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Black and White, Migrant and Local, Religious Or Not: Workers Unite! 2 NEWS For a Solidarity workers’ government For social ownership of the banks and industry No 342 5 November 2014 30p/80p www.workersliberty.org Down with UKIP! Up with solidarity! Black and white, migrant and local, religious or not: workers unite! 2 NEWS What is the Alliance for Workers’ Liberty? NHS staff to strike again Today one class, the working class, lives by selling its labour power to another, the capitalist class, which owns the means of production. By Todd Hamer defending our already much Society is shaped by the capitalists’ relentless drive to increase their degraded terms and condi - wealth. Capitalism causes poverty, unemployment, the Health unions have an - tions, then we will have blighting of lives by overwork, imperialism, the nounced a further four helped speed on the end of destruction of the environment and much else. hour strike on 24 Novem - the NHS as a free state-of- Against the accumulated wealth and power of the ber in their ongoing pay the-art health service. capitalists, the working class has one weapon: dispute. solidarity. But the current strategy of The Alliance for Workers’ Liberty aims to build Since 2010 the NHS has the unions is risible. So far solidarity through struggle so that the working class can overthrow been starved of £20 billion. the campaign has involved a capitalism. We want socialist revolution: collective ownership of By 2020 the gap between four hour strike, four days industry and services, workers’ control and a democracy much fuller funding and necessary ex - of not doing unpaid over - than the present system, with elected representatives recallable at any penditure will be around time (so-called “action short time and an end to bureaucrats’ and managers’ privileges. £50 billion. Last month the of a strike”) and a pause of We fight for the labour movement to break with “social partnership” six weeks. Now another new Chief Executive of the NHS staff on strike on 13 October and assert working-class interests militantly against the bosses. NHS Simon Stevens made a four hour strike and more Our priority is to work in the workplaces and trade unions, spurious claim that with an appeals to stop doing un - start to push for an esca - supporting workers’ struggles, producing workplace bulletins, helping paid work for a few days. year. But it is not as impor - lation. A serious strategy organise rank-and-file groups. extra £8 billion investment he could redesign the serv - The unelected bureaucrats tant as the mass withdrawal to win could encourage We are also active among students and in many campaigns and who run the unions believe of labour or more effective alliances. ice and make £22 billion many more health work - savings by 2020. the pay claim can be won at concentrating the minds ers to strike and become through winning public of the bosses. We stand for: If we do not win a decent The rank-and-file must part of the movement to pay settlement and build a support. That’s important, save the NHS. ● Independent working-class representation in politics. especially in an election ● A workers’ government, based on and accountable to the labour union movement capable of movement. ● A workers’ charter of trade union rights — to organise, to strike, to picket effectively, and to take solidarity action. ● Taxation of the rich to fund decent public services, homes, education Outsourced hospital staff fight back and jobs for all. ● A workers’ movement that fights all forms of oppression. Full Outsourced workers — overtime and other rights There are 380-plus stuff and speak to their members equality for women and social provision to free women from the burden cleaners, caterers, switch - that we would if we were employed by ISS at QE, about doing a similar cam - of housework. Free abortion on request. Full equality for lesbian, gay, board workers, seam - directly employed. when we began we had less paign. Unfortunately Uni - bisexual and transgender people. Black and white workers’ unity stresses, porters and others We worked with the GMB than 40. We’re now up to son have just ignored us. against racism. — employed by ISS at to organise a recruitment over 240. I think all jobs should be ● Open borders. Queen Elizabeth Hospital campaign such as an open Our strike definitely had taken back in house. We’ve ● Global solidarity against global capital — workers everywhere have in Woolwich, South Lon - day for ISS staff to come and an impact. They brought in got three contractors at QE. more in common with each other than with their capitalist or Stalinist don, have struck for the talk to us. We put out flyers people from