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Issue - 1884
Dated - 17 Jan 2004
Cecilia Prosper 1960-2004

CECILIA PROSPER died last week of an aggressive cancer only diagnosed in the summer of last year. She was an exceptional person.

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Obituaries

Cecilia Prosper 1960-2004

CECILIA PROSPER died last week of an aggressive cancer only diagnosed in the summer of last year. She was an exceptional person.
17 January 2004
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An angry new mood sweeping the union

CIVIL SERVANTS are gearing up for a major pay battle. More than 100,000 members of the PCS union are voting to take strike action over their appallingly low pay.
17 January 2004
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Rail union leader makes schoolboy threat of union busting

THE THREAT of strike action has forced the general secretary of the train drivers' Aslef union to withdraw a shocking union-busting letter he issued to his own staff.
17 January 2004
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Superstore of power

AROUND 750 warehouse workers at a huge distribution centre of the supermarket chain Sainsbury's held a 24-hour strike from Wednesday night last week. Further action was set to take place this week.
17 January 2004
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Land Rover

A TOTAL of 800 Land Rover workers picketed the firm's plant in Solihull in the West Midlands last Saturday and Sunday morning.
17 January 2004
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Postal workers

THE CAMPAIGN to defend postal worker Paul Turnbull from the sack has got off to a tremendous start.
17 January 2004
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In brief: Nurses strike, Telegraph, Buses, PCS, Taxis

Strikes planned over care and pay
17 January 2004
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Fairford

ON THURSDAY this week the High Court was due to consider the lawfulness of police containment tactics before an anti-war demonstration last March.
17 January 2004
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Pensions protest

FORMER WORKERS at firms which have gone bankrupt staged a sit-down protest in central London last Saturday over their lost pensions.
17 January 2004
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International

Kashmir

AROUND 50 representatives of the Kashmiri solidarity organisation Tehreek-e-Kashmir UK met in Alum Rock, Birmingham, last week to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the UN resolution calling for a plebiscite so that the people of Kashmir can determine their own future.
17 January 2004
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Defending refugees

AS NEW Labour steps up its attacks on refugees, campaigners have been organising protests.
17 January 2004
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Rail

AROUND 400 workers on the Tyne and Wear Metro were to start a strike this Sunday in a dispute over working hours.
17 January 2004