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Strong support for PCS on Budget Day

There was strong support for the PCS strike on Budget Day, most importantly from PCS members themselves, but great solidarity from other unions, LRC candidates and MPs, and LRC members. [continue...]

INTERVIEW: Gary Heather

LRC National Committee member and Labour PPC for Tunbridge Wells Gary Heather responds to our questions: [continue...]

Solidarity with PCS: Support strike on Budget Day!

Over 250,000 members of the PCS union will be taking further strike action on Budget Day 2010, Wednesday 24th March. This follows two days of action on 8th and 9th March to defend the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (CSCS).  [continue...]

INTERVIEW: Michael Meacher

Michael Meacher, Labour MP for Oldham West & Royton, answers our questions. Along with other LRC supported candidates, Michael also refused to cross PCS picket lines into Parliament on Budget Day. [continue...]

Solidarity with BA workers

Unite members working at BA have started a three-day strike against the employer, after BA failed to table acceptable proposals on the issues of job cuts and crews’ fears that management is driving down standards at the airline.  [continue...]

Reinstate Alberto Durango – Protest 19 Mar

The LRC is supporting the campaign to reinstate sacked cleaners’ rep Alberto Durango at UBS. The 19th March saw an international day of action against Swiss bank UBS, who via its contractor Lancaster has imposed an effective 10.75% pay cut on its cleaners in the City of London, while sacking shop steward Alberto Durango.  [continue...]

INTERVIEW: Katy Clark

Katy Clark tell us her priorities locally and nationally ahead of the 2010 General Election: What three policies would you like to see in the 2010 Labour manifesto?  [continue...]

INTERVIEW: Sarah Evans

An email interview with Sarah Evans, Labour PPC for North West Hampshire. [continue...]

INTERVIEW: David Drew

A quick email interview with David Drew, current MP for Stroud. [continue...]

Women hunger strikers under threat of deportation

Over 22 women are still on hunger strike in Yarl’s Wood Removal Centre. Five are on suicide watch and one has been taken to health care after self-harming. At least eight women have been threatened with removal since the start of the hunger strike on 5 February. Four women were transferred to prison. Three women have managed to stop their removals and others are in the process of doing so with the help of supporters and lawyers. At least five women have been released. Some have been referred to lawyers because they suffered violence and racist abuse from guards or because their detention is illegal. [continue...]

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