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Issue - 2137
Dated - 07 Feb 2009
Blame the bosses not ‘foreign workers’

Millions of working people across Britain are fearful and angry at the mounting economic crisis. Manu­fac­turing industry is now shedding jobs at a rate of 30,000 a month.

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A tradition of unity that can take on the bosses

The Italian workers live in barges on the Grimsby docks. They are allegedly paid the national rate for the job – although deductions are taken for "bed and board".
03 February 2009
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Labour’s attack on workers’ union rights

Derek Simpson, joint Unite general secretary, has said that moves should be taken to overturn European legal cases that allow employers to undercut wages and conditions as part of resolving the dispute.
03 February 2009
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Unite steward: ‘We need a positive movement’

All the militancy and strength we have seen needs to be put into a battle against the bosses that involves everyone in the fight for jobs.
03 February 2009
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Ex-Ford’s worker: ‘This is a recipe for divide and rule’

Berlyne Hamilton is a retired car worker who used to work at the Ford plant in Dagenham, east London. He spoke to Socialist Worker about his experience there as a shop steward.
03 February 2009
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‘British jobs’ and backing a united fight on the buses

Many union activists on the buses are worried that the "British jobs for British workers" slogan will set back their struggle to build unity among workers.
03 February 2009
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Europe-wide action at Hewlett Packard/EDS over jobs

Members of the PCS and Unite unions at Hewlett Packard/EDS joined other workers across Europe in a day of action on Thursday of last week against plans to axe jobs and freeze wages.
03 February 2009
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Letters

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Trading in the planet Carbon trading is one of those ideas which has always proved a sticking point with socialists involved in environmental campaigns.
03 February 2009
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SWP Democracy Commission

The Democracy Commission was set up at the recent Socialist Workers Party (SWP) annual conference. It is made up of ten elected members and four members appointed by the SWP’s Central Committee. Its first meeting will be on Saturday 7 February.
03 February 2009
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International

Sri Lanka: what lies behind the latest violence?

After more than 25 years of civil war, the government of Sri Lanka believes it is on the verge of finally crushing the rebel Tamil forces on the island.
03 February 2009
Tamils demonstrate in London against offensive in Sri Lanka
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Tamils demonstrate in London against offensive in Sri Lanka

Over 50,000 British Tamils led an angry march through central London over the ongoing military offensive in North Eastern Sri Lanka on Saturday of last week. Several thousand of demonstrators occupied Westminster Bridge for several hours demanding to know why the BBC, which covers the Indian continent more than most news services, has ignored the plight of ethnic Tamils. 
03 February 2009
Exposing myths of a segregated Britain
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Exposing myths of a segregated Britain

The popular perception that parts of Britain are becoming "ethnic no-go areas" is based on a misreading of the facts, population expert Ludi Simpson tells Anindya Bhattacharyya
03 February 2009
Why I Don’t Hate White People - Lemn Sissay
Reviews & Culture

Why I Don’t Hate White People – Lemn Sissay

Lemn Sissay grew up in rural Lancashire in the care of Wigan social services. He never met another black person until he was 18.
03 February 2009