Category Archives: Edinburgh

Edinburgh IWW statement on Scotrail/RMT railworkers strikes.

Posted on 28/06/2016 by

The Edinburgh Branch of the IWW extends our solidarity to Scotrail workers and RMT members across Britain over the issue of Driver Only Operated (DOO) trains . We support this strike on the principle of an Injury to One is an … Continue reading →

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IWW supports UCU HE action on pay, anti-casualisation and gender pay gap

Posted on 25/05/2016 by

Are we in the 21st century or the 18th?  We do not need to tell you the importance of education for both individual development and flourishing communities.  But over half of academics are on insecure contracts, nearly half of UK … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh IWW presentation.

Posted on 22/03/2016 by

By Edinburgh Branch Communications Officer. On 21/3/16 at Quaker Meeting House for the event Fighting to live and winning, an event co-organised with Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty (ECAP) and with Lynne Friedli  from Boycott Workfare presenting . Edited to remove intro to IWW. … Continue reading →

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EDINBURGH IWW GMB- Recent activities.

Posted on 04/04/2015 by

Recent times have proven extremely busy for the Edinburgh GMB  of the IWW. Wobblies from the Edinburgh Branch have attended a number of high profile events of late. On the 16th of February in Edinburgh, there was a protest against … Continue reading →

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National call out in solidarity with Tony Cox.

Posted on 16/02/2015 by

Feb 25th 2015. A day of Solidarity with arrested Scottish Unemployed Workers Network activist, Tony Cox. Scottish Unemployed Workers Network activist Tony Cox was arrested on 29th January after Arbroath Jobcentre management called police to stop him representing a vulnerable jobseeker. … Continue reading →

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IWW/ECAP Boycott Workfare.

Posted on 29/01/2015 by

The Edinburgh Branch of IWW joins in solidarity with Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty(ECAP) ‘s ongoing campaign against workfare. Workfare is an attack on not only the unemployed and disabled but also on workers too. Since our principle is “An Injury … Continue reading →

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Event: The Miners’ Strike and the British state – Glasgow 24th September & Edinburgh 25th September

Posted on 03/09/2014 by
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