I'M SURE all Socialist Worker readers will have gained some Yuletide cheer from the problems which were so clearly stacking up under Blair's Christmas tree.
THERE IS a message of hope for all those who want an end to war, privatisation and racism in the new year.
MINISTERS WERE caught out in their attempt to whip up a scare story about healthcare and asylum seekers over Christmas.
WORKERS AT Land Rover in Solihull enforced their overtime ban in a militant fashion over the holiday period, with lively pickets of up to 150 on Saturday and Sunday mornings while the plant has been on holiday shutdown.
AROUND 800 Sainsbury's depot workers in north west England struck just after Christmas after rejecting a pay deal.
TRAM DRIVERS in Manchester welcomed in the new year by going on strike for union recognition.
NEWHAM COUNCIL workers in the Unison union have overwhelmingly backed a call to launch a strike ballot to defend their union.
I AM one of a group of electricians working on the Piccadilly No 1 project in Manchester.
REFUSE AND street cleansing workers in Hackney, east London, are involved in a bitter dispute against wage-cutting by the Labour council.
