Solidarity 221
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On Sunday 23 October European Union leaders hold a summit conference where they will try again to patch up the eurozone economic crisis.
Solidarity 221, 19 October 2011
Euro crisis needs Euro-wide workers' answer
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Dale Farm eviction imminent
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Travellers at the largest “illegal” encampment in Europe lost their last battle in the courts on 17 October and now face eviction.
Rank-and-file magazine relaunched
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Trade Union Solidarity magazine has been relaunched as an activist resource for rank-and-file trade unionists.
Unite ballot in construction
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There is (hopefully) a major development in our dispute.
Tube: vote to reject pay deal!
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RMT members working for London Underground will vote on a pay deal for 2011-15, in a referendum closing on 27 October.
Higher Education workers' ballot over
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Unite’s National Education Industry Committee meets on Thursday 20 October to set a timetable for balloting its members in the Higher Education sector for strike action in a dispute about pay.
RMT members to join 30 November
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Over a thousand members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union who are part of the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme or the Local Government Pension Scheme will be balloted to join the mass public sector strike action on 30 November.
Their globalisation and ours
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By Martin Thomas
In many ways capital has been global since the 16th century. Four developments are relatively new since the 1980s.
Tories move to criminalise squatting
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In June this year the Communities and Local Government Department reported that 44,160 households were accepted as homeless last year — a rise of 10% on the previous year. In the meantime the Empty Homes Agency estimates that between 500,000 and 725,000 buildings are empty in the UK, enough to house around 1.8 million people.