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Your snapshots: North London NHS on strike
Today we saw the first national NHS workers strike for over 32 years from 7 to 11 am. North London health workers were no exception and were out on the (very soggy) picket lines this morning. On that there twitter: Solidarity from @barnet_unison members to all health workers striking today against […]
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Video: Britain needs a pay rise (18th October)
Support the TUC demonstration on the 18th October to end austerity because Britain needs a pay rise.
Author: Jim Jepps \ Film \ LGBT \ Miners' strike \ Pride \ Review \ trade unions
Review: Pride – a brilliant, feel good story
Review of Pride, out today, by Jim Jepps. For people of my generation The Miners’ Strike of 1984 was a defining moment. For good and ill, it shaped our ideas and beliefs about this country for decades to come. Just like the movement against the Iraq war it was not only a set of events that […]
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Support the YCB Care Workers’ Strike – Barnet
Hi Supporters Our care workers begin two days of strike action tomorrow. For Monday & Tuesday this week we are organising two picket lines which start from 7.30 am but they will be there for at least five hours on each day so please pop down to offer support and solidarity. Flower Lane day centre 41 […]
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Video: support the strike backing sacked union rep Bryan Kennedy
Bryan Kennedy, lead Unite representative at One Housing Group (OHG) was sacked from his job on 17th June 2014 having being suspended since February. Unite belives this is a case of victimisation. The suspension took place immediately before a negotiation meeting in which the union would have raised the prolonged six-year pay freeze imposed on […]
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Support Haringey NUT branch secretary Julie Davies
A week after impressive co-ordinated strike action trade unionists are calling for people to sign a petition of support (below) after Haringey Council formally suspended NUT Secretary Julie Davies pending an investigation into co-ordinated letters of complaint from a small number of Haringey headteachers and concerns raised over the use of her Twitter account in her […]
Author: Hope Liebersohn \ Miners' strike \ Review \ Theatre \ trade unions
Review: Wonderland
by Hope Liebersohn Beth Steel was the daughter of a Nottinghamshire miner, and her play about the miners’ strike of 1984-5 at the Hampstead Theatre in Swiss Cottage runs until 26 July only, and is well worth a visit. You’ll get an insight into the cold, determined cabinet minister, Nicholas Ridley and the Coal Board […]
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North London on strike: our #J10 reports
Updated: 10:30 pm As the day goes on we hope to bring you more reports, photos and comments on today’s industrial action where around one million people across the country are thought to be on strike. Send us your pictures and reports from the strike in North London. You can either send it to office@northlondonstar.org.uk or […]
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