Attacking trade unions and trade unionism

[hitmouse]

Two attacks on the RMT, one local at Manchester Piccadilly:

854 people signed and won this petition

Reinstate Peter Clifford RMT activist

www.change.org

Peter is now back at his job:

Victory!

I've just been informed by Peter that following a call from his manager at Carlisle Support Services he's been informed TPE will allow him to return to his job this week! Thanks to all for support, solidarity and signing the petition. Thanks to the members for rallying to his cause. Thanks to...

www.change.org

10 Jun 2022 — I've just been informed by Peter that following a call from his manager at Carlisle Support Services he's been informed TPE will allow him to return to his job this week!

Thanks to all for support, solidarity and signing the petition. Thanks to the members for rallying to his cause. Thanks to the executive for their support for our resolution. This shows exactly what trade unionism and standing together is all about and can achieve, client removal cannot go unchallenged!

Solidarity!

 

[hitmouse]

On the other hand, the Sunday Sport is as incisive as ever in getting to the real issues with the rail strike:

 

[hitmouse]

Brighton pub strikers are being called in for disciplinaries, there's a tool to email their bosses here:

Tell bosses to stop union busting at St James Tavern

UVW

www.uvwunion.org.uk

 

[Pickman's model]

On the other hand, the Sunday Sport is as incisive as ever in getting to the real issues with the rail strike:
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Where I work there's been reports of a flasher in one of the buildings and contrary to the tenor of this article it's no laughing matter

 

[hitmouse]

The "GMB 3" appeared in court in Hastings this week, plead not guilty, next court date is Brighton Crown Court on 16th November:

Union members standing trial after pleading not guilty to 'blocking' bin lorries in strike

THREE union members have pleaded not guilty to "blocking" bin lorries during a recent strike and will appear for trial later in the year.

uk.news.yahoo.com

‘GMB 3’ deny obstructing highway during strike

GMB3 plead not guilty as charged as “we’re all innocent!”with case adjourned to #Brighton in November. The fight continues ✊ Defend the right to strike. Solidarity with @jannerinsussex @GMBSussexBranch pic.twitter.com/pPolyu2n0e— Nick Chaffey (@SouthernSP) June 29, 2022 Three GMB officers and...

www.brightonandhovenews.org

 

[hitmouse]

Met Police Forced to Apologise for Arresting Trade Union Official | Novara Media

London police handcuffed a union activist on a legal picket in 2020. They have now had to shell out thousands of pounds in compensation and apologise.

novaramedia.com

 

[Pickman's model]

Met Police Forced to Apologise for Arresting Trade Union Official | Novara Media

London police handcuffed a union activist on a legal picket in 2020. They have now had to shell out thousands of pounds in compensation and apologise.

novaramedia.com

susie labinjoh was briefly my lawyer in another action against the police

 

[hitmouse]

Surrey cops arresting GMB bin picketers:

 

[Pickman's model]

Surrey cops arresting GMB bin picketers:

Be some compo down the way

 

[chandlerp]

Even better if it covers the loss of earnings

 

[Pickman's model]

Even better if it covers the loss of earnings

Three years or more down the line

 

[seeformiles]

Where I work there's been reports of a flasher in one of the buildings and contrary to the tenor of this article it's no laughing matter

One of my stranger days while working at a Uni involved chasing a guy who had been hiding in the bushes masturbating at passing female students. Three of us took up the pursuit but for a man clad in nothing but a T-shirt and a pair of trainers he put on a remarkable turn of speed and escaped into a nearby housing estate.

 

[hitmouse]

Not a very good video, but looks like Surrey cops continuing to hassle the GMB bin pickets:

 

[hitmouse]

Crossposting from the strike thread, Polyflor in Radcliffe (near Bury) have locked their workforce out after they voted to strike:

Flooring company suspends shifts after workers vote to strike over pay dispute

Workers at a flooring company in Whitefield are set to go on strike in a dispute over pay.

www.burytimes.co.uk

It doesn't seem to be super well-publicised as yet, and I suppose the likelihood of there being any urbs in the M45 area who are free on Thursday daytime may be fairly slim, but the locked-out workers have apparently called a demo for Thursday morning:

 

[Louis MacNeice]

