Solidarity 224
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Unite officials and fuel industry bosses have negotiated a deal to extend the legal validity of a drivers’ strike ballot until Friday 20 April as talks continue.
Solidarity 224, 9 November 2011
Tanker drivers' ballot extended as talk continue
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New assault on workers' rights
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On 23 November the Tory-Lib-Dem government announced an assault on employment rights.
Harvard students take on neo-liberal economics
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By Gabriel Bayard and Rachel Sandalow-Ash
On Wednesday 2 November there was a citywide education walkout in Boston against rising costs of education.
Oakland general strike: “a sense of the possible”
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By Isaac Steiner (Solidarity USA)
Sparks fight to maintain rank-and-file control
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Over 1,000 Unite members at Balfour Beatty Engineering Services, the construction industry contractor leading the charge to rip up the collective agreement, could strike on 7 December.
Unite stewards oppose Southampton deal
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Unite and Unison members at Southampton council are currently voting on an offer from management that could end the long-running dispute over pay cuts.
Marciano Flores must stay!
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John Laing, a cleaning contractor hired by London Overground, recently tricked nearly 30 of its employees — including an RMT union rep — into reporting for fake overtime, and subsequently handed them over to the UK Borders Agency.
Unison: massive vote for strikes
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Members of Unison, the country’s biggest public sector trade union, have overwhelmingly voted in favour of strike action on 30 November.
Debating Israel/Palestine
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On Tuesday 1 November the Alliance for Workers’ Liberty debated Socialist Appeal at the Marxist Discussion Group at Cambridge on “Which way forward for Israel and Palestine?”