Trade Unions were never going to see much for them in this budget. Millionaire George Osborne’s claim that “we’re all in this together” never had much credibility with the workers. Even the promise he made in the June 2010 budget statement of a pay rise of £250 for the lowest paid public sector workers, he broke […]
Posts Tagged ‘TUC’
The Cuts Game
Mar 23rd, 2011 by Jon Lansman.This is our favourite from the TUC’s 60-second ad contest, with a theme of public spending cuts. See other winning entries at False Economy, and on the big screen in Hyde Park at the March for the Alternative.
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Ed Miliband will protest on March 26 – and it matters
Feb 10th, 2011 by Owen Jones.So, it’s official. Ed Miliband will be speaking at the TUC’s ‘March For The Alternative‘ demonstration on 26th March. Well, that’s what Peter Hain told me on Twitter today, and I’m willing to take his word for it. Cue right-wing hysteria about ‘Red Ed’. In other countries, no-one would blink if the left-of-centre opposition leader joined […]
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Beyond clicktivism, a call to arms!
Feb 9th, 2011 by Jon Lansman.OK sisters and brothers. Listen up all you old Labour hacks. There’s a new generation out there with an experience you don’t share. This is the future and it might just work. This isn’t here for ideological critique. Just read it and send the link to your (grand)children.
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‘Cuts are not the cure’ says TUC in run-up to huge demo
Feb 2nd, 2011 by Jon Lansman.The TUC is distributing thousands of pamphlets with the message that Cuts are not the cure in the run-up to the March for the Alternative – the London demonstration on Saturday 26 March – which is set to be the biggest TUC event for decades. Already hundreds of coaches have been booked and trains chartered from […]
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The anti-cuts movement needs direction
Feb 1st, 2011 by Owen Jones.It is easy to take for granted that we have a movement against this Government at all. We’re only 9 months into Cameron’s Britain, and already thousands of people are willing to march again and again in freezing temperatures. On Saturday’s anti-cuts demo in London, I felt the same pride I have felt at each […]
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We will support our members who wish to take action against the cuts
Nov 24th, 2010 by Len McCluskey.As you know, I have today been confirmed as general secretary designate of Unite, following the election result announced at the weekend. Let me say first of all that I am honoured and humbled by the confidence shown in me by Unite members. I have a mandate to lead and, indeed, unite our union, the largest […]
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Parliament at its most ridiculous and shameful: McDonnell bill falls
Oct 22nd, 2010 by Jon Lansman.The Lawful Industrial Action (Minor Errors) bill introduced by John McDonnell, backed by the TUC, has fallen, not because it was carefully considered and rejected, but because of the filibustering by a tiny number of Tory MPs. If we needed an indication of how much more reform of parliament is needed, this was it. For […]
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Strikes are inevitable
Sep 15th, 2010 by Michael Meacher.The Tories are once again calling on their right-wing allies in the media, Murdoch and his ilk, to turn the agenda upside down. First they drew the poison from the greed and recklessness of the bankers and injected it into the necessity for the biggest public expenditure cuts since the Geddes axe of the […]
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TUC: Harnessing Public Anger on the Cuts
Sep 14th, 2010 by Jon Lansman.For anyone who has followed the labour movement over the years, today’s demonstration of unity at the TUC in Manchester has been remarkable. Almost without exception, from left to right, public sector and private sector, manual workers’ unions to professional associations, the quietly spoken to the high octane tub thumpers, the message has been the […]
