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WORKERS WORLDWIDE HEED SOLIDARITY #UnitedAgainstTheDragon
Members of the Garment workers union in Bangladesh owed wages & benefits started an indefinite siege of the factory owner’s house from the 30th of August. A hunger march had been held. The Garment workers are linked to the International Confederation of labour which links revolutionary unions like the CNT in Spain, USI in Italy, FORA…
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Tripalium or Tartan House: Glasgow Migrant Workers Network fights back
Beginnings are always the hardest. Like the blank sheet for the writer, the beginning is a challenge, it is uncertainty – and tackling it always requires a dose of reflection and bravery. Taking the first step is essential and encouraging. Migrant workers did at Tartan House. Workers from the tourist shop chain with more than…
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May Day: Building on Our Radical Past
Our May Day History May Day has been a festive holiday for centuries. As a workers’ holiday, May Day arises from events that took place in Chicago in 1886 when a bomb exploded as police charged a rally. Four of the organizers were unjustly executed although they were not responsible for the bomb. In July…
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International Women’s Day – Friday 8th March, 12 pm in Glasgow
In honour of International Women’s Day – Friday, 8 March – a Rally and Walk of Pride will be assembling at 12 Noon in the Glasgow City Centre at the Dewar’s statue in Buchanan Street. All are welcome to come together for singing, an open mic, a display of banners and placards, and leaflets on…
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Dear SNP: The Past Misdemeanours of Labour and Union Leaders are not the Concern of Women on Strike Today
This was written by a Dundee Wobbly (in personal capacity) on 24th October – the second day of the Glasgow women’s equal pay strike. There are 8,000 women on strike in Glasgow today demanding equal pay. They are spread across three trade unions, each of whose balloted members provided a support rate of between 90%…