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Socialist Renewal – a worldwide network of socialists. December 11, 2007 by martinwicks. This is a review of Michael Moore’s film ‘Sicko’. From http:/ martinwicks.wordpress.com. It’s no exaggeration to say that the US health industry is a killing machine. Michael Moore’s latest film, ‘Sicko’, is an expose of the reality of a private system based on health insurance. It tells stories that ordinary Americans told him when he asked for them on his web site. He received over 25,000 of them. In the USA today ...
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SOLIDARITY Magazine: November 2005
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Friday, November 25, 2005. Ireland ‘Campaign for an Independent Left’. The current issue of. Issue 15) carries a report by. Reproduced below) on discussion on a left alternative in Ireland. The political platform, amended through disussion, and agreed at the founding meeting, is reproduced here for the first time. The task now is to bring the message to working class communities that there is now a real possibility of building a movement that belongs to their class. The groups involved come from varying ...
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SOLIDARITY Magazine: December 2005
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Wednesday, December 21, 2005. New York Transit Workers Strike. The 34,000 members of the Tranport Workers Union are on illegal strike in New York, under the most difficult of conditions. Remember two tier pensions? Workers of the Metropolitan Transit System were faced with the demand of management that they agree to a retirement age of 62 for all new starters, compared to 55 for current staff. Juan Gonzalez: Arrogance of the MTA made strike a certainty. The timing was especially tough for Casiano, who la...
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SOLIDARITY Magazine: February 2006
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Friday, February 24, 2006. SOLIDARITY News Bulletin February 24th 2006. The campaign for the ‘fourth option’ and the right to build council housing. After the rally and parliamentary lobby in support of the ‘fourth option’ (direct investment in Council Housing) attended by 1,300 people, the Labour Party has announced a working group within the National Policy Forum to address the motion passed ‘almost unanimously’ at the Labour conference. Jack Dromey of the TGWU is on the new working group. The governme...
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SOLIDARITY Magazine: June 2006
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Tuesday, June 27, 2006. CWU to Ballot for Strike Action. The Communication Workers Union has agreed to hold a ballot for industrial action with Royal Mail workers. Notice will be issued to Royal Mail on Monday July 3. Ballot papers will be despatched to CWU members from Monday July 10. Ballot will close Monday July 31. Ballot affects 136,000 CWU members. Posted by Martin Wicks @ Tuesday, June 27, 2006. Thursday, June 22, 2006. Five day strike by GMB ASDA members. GMB Shop Stewards National Council meetin...
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SOLIDARITY Magazine: October 2006
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Wednesday, October 25, 2006. Cout Rules Firefighters Cannot be forced to attend 999 Medical Emergencies on behalf of the Ambulance Service. A legal case brought by two fire authorities seeking to force firefighters to answer 999 medical emergencies on behalf of the ambulance service has been dismissed by the High Court today. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU), who were defendants in the case, welcomed the decision. But they failed to call any witnesses from the national employers who negotiated that agreemen...
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SOLIDARITY Magazine: May 2006
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006. Defend Council Housing Conference launches Open Letter to Tony Blair. A DCH conference on May 22nd has agreed to step up the pressure on the government by launching an open letter to Tony Blair demanding the right for direct investment in Council Housing. Jack Dromey reported to the conference that the Labour Party working group to address the 'Fourth Option' motion passed at their September conference was due to meet for the first time. Download copies of the open letter to use in...
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SOLIDARITY Magazine: September 2006
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Thursday, September 14, 2006. Putting the 'h' into hypocrisy and the triple 'd' into double standards". Remember Amicus leading the way to a new 'super union' which was going to change the world? Below we post a link to the amicuscc. Web site where we read of the unusual response of Derek Simpson (the man who wants Gordon Brown crowned as New Labour supremo) to an equal pay grievance by a woman member of staff. The bad news? They will be offered alternative employment at a lower rate of pay! Http:/ www&#...
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SOLIDARITY Magazine: January 2006
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Monday, January 16, 2006. Ireland: Union Steward sacked for wearing union badge. Many trade unionists around the world will remember the Dunnes Stores Strike against Apartheid which ran for almost three years from June 1984 to April 1987. In the face of an intransigent employer, the union eventually persuaded the Irish government of the day to implement economic sanctions against the old Apartheid regime in South Africa. According to Mandate Trade Union, Dunnes Stores are at it again. Keep Our NHS Public.
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SOLIDARITY Magazine: July 2006
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Friday, July 21, 2006. TUC win 'Pole tax' reform for Polish workers over-paying tax. An important victory here which indicates the benefits of union membership for migrant workers and should help in the unionisation campaign. What follows is a TUC statement. Posted by Martin Wicks @ Friday, July 21, 2006. Thursday, July 20, 2006. Stop this destructive war! Workers on all sides are paying the price! Statement on Israeli attack on Lebanon. Concerning the Palestinian and Lebanese militias, WAC, which repres...
