Issues

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Issue - 2084
Dated - 19 Jan 2008
Democracy? George Bush doesn’t know the meaning of the word

Like a criminal returning to the scene of the crime, George Bush is on a tour of the Middle East – dropping in on all the despots, butchers, dictators and stooges that make up his "moderate" allies in the region.

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Charlie Wilson’s war in Afghanistan and ours
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Charlie Wilson’s war in Afghanistan and ours

I went to see the movie Charlie Wilson’s War to review it for Socialist Worker. I really liked it – but many readers of this paper and Stop the War activists will hate the film.
15 January 2008
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Unison black workers’ conference

Around 350 delegates gathered at the Unison union’s black workers’ conference in Glasgow last week to discuss strategies for winning liberation.
15 January 2008
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Consultation announced on ESOL funding

The government has announced a consultation on the funding and provision of English for speakers of other languages (ESOL).
15 January 2008
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Vote no in this vital lecturers’ ballot

Members of the higher education (HE) section of the UCU lecturers’ union will be taking part in a very important ballot from next Monday.
15 January 2008
Teachers' round-up
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Teachers’ round-up

Michael Rosen says resist dictats Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen spoke to over 120 teachers and parents on Wednesday of last week, at a meeting organised by the Wakefield and District NUT teachers’ union.
15 January 2008
Anger at single status pay cut plans in Birmingham
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Anger at single status pay cut plans in Birmingham

Over 2,000 workers crowded into Victoria Square in Birmingham last Saturday to protest against council plans to downgrade thousands of jobs.
15 January 2008
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Glasgow refuse workers strike over single status

Refuse workers in Glasgow took strike action last week over their single status deal. Nine mechanics on the backshift at the Polmadie refuse depot are in dispute over the council’s controversial review of staff’s pay and conditions.
15 January 2008
Coordinating crucial civil service strikes on 31 January
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Coordinating crucial civil service strikes on 31 January

Thursday 31 January is set to be a major day of action with potentially over 150,000 civil service workers in the PCS union set to take action against low pay and job cuts.
15 January 2008
Burslem strike: Royal Mail’s war on CWU activists
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Burslem strike: Royal Mail’s war on CWU activists

Royal Mail bosses are talking peace while making war. Behind the warm words of a "new era in industrial relations", they are trying to break the postal workers’ CWU union by harassing and victimising reps with charges relating to last year’s national postal strike.
15 January 2008
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The bullying bosses of Burslem

Socialist Worker spoke to Ben and Edgar, two Burslem strikers in the CWU postal workers’ union who between them have over 30 years’ experience in Royal Mail.
15 January 2008
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What We Think

A ‘grand coalition’ to preserve the union with Scotland

On Tuesday of this week, Labour, Tory and Liberal Democrat leaders in Scotland sat down with Des Browne, the Scottish secretary, to agree a major joint campaign to preserve the unity of the United Kingdom.
15 January 2008
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Rolls Royce workers plan fight against plant closures

Workers across Rolls Royce were dismayed last week at the company’s announcement that it is planning to cut 2,300 jobs from its 40,000 strong global workforce.
15 January 2008