THE STRIKE by hundreds of thousands of civil service workers in the PCS union on 5 November against job cuts and attacks on pensions and sick pay was incredibly successful. Far more people struck than the government anticipated.
MEMBERS OF all the unions at Glenbrook Primary School in Lambeth, south London, have voted unanimously for a ballot for strike action against plans to turn it into a city academy for five to 19 year olds.
THOUSANDS OF Post Office workers in London are about to start a strike ballot that could halt mail deliveries over Christmas.
LAING O’ROURKE construction workers at the Channel Tunnel site, King’s Cross, were forced to sit in again on Wednesday of last week as management reneged on a commitment to recognise the GMB union.
WORKERS AT Jaguar Browns Lane in Coventry are gearing up for a demonstration on Saturday of next week against the loss of over 1,000 jobs at the car plant.
Jon Rogers’ campaign for Unison general secretary has received a boost with the votes of Oxford Health branch and Oxford City branch to nominate him.
THE DISPUTE between Liverpool council and the Unison union has escalated, with the council withdrawing from a national agreement over facility time for shop stewards.
THIRTY HEAVILY armed Israeli police last week invaded the Anglican cathedral compound in Jerusalem where Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli nuclear whistleblower, was granted sanctuary in April of this year. He was dragged before an Israeli magistrate and faced a day of interrogation.
‘In the 21st century, people all over the world are beginning to acknowledge and appreciate the importance of the whistleblower.
‘We’ll kill as many faggots and bastards as we can’ Nicholas Federici, US army corporal
