On Monday8 March and Tuesday 9 March, 270,000 civil servants will go on strike. The government wants to slash the compensation scheme for anyone made redundant in order to make it easier to push through cuts and privatise civil service jobs.
Please support their picket lines and their rally. The Manchester Solidarity rally is at 12 noon on Monday 8th March, Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, behind Central Library, M2 5NS. Speakers include Sue Bond, PCS Vice-President and Kevin Brown, FBU Regional Secretary.
Picket lines will be at Job Centres and in central Manchester, they will include HMRC Trinity Bridge House, HMRC, Albert Bridge House, Govt Office of the North West (GONW), City Tower, Piccadilly, Dept of Transport, City Tower, Piccadilly, OFSTED, Royal Exchange building, St Anne's Square, Equality & Human Rights Commission (EHRC), Arndale Tower, Valuation Office, Portland St, Ministry of Justice, Spinningfield /Crown Square, Ministry of Justice, Minshull St, Employment Tribunal, Parsonage Garden, ACAS, Albert Square, Insolvency Service, Chorlton St.
PCS Assistant President Sue Bond Speaking at Right to Work Conference
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Never mind the basic democratic right to withdraw your own labour, underpinned by a 92% yes vote on an 80% turnout. The anti-union laws first introduced by Margaret Thatcher and hailed by Tony Blair as "the most restrictive in the western world" mean that balloting technicalities and loopholes can routinely be exploited by employers to declare strikes unlawful.
The racist EDL have re-arranged their Bolton protest for Saturday 20th March. It is vital that all anti-fascist groups build now to get as many people there as possible on 20th March. If you are coming from the North West, please aim to be in the centre of Bolton for 9am. If you are coming from beyond the North West, please plan to join us by 11am. Further info to follow.
No to the English Defence League in Bolton! No to racism! No to fascism!
The English Defence League (EDL) — a group of racist thugs and football hooligans with links to the Nazi BNP — intend to marching on Bolton on 20th March to whip up race hatred against Asians. These thugs spread fear and terror when they rampaged through Luton and Stoke recently. They smashed cars, attacked shops and assaulted Asians. When some locals tried to stop them they were called ‘race traitors’ and attacked.