Crossposting from the strike thread, Polyflor in Radcliffe (near Bury) have locked their workforce out after they voted to strike:

Flooring company suspends shifts after workers vote to strike over pay dispute

Workers at a flooring company in Whitefield are set to go on strike in a dispute over pay.

www.burytimes.co.uk

It doesn't seem to be super well-publicised as yet, and I suppose the likelihood of there being any urbs in the M45 area who are free on Thursday daytime may be fairly slim, but the locked-out workers have apparently called a demo for Thursday morning:

Try getting in touch with CWU in the area. We are on strike that day and pickets should be over by then...the bigger the turnout the better. Fucking lockout...is this the 19th century?

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

 

[hitmouse]

Try getting in touch with CWU in the area. We are on strike that day and pickets should be over by then...the bigger the turnout the better. Fucking lockout...is this the 19th century?

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

Good suggestion, thanks for that.

 

[hitmouse]

Try getting in touch with CWU in the area. We are on strike that day and pickets should be over by then...the bigger the turnout the better. Fucking lockout...is this the 19th century?

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

Sounds like at least some people from CWU made it down:

 

[hitmouse]

GMB 3 case came to court:

GMB Union workers not guilty following Biffa strike disruptions - Hailsham News

THREE GMB officers accused of wilful obstruction were in court this morning following disruptions on the Biffa picket line last year. Riot Police descended on the Biffa’s Amberstone depot in Hailsham in May last year when workers were on strike over pay on conditions in the company. Social media...

hailsham.news

THREE GMB officers accused of wilful obstruction were in court this morning following disruptions on the Biffa picket line last year.

Riot Police descended on the Biffa’s Amberstone depot in Hailsham in May last year when workers were on strike over pay on conditions in the company.

Social media posts showed the moment the action was taken by officers and three union workers were handcuffed. Biffa workers told Hailsham News more than twenty riot Police officers stopped them from blocking the depot gates.

The three appeared at Brighton Magistrates Court this morning (Friday) where they were found not guilty after no evidence was put forward.

Fucking Clown Prosecution Service at their finest there, then. Original arrests were in May, so close to a year people would've had charges hanging over their head for seemingly no reason.

 

[hitmouse]

UVW suing LSE over the case of a cleaner and union activist who was dismissed on ill-health grounds, despite his GP and Occupational Health both saying that he would be able to continue working with some reasonable adjustments:

UVW to sue LSE for disability discrimination and trade union victimisation after sacking strike leader

UVW

www.uvwunion.org.uk

 

[hitmouse]

Suppose this is the thread for minimum service level-related stuff:

Resisting the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act – Workers Can Win! A Guide to Organising at Work.

workers-can-win.info

 

[The39thStep]

Interesting article on 'The Home Desk' an anti communist section of the Home Office who , amongst other actions , tried to reduce the influence of the CPGB in trade unions

‘Home Desk’: The Foreign Office’s covert propaganda campaign inside Britain

A secret unit of the Foreign Office monitored leftist journalists, intellectuals and trade unions deemed “subversive” and sought to discredit them during the Cold War, recently declassified files reveal.

www.declassifieduk.org

 

[PTK]

Interesting article on 'The Home Desk' an anti communist section of the Home Office who , amongst other actions , tried to reduce the influence of the CPGB in trade unions

‘Home Desk’: The Foreign Office’s covert propaganda campaign inside Britain

A secret unit of the Foreign Office monitored leftist journalists, intellectuals and trade unions deemed “subversive” and sought to discredit them during the Cold War, recently declassified files reveal.

www.declassifieduk.org

Interesting.

 

[hitmouse]

PCS launching legal challenge to minimum service levels:

Union given High Court permission to challenge Government's new strike restrictions - IER

www.ier.org.uk

 

[hitmouse]

Lewisham Council looking to sack both Unison branch secretaries:

Lewisham Council should think again over job losses, says UNISON | News | News | UNISON Greater London

Thursday 8 August 2024 For immediate release Lewisham Council should think again over job losses, says UNISON Lewisham Council should reconsider plans

london.unison.org.uk

Please join to protest at Lewisham council - to stop union-busting and speak out against workplace racism. 5-6.30pm, Wed 14 August, Lewisham Town Hall, Catford, SE6 4RU