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Issue - 2169
Dated - 19 Sep 2009
As Brown and Cameron declare war on public services - The fight is on

Gordon Brown is planning massive cuts that will devastate working class communities across Britain.

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Police move in to smash Vestas camp

The "blockade camp" outside the Vestas wind turbine factory was smashed up by 50 police officers in a dawn raid this morning.
22 September 2009
Unofficial post strike spreads across West of Scotland
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Unofficial post strike spreads across West of Scotland

Postal workers across much of the West of Scotland have walked out on unofficial strike after management punished drivers at Glasgow mail centre for refusing to cross their colleagues’ picket lines.
18 September 2009
Vestas day of action reports
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Vestas day of action reports

A wave of protest in support of the Vestas wind turbine workers took place across Britain on Thursday. The workers occupied their factory in Newport on the Isle of Wight, after bosses announced that it was to close. The occupation, and the workers’ fight for jobs and the planet, inspired tens of thousands of people.
18 September 2009
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Vestas protesters occupy barge in Southampton

Workers and campaigners against the closure of the Vestas wind turbine factory on the Isle of Wight have chained themselves to cranes and boarded a barge in Southampton docks.
15 September 2009
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Fresh scandal for Rover bosses

An inquiry into MG Rover has revealed that the so-called "Phoenix Four" who bought the company for just £10 shared up to £42 million in the run-up to the firm’s bankruptcy in 2005.
15 September 2009
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Construction subcontracting scam

Bosses are stealing millions of pounds from thousands of construction workers’ national insurance contributions and taxes.
15 September 2009
Tim: hard choices for bankers
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Tim: hard choices for bankers

15 September 2009
Leon Kuhn: No plug for Nazis
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Leon Kuhn: No plug for Nazis

15 September 2009
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Who Says?

Lehman Brothers collapse a year on

"With or without Lehman Brothers we were headed for a crisis. But we learnt the wrong lesson. We’ve created a financial system with more institutions that are too big to fail."Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz warning one year on about problems in how the collapse of Lehman Brothers was handled
15 September 2009
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Solidarity matters

The militancy of the strike is inspiring workers and activists around the country and support is pouring in.
15 September 2009
Tower Hamlets College workers all out to win
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Tower Hamlets College workers all out to win

Striking workers who are fighting for jobs and educat­ion at Tower Hamlets College in east London are growing more determined by the day – and their fantastic action has forced management to backtrack.
15 September 2009
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Leeds bin workers’ fury over bosses lies

The all-out indefinite strike by over 500 hundred refuse collectors and street cleaners in Leeds has entered its second week. Many depots had large picket lines with some agency workers being persuaded to turn back.
15 September 2009