Solidarity 230
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Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, millionaire Iain Duncan Smith, has pledged to cut the cost of benefits for disabled people by 20% — one of the “reforms” embedded in the Welfare Reform Bill.
Solidarity 230, 18 January 2012
The sadistic logic of capitalist cuts
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Workers' organisation key to safety at sea
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The causes of the tragic capsizing of the cruise liner Costa Concordia will hopefully soon be found.
Pensions fight in the balance
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Trade union militants across the labour movement are fighting to rescue the pensions battle from sell-out.
Tower Hamlets education workers gear up for jobs fight
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Central Foundation Girls School (CFGS) in Tower Hamlets, East London, has triggered a significant confrontation with trade unions in the borough by announcing a restructure which could see 13 workers lose their jobs and large numbers of support staff face pay cuts.
More cuts at Doncaster council
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Doncaster council has approved a 4% pay cut for all non-teaching staff, affecting 7,000 workers across the authority.
Teacher reinstatement campaign
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Following a disciplinary hearing last week, Duston School National Union of Teachers rep Pat Markey, a humanities teacher with 18 years service, was told of his dismissal by phone from his area union
Stagecoach drivers strike again
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Stagecoach bus drivers in South Yorkshire struck again on Monday 16 January after overwhelmingly rejecting bosses’ latest offer in a long-running pay battle.
La Senza workers occupy
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La Senza workers are occupying one of their company’s stores in Dublin’s Liffey Valley shopping centre as bosses attempt to make workers pay for a downturn in company fortunes.
Sparks to re-ballot
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Unite will re-ballot its members at Balfour Beatty Engineering Services in attempt to defeat the Building Engineering Services National Agreement (BESNA), the new collective “agreement” being imposed on mechanical and electrical construction workers by Balfour Beatty and six other major construction contractors.