the local BAE Systems aerospace plant.
Poverty pay in Cameron's Britain
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Nearly 10% of care workers are paid illegally low wages, new research by academics at King’s College London has found.
10,000 march in Glasgow
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Around 10,000 people marched through torrential rain on the Scottish TUC anti-cuts demonstration held in Glasgow on Saturday 1 October.
Southampton council workers out again
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Southampton local government workers will be back on strike from Thursday 6 October, marking the three-month point in their battle with council bosses over pay cuts.
Lecturers begin action
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Members of the lecturers’ union UCU in pre-1992 institutions will begin their industrial campaign against proposed changes to their pensions scheme, the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), on Monday 10 October.
Tube pay vote
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All four trade unions on London Underground — ASLEF, RMT, TSSA and Unite - are recommending their members accept the company's latest pay and conditions offer: 5% (i.e. RPI minus 0.5%) this year, followed by RPI+0.5% (minimum 2%) for the next three years.
Organising for 30 November
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Trade unionists in Cambridgeshire have taken the first steps in coordinating the strike action taking place on 30 November by establishing a county-wide cross-union strike committee.
Trotsky and permanent revolution
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Permanent revolution was one of Leon Trotsky’s outstanding contributions to Marxism. In many respects, to be a Trotskyist is to accept the basics tenets of permanent revolution.