Ireland: The TEEU strike that started Monday might well represent a new
sharp turn in the course of events. The 10,500 electricians punch well
above their weight; they have industrial power beyond their numbers.
They can stop constructions sites and factories nationwide. They
deserve the full backing of the whole of the Irish labour movement.
As the Pakistani army continued to be
bogged down in a ferocious battle against the Taliban inside its own borders
and yet another British soldier is killed in Afghanistan, to date the one
hundred and seventy-sixth since 2001, it is evident that the British military
is engaged in a war it cannot win.
Postal workers in London are set to take strike action over the next three days.The Delivery Offices
are out on the 8th July, the Drivers (Distribution) are out on the
9th and the Mail Centres are out on the 10th July.
All kinds of manoeuvres are taking place
after the coup in Honduras. The coup organisers want to hold on, but
pressure is being brought to bear for some kind of compromise solution,
which however cannot satisfy the masses. The only real answer lies in
the full mobilisation of the Honduran workers and peasants.
Hear Fred Weston speaking to a recent meeting of Socialist Appeal in Edinburgh on the current Iranian Revolution.He also connects the movement against the Iranian regime with an analysis on the question of the state in a capitalist society.
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second lively picket against the coup in Honduras took place in London
on July 3rd. Members of the Latin American community, solidarity and
left wing activists gathered outside the embassy to demand the
reinstatement of president Zelaya
This Saturday July 4th trade unionists and labour movement activists
will be converging in Shrewsbury to march for justice for the
Shrewsbury 24. Speakers at the lunchtime rally outside the Shrewsbury
Council Offices will include Ricky Tomlinson, speakers from the PCS and
the campaign itself.
LATEST: We are pleased to announce that in September we will be relaunching
Socialist Appeal as a 16 page full-colour tabloid. More details will be
posted here as we get them so watch this space! However one matter
needs dealing with now – the question of adverts in the first issue of
the new format.
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number of IWSN activists took part in the picket called initially by
the ITUC (International Trade Union Confederation), EI (Education
International), ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation), IUF
(International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant,
Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations), four global union
organisations representing over 170 million workers, is part of an
ongoing campaign that will eventually help Iranian workers win their
full trade union and human rights.
Over the last few decades – first under the Tories then under New
Labour – we have seen the official unemployment figures massaged and
fiddled time and time again in order to make them seem more
‘acceptable’ in the official reports and, of course, the newspapers. Is
this unique to the UK? Well no, let’s have a look at the
real rate of unemployment in the US.
Ireland: What with stalled talks over the national wage
agreement and the Pension Levy, an emergency budget worthy of Dracula and a
huge hole in the government’s finances also, there’s no surprise that the
government’s “expendenditure review body” has been christened as An Bord Snip.
On Monday 29th June the workers at Lindsey agreed to return to work
with heads held high. It was a magnificent result and all those involved
deserve a great round of applause.