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The battle to defend jobs and services by Unison union members at Manchester’s mental health and social care trust was at a crucial stage as Socialist Worker went to press.

Talks between management and the Unison union at Manchester’s mental health and social care trust over a proposed package of cuts were to continue this week.

A stunning piece of radical theatre, Things Of Dry Hours, opened at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre last week. Set in the Southern US state of Alabama during the 1930s, the play explores race, class and the impact of the Communist Party on the lives of ordinary working people.

Further strike action by workers at Manchester’s mental health and social care trust has been suspended while the union takes part in talks with management at the Acas conciliation service.

Council tenants in Brighton and Manchester are to vote this week on whether to hand over control of their homes to private companies. The ballots affect over 18,000 homes.

New moves in Fujitsu dispute Fujitsu workers from Manchester travelled to London last week to meet MPs. The workers, members of the Amicus union, wanted to discuss their ongoing dispute.

A former Nazi British National Party (BNP) candidate has admitted possessing explosive chemicals in anticipation of a civil war in Britain, Manchester Crown Court heard this week.

Manchester is "a shopaholics dream", the "original 24-hour party city", where you could be "rubbing shoulders with celebrities and footballers", according to the publicity for the Lowry Hotel, the self-styled "most fashionable venue" in the city.

Decked out in "Save Our NHS" T-shirts, some 250 strikers from Manchester’s mental health and social care trust formed some of the liveliest picket lines of the day.

A large group of striking Amicus union members from Fujitsu came to the lunchtime rally in Manchester.

Civil service workers across Greater Manchester joined the national PCS union strike.

Workers on outsourced IT contracts at Fujitsu Services in Manchester walked out on Monday to begin a five-day strike as part of their long running campaign over redundancy rights, better pay and union recognition.