The results of the SIPTU and IMPACT ballots recently
that the Croke Park deal was eventually pushed through by the ICTU
leaders, aided and abetted by the whole of the bought and paid for press
and with the full support of the bourgeois. After all, the whole of
official bourgeois society was united around one thing, the Irish
working class, if not to blame directly for the crisis are going to have
to foot the bill.

John McDonnell, supported by the Trade Union Co-ordinating Group,
presented his Private Members’ Bill to parliament on June 30th. If
adopted, the
Bill would significantly improve unions’ ability to defend their
members and would be the first step towards the full restoration of
trade union rights.

Some 38 years after the horrific events in Derry
on Sunday 30th January 1972 the publication of the Saville Report has
been welcomed by the bereaved families whose 14 relatives were killed by
British Paratroops at a Civil Rights March on what became known as
Bloody Sunday.

The long awaited UNISON General Secretary Ballot Result has
been announced, resulting in a victory for the incumbent, Dave Prentis,
with
Roger Bannister in second place and Paul Holmes, the candidate favoured
by the
Unison United Left and Unison Socialist Appeal Supporters, in third
place.

The new Higher Education minister David Willetts has come
out with a clear indication about the Con-Dem coalition’s attitude to young
people, anticipating their announcement to raise tuition fees for university
students