CGT roots out racism

Radio France International reports that the CGT, France’s largest trade union, is threatening to close a local branch whose secretary, ex-trotskyist Fabien Engelmann, is to represent the far-right Front National (FN) in up coming elections. The CGT has a strong tradition of opposing racism and xenophobia in France:
http://www.english.rfi.fr/france/20110222-trade-union-red-faced-official-joins-national-front

Today rallies planned across US in support of public sector union rights

Today will see demonstrations across the US in support of the union rights of public sector workers in Wisconsin, Ohio. Midday rallies will be held outside 50 statehouses and in all major cities. http://www.seiu.org/2011/02/photos-wisconsin-rallies-to-protect-workers-rights.php

Accountability is best assurance of political integrity - Gregor Gall

Gregor Gall, writing in the Morning Star, draws lessons from the fate of those Labour MPs disgraced in the Parliamentary expenses scandal: ‘Their Achilles' heel in regard of their expenses seemed to be that they started to operate as independent MPs who just happened to be elected on a Labour ticket, and once they got to Parliament they could go off down their own merry little road’:http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/101521

Aiberdeen Street by Alastair Mackie

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Ye were hyne awa fae Nuremberg o the flags,
the death-crap o the purges; Il Duce's
black-sarked legions heistin eagles…

Ford Workers Call for National Strike Over CPI Switch

Ford workers are threatening a national strike over plans to uprate future payments for Ford Pension Fund members by the Consumer Prices Index. http://www.professionalpensions.com/professional-pensions/news/2028925/ford-workers-national-strike-cpi-switch

Determined Compass strikers at Bucks out for third time

UNISON members employed by Compass Medirest are taking part in their third stage of strike actionhttp://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/localnews/amersham/8873822.Hospital_workers_strike_again_today/

Croydon LGPS leads opposition to Barclays Bankers Pay - You can do the same!

London Borough of Croydon's pension fund is lobbying other local authorities to vote against directors pay at this year's Barclays AGM http://www.engagedinvestor.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=463021

3000 UNISON members strike in Nottinghamshire

Yesterday UNISON members employed by Nottinghamshire County Council took strike action against their Tory led employer which is ruthlessly cutting jobs and services: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/101518

Brain hurts: £900m bankers’ bonus ‘fair’ while £5k cut for police staff ‘good deal'

Justifying £900m in bonuses, the RBS’s Stephen Hester told the BBC yesterday that, “Along with my staff, I want to be treated fairly”. Well, Stephen, so do thousands of police staff in Scotland who are facing up to a £5,000 a year cut in wages which is described by the employers as a ‘good deal’.

Obscene attack on pensioners by right wing IEA

It is a sign of the times when a right wing think tank (the self styled Institute of Economic Affairs) believes it is credible to launch a full scale attack on the rights of Britain’s 11 million pensioners.
http://www.iea.org.uk/publications/research/sharing-the-burden-how-the-older-generation-should-suffer-its-share-of-the-cut