video for next 3cosas strike - next week

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 Hi everyone, video for next 3cosas strike - next week - is here it can also be found at http://donate.3cosascampaign.com/ where people can also click the donate button straight after watching! feel free to share one (or both!) on twitter, Facebook, e-mail etc cheers! Aaron

Hands off our Unions, Defend our right to resist austerity Public Rally organised by the People's Assembly

Hands off our Unions, Defend our right to resist austerity Public Rally organised by the People's Assembly Tuesday 11 February, 6:30pm Camden Centre, Bidborough Street, London WC1H 9AU This is a free event but please register your place: Speakers include: Len McCluskey, Unite the Union Mark Serwotka, Public and Commercial Services Union Francesca Martinez, Comedian John Hendy QC The government’s announcement of an inquiry into trade union tactics is further proof of its determination to undermine the right to protest against its austerity programme. As millions of people face falling real wages, unemployment, part time or casualised low paid work, and the rapid destruction or privatisation of the welfare state they stand in need of trade union organisation and the right to protest more than ever. We pledge ourselves to resist this attack. The right to protest is a fundamental civil liberty. The right to join an effective trade union is the product of generations of working class resistance. We have no intention of relinquishing it to a Government with no interests in the needs of working people.

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GMB Sussex Branch (@GMBSussexBranch) tweet

	GMB Sussex Branch (@GMBSussexBranch)
16/01/2014 18:04 Brighton and Hove Greens take a positive decision to allow the public to make the decision on council tax increase Gmb supports

Curzon Cinemas and BECTU sign voluntary recognition agreement ---

Acknowledgements to Josiah Mortimer 

Dear supporters,

We are delighted to report some wonderful news!

--- Curzon Cinemas and BECTU sign voluntary recognition agreement ---

Curzon Cinemas and the BECTU union yesterday (13 January) signed a voluntary recognition agreement. The recognition of Curzon employees' right to union representation is the fulfilment of one of this campaign's main aims.

This means Curzon will recognise BECTU for negotiation and consultation on behalf of the 150 employees in its cinemas. The union and company will co-operate towards achieving shared objectives for the commercial success of the business. We are continuing to call on Curzon Cinemas to pay their employees a Living Wage.

Philip Knatchbull, chief executive of Curzon, said:

“We welcome this opportunity for our colleagues to be represented by BECTU. This agreement is the culmination of several weeks of constructive dialogue with BECTU, during which we were able to identify a great deal of common ground. The management team at Curzon welcomes the knowledge and enthusiasm that all employees contribute to making our cinema experience special and we want to reward them as well as we can. We have a commitment to pay the Living Wage, in London and outside of the capital, as soon as we are able to do so without it tipping the company from its current break even position into loss making. We are working on plans to increase revenues to enable us to move to the Living Wage and we are looking forward to working with BECTU to achieve this."

Gerry Morrissey, general secretary of BECTU said:

"Everyone at BECTU is delighted that we were able to conclude our constructive discussions with Curzon Cinemas, and today sign a voluntary recognition agreement with the company. We look forward to working with the company to ensure that all employees are paid a Living Wage when possible."

A huge thank you for your support over the last year which has helped us achieve this brilliant milestone. As mentioned by representatives of both Curzon and BECTU above, we are all looking forward to the next step of the journey - moving to payment of a Living Wage to employees.

You can read the full BECTU press release here:http://www.bectu.org.uk/news/2080

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Prominent 2009 NO2EU Candidate and NW Trade Unionists Back Green Campaign

14 January 2014 from http://petercranie.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/prominent-2009-no2eu-candidate-and-nw.html with acknowledgements to Peter Cranie

Prominent 2009 NO2EU Candidate and NW Trade Unionists Back Green Campaign

I am very pleased to report the following letter has been published in the Morning Star today. I’d like to thank all of the signatories and extend an open invitation to all anti-racist political parties considering standing in the NW to engage in dialogue with us before nominations close this year.

In particular, I’d like to thank Alec McFadden. We have campaigned together and worked within Merseyside Coalition Against Racism and Fascism (MCARF) when the BNP were on the ascendancy and conceivably threatened a breakthrough at council level on Merseyside.

Alec and the others are Trade Unionists, with far more prominent roles than my own (I’m a Branch Membership Secretary and Green Rep in my college for UCU). Last time the BNP sneaked in. Many good anti-racist votes were wasted. We need to get it right and consign them to history this time and this letter is a big step in that direction.

