Metronet: Unions Name Strike Dates
Following the massive Yes vote in their ballots, RMT and the two smaller unions TSSA and Unite have named strike dates on Metronet. RMT and Unite will strike for two lots of 72 hours - from 18:00 on...
View ArticleRemploy workers to strike 6-7 February
The Remploy factories in Aintree and Birkenhead (CCU) are taking strike action on 6th and 7th February.According to Unite, which together with the GMB organises Remploy workers:The Remploy Consortium...
View ArticleMotion for a special conference of Unite
[Activists in the Amicus bit of Unite may wish to omit the reference to the TGWU Biennial Delegate Conference]We note the statement from the General Executive Committee put to the Biennial Delegate...
View ArticleBirmingham to strike 23-24 April
Birmingham City Council workers will strike again on 23 and 24 April over the council’s plans to use “single status” negotiations to cut pay and jobs.Birmingham City Council workers will strike again...
View ArticleOil refinery strike for pensions
Author: Dale Street1,200 members of Amicus/Unite employed at Grangemouth oil refinery are began 48 hours of strike action at 6.00am on Sunday 27 April.At the time of going to press, 1,200 members of...
View ArticleGrangemouth Pension Dispute Continues
A fortnight after the Grangemouth oil refinery was shut down by strike action, talks continue between refinery owners (INEOS) and UNITE.A fortnight after the Grangemouth oil refinery was shut down by...
View ArticlePublic pay strikes in Scotland
On 20 August 2008), local government workers, members of UNISON, UNITE, and the GMB, struck in Scotland, and so did PCS members.As we go to press (20 August 2008) a 24-hour strike action by local...
View ArticleRuctions in Unite
Author: A Unite memberAccording to insider reports, the "joint general secretaries" of Unite (the union formed by merger of Amicus and TGWU), Tony Woodley (TGWU) and Derek Simpson (Amicus), are...
View ArticleJerry Hicks: where I stand
Author: Jerry Hicks, speaking to David KirkUnite, formed by the merger of the unions Amicus and TGWU, has put the merger on hold and called an Amicus general secretary election rather than, as planned,...
View ArticleRumpole of the Amicus?
Author: Dale StreetJerry Hicks is one of the three Amicus members — apart from the current General Secretary, Derek Simpson —seeking nominations to contest an election to be held next year for the post...
View ArticleAmicus-Unite election
A poor choice in the Amicus general secretary election.Nominations have closed in the election for general secretary of Amicus/joint general secretary of Unite. The choices are not inspiring:•...
View ArticleIn brief: short industrial reports
St Paul's Way school; Chemilines; Tube cleaners; Amicus-Unite election.St Paul's Way school; Chemilines; Tube cleaners; Amicus-Unite election.Trade Unions: GMBRail unionsAmicusEducation...
View ArticleTGWU Broad Left and Amicus Unity Gazette unite
Author: David KirkAt a meeting in Birmingham on 21 February, the TGWU Broad Left and Amicus Unity Gazette merged into a left grouping for the Unite union into which TGWU and Amicus are merging.At a...
View ArticleDispute/Discussion: Nationalist strike - an inconvenient truth
Author: Mark SandellSolidarity’s approach to the recent construction strikes was very poor. While they were a national news issue and a major focus for everyone interested in how the British working...
View ArticleFurther Action at Staythorpe
Engineering construction: Workers demonstrated outside the Staythorpe power station construction site, in Nottinghamshire, again on Wednesday 11 March. But Unite union officials seem to be quietly...
View ArticleDefend Antony Czubkowski
Shop steward and long-standing union activist Antony Czubkowski has been sacked by energy firm E.ON, in reaction to his complaint about being subjected to a verbal attack by his boss.Antony has for the...
View ArticleTony, Why Don't You Back John McDonnell? An open letter to Tony Woodley
To Tony Woodley, Joint General Secretary of TGWU-AMICUSDear Bro Woodley,"Should [Labour] party policy be put into practice by [Labour] government, and if not, why not?", you asked in your article in...
View ArticleRoyal Mint workers vote for strike
Workers at the Royal Mint have voted to strike in a pay dispute.Workers at the coin manufacturer in Llantrisant, South Wales, backed action in protest at an offer they said was worth only 1%, after a...
View ArticleAmicus ballot at Rolls Royce over pensions
Balloting for industrial action has begun at Rolls-Royce over a pensions dispute. Workers are voting on whether to strike against plans to cut their pensions.The firm says the cuts will total £80...
View ArticleVoluntary sector: Action on child poverty - and attacks on workers
Workers at the charity Child Poverty Action Group struck for the day on 17 September, in a strike for equality.Management is bringing in new workers on terms worse than those current employees receive,...
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