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 There's still a week to go, but it's looking like next Wednesday will see about three million public sector workers walking out on strike, as civil servants join teachers in opposing government cuts to pensions.
PCS, UCU, NUT and ATL had all previously balloted for further industrial action, so their members will be out. But added to them are a seemingly ever-growing list of other trade unions, including Unison, GMB, Unite, UCATT and NASUWT. (To see a more comprehensive list with breakdowns of ballot results, see Who's out on Nov 30 on libcom.org.) |
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Balfour Beatty are currently the lead company withdrawing from the electrical contracting Joint Industry Board (JIB) national agreement. They have issued 1,690 termination notices to their electricians and, from December 7th, intend to re-employ them on £10 an hour, rather than the current £16.25 (that's a 35% pay cut). Anyone who refuses to accept the new pay rates will be sacked.
This dispute has been running for eight weeks now with hundreds of workers involved in unofficial walkouts, site occupations and protests with a virtual media blackout. Perhaps they don't like showing footage of workers actually fighting back.
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Local newspapers across the UK and Ireland are being destroyed by owners who put profit before everything else - quality, staffing and sales. Haringey has three local titles - the Haringey Advertiser, part of the North London & Herts Newspapers group owned by Sir Ray Tindle, the Haringey Independent, owned by Newsquest and the The Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal, owned by Archant.
Journalists at North London & Herts Newspapers have recently been in dispute with their owner over the continuing refusal to replace staff who leave. They took strike action last month and their campaign resulted in a resolution last week on the eve of further strike action, securing a decent deal for the workers. |
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This Thursday, 30 June, workers across Haringey will be striking over attacks on their pensions. Members of UCU, NUT, ATL and PCS unions will be picketing outside local workplaces from 7.30am. Come and join Haringey Solidarity Group and others at the picket line outside Tottenham Job Centre on Thursday morning. We'll be meeting at 8am at Aldi supermarket on Tottenham High Road (just north of Bruce Grove) to get some croissants and other breakfast-like options before heading to the job centre. Many of us will then be heading down to the CONEL rally at 9.30am.
Wherever you are in Haringey, there will be a picket line near you. See the list below. (In addition, schools across the borough will be closed, but Haringey NUT have been pushing for no picket lines - more reason to support few that are happening if you live nearby.)
So, call in sick, take the day off work and head down. (And for those who will be working, there's always the early shift, when striking picketers will be very grateful for any support.)
Picket lines from 7.30am |
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The UCU at CONEL have today (22 March) received formal notice of redundancies (section 188).160 jobs are on the block: 70 FTE permanent posts, 90 fixed term (HPL) employees.
They are taking strike action on Thursday 24 March against cuts to pay and pensions, as well as protesting about cuts to jobs, cuts to courses, the abolition of EMA, the tripling of university tuition fees and cuts to education in general. |
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