all over the Outsourcing and PFI is how rulers. same pay and conditions as about the issues and ISS country, but they weren’t these companies make ● Democracy at every level of society, from the smallest workplace or directly employed workers. management called us in. trained to do our jobs. We money – it’s private profit community to global social organisation. One of the reps spoke to They told us that if we want had a big presence outside rather than going to the ● Working-class solidarity in international politics: equal rights for all Solidarity . this, we needed a “tripartite the hospital, with several NHS. Of course if we had nations, against imperialists and predators big and small. We plan two more strikes meeting” with us and the pickets, and now members NHS wages and conditions ● Maximum left unity in action, and openness in debate. days in November, after NHS Trust. They wished us are asking when our next it wouldn’t be so attractive ● If you agree with us, please take some copies of Solidarity to sell — good luck! We chased the strike day will be. For most for them. and join us! our strike on 8 October, dates to be confirmed Trust but they stopped re - people this is a new thing. Messages of support are soon. More support and sponding; after a while it We’ve set up a strike com - good and donations are Contact us: solidarity would be very was clear we were being mittee with open meetings much appreciated. Our welcome. palmed off. every other week. We usu - members are not paid at a ● 020 7394 8923 ● [email protected] Once we called a strike for ally get 20 to 30 members lot and some people don’t The editor (Cathy Nugent), 20e Tower Workshops, Riley In March the full-time 8 October, we were asked to along. It’s a democratic set work many hours, so strik - Road, London, SE1 3DG. GMB officer who works cancel and meet them. Our up. ingA lis on,o pt eeoaspyle f isnhaoncuiladl lfye. el ● Printed by Trinity Mirror with us asked us if there strike committee said we’d Unite at Lewisham Hospi - free to come down to our was any campaign we cancel depending on what tal [which is part of the picket lines. wanted to start at the hospi - offer they put on the table. same NHS trust as QEH] tal. We gave them until 10pm have been supportive. Their Get Solidarity every week! We raised the issue that on Tuesday 7th, but there branch secretary came down • Messages of solidarity: outsourced workers we was no offer so we went for our picket lines and [email protected]. ● Trial sub, 6 issues £5 o don’t receive the full pay, ahead. we’ve got plans to go over uk ● 22 issues (six months). £18 waged o £9 unwaged o ● 44 issues (year). £35 waged o Solidarity with Iranian women facing attack! £17 unwaged o By Gemma Short ● European rate: 28 euros (22 issues) tias to harass women. protest happened in Tehran. with “propaganda against o Regime officials claim the The regime is unwilling to the state”, a catch-all crime or 50 euros (44 issues) o Women in the central Iran - attacks are unconnected. prosecute militias that act in used by the regime against Tick as appropriate above and send your money to: ian city of Isfahan have However the attackers all a vigilante manner. They are dissidents. been attacked with acid 20e Tower Workshops, Riley Road, London, SE1 3DG used a motorcycle and useful to the regime. These She is being held in the because of the way they many litres of acid, suggest - militias act within the notorious Evin prison and Cheques (£) to “AWL”. were dressed. ing a connection. Paradoxi - framework and environ - has been on hunger strike Or make £ and euro payments at workersliberty.org/sub. The official press reports cally regime officials also ment created by the over her solitary confine - four women were attacked, claim that “foreign and regime’s attitude to women, ment. Name . but some put the number as Zionist intelligence agen - and alongside official state On 24 October the regime high as 15. cies” were helping the at - harassment of women by hanged Reyhaneh Jabbari, Address . This attack comes as Iran - tackers! the “morality police”. who was found guilty of the ian government is dis - Thousands protested out - On 1 November murder of a man who tried . cussing measures to address side Isfahan’s Justice De - Ghoncheh Ghavami, a to Srauppep hoertr . women, secu - partment on 22 October British-Iranian woman, was I enclose £ . “bad hijab”. Proposals larists, workers and so - would give confidence to condemning the attacks and sentenced to a year in prison cialists fighting the Iranian the “morality police” and calling for safety for women for watching a men’s volley - regime! encourage semi-official mili - on the street.
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