August 17, 2008
On Tuesday 12th August, there was a walkout of Benefits and Local Taxation staff after two union reps were suspended and the branch secretary put under investigation for allegedly calling people scabs when they crossed picket lines during the recent local government workers’ strike in July. The UNISON branch meeting the following day unanimously passed […]
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: workplace organising
August 14, 2008
Haringey tenants oppose 7 new weekly service charges. A statement from Haringey Defend Council Housing campaign, June 2008: Homes for Haringey are consulting us on SEVEN new weekly service charges for the 16,700 council tenants and the 4,000 leaseholders. Only ten weeks ago we had rent and service charge increases that averaged 9.1%, and […]
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Tags: housing
August 1, 2008
The five-week strike at the Arnaouti pitta bakery in Tottenham, north London in April/May 1997 had to be seen in the context of other disputes in this area, including JJ Fast Foods dispute in 1995/6. These disputes, several short-lived walk-outs and a factory occupation (Tudor Gold) have taken place amongst low-paid immigrant and refugee workers. […]
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Tags: workplace organising
August 1, 2008
Workers at J.J. Fast Foods, a distribution company in Tottenham, North London, worked 60-70 hour weeks for a pittance. Six years before the strike, newly employed workers were paid £180. By the time of the dispute they were being paid £130. There was no overtime pay, no holiday pay, no sick pay. Wages had been […]
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Tags: workplace organising
August 1, 2008
Over the years Haringey Solidarity Group (HSG) has supported a number of workers who have been in dispute, in one way or another, with their bosses. Apart from the rare exception, most of these disputes have ended with the workers generally not getting what they demanded. In most cases, even though the final outcome may […]
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Tags: workplace organising
July 30, 2008
Haringey Solidarity Group meets regularly on the first Tuesday of the month. If you would like to find out more about the group and to get involved, our next meeting is on Tuesday 2nd December, 7.30pm upstairs at the Phoenix Millennium Centre, West Green Road, N15. Entrance on Vincent Road. All Welcome.
Category: future events
July 30, 2008
The government’s hoped for introduction of Identity Cards over the next few years is the latest in a long line of attacks on our freedom. But, this is one attack too far. Along with the cards which the government hopes we will all carry, they also want to introduce a massive database on everyone in […]
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: state control
July 30, 2008
Unison and Unite members came out on a two-day strike on 16/17 July 2008. The strike was in response to a management offer of a 2.45% pay rise – well below any measure of inflation and so, effectively, a pay cut. Haringey Solidarity Group members turned up to support the various pickets around the borough. […]
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Tags: workplace organising
July 30, 2008
Following a protest by a library user in the summer 2008, the Head of Haringey Libraries banned the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God fundamentalist sect from usage of any library premises. ‘Rescue of Dignity’ (a front organisation for UCKG) had been using Wood Green Library on a regular base on Friday afternoons. Their […]
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Tags: religion
July 30, 2008
There are unfortunately many sources of debts in which people are ripped off by interest rates, or persecuted for lack of cash. Many debt collection agencies and bailiffs work in tandem. Indeed, often they are just different branches of the same firm both use threatening letters to try to intimidate people.
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: debt / welfare benefits
