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The strike at the Yue Yuen shoe factory in Dongguan, China, keeps growing: now 48
People's United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO) general secretary Mlungisi Makhanya in jail for wearing his party's T
Campaigners for Scottish independence received another boost in March as a Unison trade union branch sided "positively with the Yes side".
April 20, 2014 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- Leaflet distributed by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) at the
Tens of thousands of workers across South Africa responded to the call from NUMSA for a general strike on March 19, 2014, against neoliberal governmen
By Liam Mac Uaid
March 11, 2014 -- Socialist Resistance -- We are deeply shocked at the news that Bob Crow has died suddenly early this morning of a heart attack at the age of 52.
We send our heartfelt condolences and solidarity to his family and friends and to the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union and its members. His death is a huge blow to the RMT and to the wider trade union movement and to the cause of militant class-struggle trade unionism. During his 12 years as general secretary, the RMT has grown in both size and stature. He has been prepared to support strike action to defend the wages jobs and conditions of his members, and has done so very successfully.
As a result of this he has been vilified by the employers, government ministers and the likes of London mayor Boris Johnson, but has enjoyed strong support among the rank and file of the union. To say that he will be sorely missed is a gross understatement.
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Wind turbine towers at Bremerhaven port. Photo by Lucy Alcorn.
