The next of The Commune’s ‘uncaptive minds‘ forums on “capitalism and the working class today” is on the subject of “what unions do we have, and what do we need?” The meeting, taking place at the Lucas Arms near London’s King’s Cross from 7pm on Monday 30th, will be looking at the decomposition of the … Continue reading 30th march london forum: what unions do we have, and what do we need?
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On Thursday 5th was the latest in a series of protests in support of cleaners unfairly dismissed by Mitie. The sackings came when the workers objected to being forced to work their full-time shifts at night. Despite management threats and the weak stance taken by the Unite union, the demo, outside the City of London … Continue reading demo for reinstatement of mitie cleaners
On Thursday 26th was held the second of this week’s demonstrations in the City of London in support of the cleaners working for Willis victimised by Mitie, and twenty people – including cleaner activists and their supporters – turned out and mounted a strong display of solidarity in spite of the Unite union’s failure to … Continue reading video of mitie cleaners’ protest
There is an ‘unofficial’ (so far) cleaners’ demo, tomorrow Thursday 12th February at 13:00 pm outside Willis’s building at 51 Lime Street, London EC3M This is a result of negotiations breaking down over the reinstatement of six Unite union activists who were made redundant on the spurious grounds that they could not alter their shift … Continue reading demo in support of victimised cleaners
URGENT: DEFEND LATIN AMERICAN WORKERS’ RIGHTS The MERU [Ecuadorians’ movement in the UK] solidarises with our comrades unjustly sacked by Mitie, who include Bolivian, Ecuadorian and Portuguese workers. This dispute started a few months ago when Mitie, without consulting the workers as it ought to have done, established new contracts with Willis Group forcing workers … Continue reading defend cleaners’ rights: protests 30th january
The Take: Argentina’s worker-managed factories Click here for the rest of the film Visteon occupation at Enfield WORLDbytes published this ten-minute film explaining the dispute at the Visteon car parts plants and featuring interviews with workers and their supporters at the Enfield branch on the final day of the factory occupation at that site. Women … Continue reading VIDEOS
