Issues

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Issue - 1870
Dated - 27 Sep 2003
The bloody reality of the new war in Iraq

WITH EVERY day that passes, the occupation in Iraq is creating more horror and hardship for the country's people. There are 1,000 killings a week in Iraq, Independent journalist Robert Fisk reported recently. This has been confirmed since by other journalists who have visited the country's morgues.

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The bloody reality of the new war in Iraq

WITH EVERY day that passes, the occupation in Iraq is creating more horror and hardship for the country's people. There are 1,000 killings a week in Iraq, Independent journalist Robert Fisk reported recently. This has been confirmed since by other journalists who have visited the country's morgues.
27 September 2003
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Justice for Harry Stanley

IRENE STANLEY, the widow of Harry Stanley, joined campaigners to lay flowers at the site where he died on the fourth anniversary of his death. Harry Stanley was shot by police while carrying a wooden table leg through Hackney. The police claimed that they thought Stanley was armed. The family is continuing its fight for justice.
27 September 2003
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Hydro Aluminium Motorcast

HYDRO ALUMINIUM Motorcast announced last week that it intends to close its Leeds factory. This will mean a loss of over 600 jobs over the next 15 months. The Amicus shop stewards have told the workforce at the factory that they intend to fight these proposals by whatever means necessary. The workforce has given us 100 percent support.
27 September 2003
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Shop workers

BIRMINGHAM'S NEW multimillion pound Bullring shopping centre opened last month with massive publicity. But it's a 21st century building under 19th century management. A shop worker told me about working there:
27 September 2003
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Bin workers

REFUSE WORKERS in Edinburgh voted last week to reject an offer from the council to end their long-running dispute over pay. They were offered a one-off payment of £1,000 each to end their unofficial work to rule. A refuse worker from one of the depots said, "We are determined to stick this out. We're not greedy-we just want a fair deal."
27 September 2003
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Nursery nurses

OVER 2,000 nursery nurses from the Unison public sector union took part in a noisy and vibrant demonstration in Edinburgh on Wednesday of last week as part of their fight for decent pay. Members of the public tooted their car horns, cheered and applauded to demonstrate their support as the march passed them. Nursery nurses in different areas of Scotland struck on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week.
27 September 2003
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Obituaries

Terry Jenkins

SOCIALISTS IN Cardiff were saddened to hear of the tragic death of Terry Jenkins. Terry, who had moved to St Dogmaels, Cardigan, some months ago, was a well known socialist in Cardiff. After joining the Young Communist League he joined the International Socialists in the 1970s and was an active member of SWP for many years.
27 September 2003
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Unions show they have key role in fighting BNP

TRADE UNIONS in the north east of England are at the forefront of local campaigns against the Nazi British National Party (BNP). This was shown at the TUC Northern Region's anti-racism training day held in Sunderland last Saturday.
27 September 2003
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Councils

THOUSANDS OF workers employed by London councils have backed more strikes to win an increase in the London weighting allowance. Members of the Unison union in town halls, manual depots and schools across the capital voted by 80.7 percent for more strikes in a consultative ballot. Existing ballots allowed union leaders to call more action but they foisted the new ballot upon members anyway.
27 September 2003
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Universities

THE LATEST round of strike action in the universities, targeting student registration week in London, kicked off at University College London (UCL) and Goldsmiths on Monday of this week. They are fighting for improved an London weighting allowance. Members of the Unison and AUT unions picketed the UCL main site on Monday and Tuesday, as well as a number of outlying buildings.
27 September 2003
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Reject this deal

DELEGATES representing members of the Natfhe lecturers' union in further education (FE) colleges voted to reject an offer on pay and conditions at a meeting last weekend. Over the summer Natfhe's FE college negotiators and the national executive committee narrowly agreed to ballot members and recommend a deal with the employers. This was after a campaign which included several days of strike action.
27 September 2003
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Drivers express their anger

STAFF ON the Heathrow Express, which takes passengers from central London to Heathrow airport, have voted in favour of strike action. The Aslef union plans three 24-hour strikes next month after 41 out of 76 members voted in favour.
27 September 2003