Dear Editor,

The news that Nick Griffin, Chairman of the BNP, has been declared
financially bankrupt is an insult to all the people struggling
financially in the North West region he represents.

As a Euro MP, Griffin earns a salary equivalent to £80,000 a year. In
addition he can claim for travel, living expenses and other costs. On
the other hand, the average wage in Britain is just £26,000 and
households are being hit with the bedroom tax, privatised rail fare
increases, rising privatised energy company bills and privatised water
bill increases.

Griffin's views on non-white British residents, his denial of the
holocaust and his hateful comments about asylum seekers and immigrants
have appalled decent people for four and half years. Now his financial
incompetence is added to the picture.

In 2009 the BNP beat the Green Party to the final MEP seat in the
North West by less than 5,000 votes out of over 5 million registered
voters. On May 22nd, in the European elections, voters have the chance
to make the North West a region with no BNP elected representatives by
voting him out.

The biggest barrier to removing Griffin is that 3 out of 4 people
simply didn't bother to vote in the last European elections. However
it is also true that if just 1 out of 10 voters for the Socialist
Labour Party and NO2EU had instead backed the Greens at the last
election, we could have avoided Griffin being elected in the first
place. Let's avoid making this mistake again.

We need green activists, trade unionists, anti-fascists, socialists
and anti-cuts campaigners united in our focus to remove racism and
fascism. We need to combat the victimisation of refugees and economic
migrants, and minority religious communities while continuing to
oppose the destruction of our public services under this government.

Peter Cranie, UCU and North West Green Party European elections lead candidate
Alec McFadden, President Merseyside County TUC (in personal capacity)
Clara Paillard, PCS Culture Sector President (in personal capacity)
Mark Hattersley, Secretary, St Helens TUC (in personal capacity)
Liz Epps, Secretary, Merseyside TUC (in personal capacity)
Sue Lloyd, PCS North West Regional Green Officer (in personal capacity)
Peter Billington, Secretary Lancashire County TUC (in personal capacity)
Steve Hall, President, Greater Manchester TUC (in personal capacity)
Don Naylor, Environmental Rep, Stockport UNISON (in personal capacity)
Paul Filby, Secretary, National Construction Safety Campaign (in personal capacity)
Ross Quinn, President, Wirral TUC (in personal capacity)
Angela Grant, Vice President, Wirral TUC (in personal capacity)

Public rally to stop cuts to London Underground.

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Steve Cushion
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On 13/01/14 08:04, Steve Cushion wrote:

Hands Off London Transport - Public Rally

Public rally to stop cuts to London Underground.

it is on Thursday 16 January, 18.00, Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL (nearest Tube Holborn)
Launch of the Hands off London Transport public campaign.
Workers and passengers unite for an affordable, accessible, safe public transport system in London.
Speakers
Bob Crow RMT
Jeremy Corbyn, MP
Manuel Cortes, TSSA
Jenny Jones, GLA member
Ron Douglas, NPC
Ciara Doyle, DPAC
Lianna Etkind, Transport For All.
Come along to be part of the campaign

RELEASE OF DOCUMENTATION ABOUT THE 1984-85 MINERS' STRIKE

RELEASE OF DOCUMENTATION ABOUT THE 1984-85 MINERS' STRIKE

• Session: 2013-14
• Date tabled: 08.01.2014
• Primary sponsor: Lavery, Ian
• Sponsors: 
   
  • Hamilton, David
     
  • Skinner, Dennis
     
  • Campbell, Ronnie
   
  • Anderson, David
     
  • Hood, Jim

That this House is appalled to learn what thousands of people in mining communities have strongly suspected for 30 years in the wake of the release of the Cabinet papers relating to the 1984-85 miners' strike, that senior Cabinet ministers, including the Prime Minister, micromanaged the Government's side of the strike, whilst publicly claiming to be innocent bystanders; notes that, all along, the National Coal Board had the intention to close over 70 collieries whilst publicly claiming the number to be around 20; further notes that senior Cabinet Ministers deliberately misled the country; further notes that when those striking to protect their communities seemed to be on the verge of victory, the Government plotted to bring in the armed forces to avoid defeat; and furthermore demands a full independent inquiry into the then Government's handling of the 1984-85 miners' strike.