class struggle
South East Shop Stewards launch meeting
Submitted by Unregistered Guest on Mon, 16/03/2009 - 10:12am.Nearly 40 trade unionists attended this launch meeting in Brighton to hear from Bill Mullins, NSSN co-organiser, speak about the Lindsey construction worker strikes and to discuss how to build a network in the area.
Reps were present from various branches of NUT, UCU, Unison, RMT, GMB and both halves of Unite. Much of the discussion focused on the lack of political representation for the unions and how they could be broken from Labour.
Class Struggle Forum: The growth of the far right
Submitted by Solfed on Thu, 01/10/2009 - 8:57pm.When - Wed 14. Oct 6:30pm - 8:00pm. Where - Cowley Club . Organised by - Class Struggle Forum.
Description - 2009 has seen the election of 2 BNP MEPs, and English Defence League marches returning racial politics to the streets of Britain. Meanwhile, the government continues to detain immigrants without trial and attacks on working class organisation run rampant, while “multicultural” policies legally a ... read more.
Class Struggle Forum: How do we resist the crisis?
Submitted by Solfed on Thu, 01/10/2009 - 8:53pm.When - Tue 6. Oct 5:00pm - 6:15pm. Where - Sussex university Russell Building RB09. Organised by - Class Struggle Forum.
Description - The crisis was not caused by us, and yet we are forced to “share the pain”. Last week, the CBI asked for tuition fees to be raised to £5,000 yearly, yet many student are looking at long-term unemployment when we finish. Those who have jobs, are asked to work longer for less money, and accept cu ... read more.
Charity workers fight pay cuts and dismissals
Submitted by no-1 on Fri, 21/08/2009 - 5:40pm.Brighton activists support the Vestas workers
Submitted by Solfed on Tue, 04/08/2009 - 11:26am.
Supporters of the Vestas workers in Brighton have handed out some 1000 leaflets and raised over £100 in the past few days. On Thursday, one of us took the money to the Isle of Wight, where it was used to buy vital supplies based on a wishlist provided by the occupiers, and included food, drink, and crucially a kettle with tea and coffee .
Vestas support group meeting
Submitted by Joseph K. on Fri, 31/07/2009 - 11:58am.
Meeting to co-ordinate support for the Vestas workers occupying their factory in the Isle of White
When -
Sun 2. Aug 2:00pm - 4:00pm.
Where -
Cowley Club In the back room.
Organised by -
Various.Description - 600 workers at the Vestas wind turbine factory in Newport on the Isle of Wight were laid off on Monday July 20th. In response, a group of workers occupied the plant while others maintained a picket outside, joined by climate campers. This meeting is to organise practical support for the occupiers an ... read more.
War and the Class Struggle
Submitted by Solfed on Thu, 30/07/2009 - 9:13am.When - Tue 18. Aug at 7:00pm. Where - The Prince Albert Trafalgar Street. Organised by - Class Struggle Forum.
Description - The 2003 anti-war movement shaped the political environment of the past years and brought a new generation to activism. Yet it also failed to achieve its stated aim - stopping the attack on Iraq. SmashEDO came out of Brighton's anti-war movement and tried to overcome the limitations of the anti-war ... read more.
The Visteon dispute – a post mortem
Submitted by pir on Sat, 18/07/2009 - 8:21am.When - Wed 22. Jul at 7:00pm. Where - Cowley Club . Organised by - Brighton Class Struggle Forum.
Description - At the end of March 2009, car parts manufacturer Visteon declared themselves bankrupt, and announced the immediate closure of factories in Basildon, Enfield and Belfast without redundancy pay. The workers in these plants responded by occupying the factories, and stayed there until they received a va ... read more.
Mayday demo
Submitted by Solfed on Fri, 01/05/2009 - 10:12am.Leaflet (pdf) we produced for the Mayday! Mayday! demo.
Picketing Subway
Submitted by Solfed on Fri, 27/03/2009 - 4:29pm.On Saturday 4. April, we'll be taking part in the day of action against Subway across the UK and Ireland against their firing of pregnant worker Natalia Szymanska.
Natalia was fired by Subway on manufactured charges a month after informing her manager she was pregnant. In support of the campaign to reinstate her, and to give a message that we will not accept workers being treated this way, Subway branches across the UK and Ireland are being targetted.
Let Subway know they will not be allowed to go about their normal business, until they put this right!
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