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The Struggle for Union Recognition at Regatta
My son and I met with the Chair of the local Trades Council and a National Organiser for Unite the Union at the Cheshire Oaks Outlet Village in Ellesmere Port to leaflet the Regatta store to show solidarity with the Unite members at the distribution centre Workers at Ellesmere Port were told for many years…
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Western Exceptionalism
I was prompted to write to this article whilst watching an awful piece of propaganda, entitled Michael Palin in North Korea. If you want to understand Western exceptionalism, watch this programme, first with and then without sound, because the only part of this presentation that makes the DPRK look bad is Palin’s narration. This narration…
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Class Struggle Update
Jason of the Class Consciousness Project has recorded the first in what will be a series of updates on class struggle across the country and the world. You can watch the update here.
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Sturgeon Arrested
The clear out continues. Boris Johnson was first to be forced out of the conservative party over ‘Partygate’ and now Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested (as a suspect) for claims of misspent SNP donations. Of course, Johnson has been, and will be if he stays quiet, spared the ignominy of being arrested. This would be…
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The Housing Question
With interest rates continuing to rise and impending fiscal doom poking its head over the horizon, the housing question presents itself yet again. In fact, the housing question isn’t a single question: It is many questions, including why do so many working class people find themselves living in such poor housing? Is the ‘dream’ of…
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Solidarity With the Sandwell Bin Strikers!
Bin workers in Sandwell in the West Midlands are returning to picket lines after they rejected a pay offer. The workers, who are employed by contractors Serco, called off strike action at the end of May to consider the new offer, but strike action will resume after this offer was overwhelmingly rejected. You can read…
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CCP Statement on The Case Of Kit Klarenberg
It Is In Workers Interest To Defend Free Speech Last week, the independent journalist Kit Klarenberg, who has reported on many dirty secrets of the British government, was detained at Luton airport by “anti terrorist” police officers. They held him (though they did not arrest him) for five hours and confiscated all of his electronic…
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A Sheathed Weapon
Why strike action isn’t being used to full effect A unionised workforce removing their labour is a very important weapon in a worker’s armoury. The vast majority of case work for union reps is damage limitation. A strike is a sword that can be unsheathed to great effect for the rights of a worker. If…
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Warrington: Strike action at GXO as Unite rep sacked
Heavy Goods Vehicle drivers contracted to deliver supplies from City Plumbing and PTS at logistics firm GXO are taking indefinite strike action in support of their colleague Paul Roberts, a local representative for Unite who was dismissed on trumped up charges. The strike action will cause huge disruption to the supply of plumbing materials in…
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Project Statement on PCS’s Ukraine Motion
The recent passing of a conference motion “In support of Ukraine” by the Public and Commercial Services Union, filled with utter distortions of reality, shows us yet again how far the leadership of the trade union movement has fallen and how much it is wedded to British imperialism. The motion is remarkable in how much…