
The Socialist 21 July 2009
Defend every job
Corus... Vestas... Defend every job!
Vestas: Support the occupation
Action to save steel jobs at Corus
Defend the Four: Protest at the Unison witch-hunt
Unison witch-hunt verdict causes outrage amongst trade unionists
Youth fight for jobs fortnight of action
National strike action to halt attacks on workers and our postal services
Tube workers' action wins concessions
South Yorkshire First Buses strike over pay
Every little helps Tesco's as they attack workers
Teachers strike against job cuts
Union action to fight the attacks on our pensions
BNP get police to arrest socialists
Lincoln fights back against racist BNP
Stop the BNP's 'festival' of hate
Build the Tamil Solidarity campaign
Devon residents against incinerators: Alternative waste schemes needed
Another stepping stone towards health privatisation
20th anniversary of Soviet miners' strike
40th anniversary of the moon landing What steps has humanity taken?
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London Met Uni strike
Support and admin staff, technicians and lecturers organised a solid strike at London Met University on 14 July against massive cuts. Dozens of people from all departments are threatened with losing their jobs by the end of this month.
Naomi Byron
A library worker said: "Everyone in the library is on strike except top management.
"The cuts are a disaster for students - many of their courses will no longer be available, even ones they've already signed up for. There is talk of reducing the number of libraries to two, but this will lead to job cuts and a much poorer service for students.
"Most of the buildings students study in have a library, but if this happens they will have to go to Holloway Road or Calcutta House."
London Met is scattered over a large number of sites on two different campuses - students could face a long journey from where they normally study just to get to a library if the local ones are shut down.
London Met is not run by putting education first, but as a business, with the same disregard for both staff and "customer service", ie the education students receive.
A striking worker told me: "A lot of the media staff have worked here for more than 30 years, they've given a lot of their lives to the university, they have families and financial commitments, and they are just being cast on the scrapheap.
"There's no need for cuts - what are the contingency funds for? Why doesn't the government step in to help education in the way they stepped in to help banks?
"This university specialises in providing education for people who were not from traditional backgrounds who attend university - older people, students with families and in more difficult circumstances. Rather than punish them the rules should be relaxed."
In this issue
Corus... Vestas... Defend every job!
No Job Cuts
Vestas: Support the occupation
Action to save steel jobs at Corus
Unison witchhunt
Defend the Four: Protest at the Unison witch-hunt
Unison witch-hunt verdict causes outrage amongst trade unionists
Youth fight for jobs
Youth fight for jobs fortnight of action
Workplace news
National strike action to halt attacks on workers and our postal services
Tube workers' action wins concessions
South Yorkshire First Buses strike over pay
Every little helps Tesco's as they attack workers
Teachers strike against job cuts
Pensions
Union action to fight the attacks on our pensions
Anti-racism
BNP get police to arrest socialists
Lincoln fights back against racist BNP
Stop the BNP's 'festival' of hate
Socialist Party campaigns
Build the Tamil Solidarity campaign
Devon residents against incinerators: Alternative waste schemes needed
Another stepping stone towards health privatisation
Marxist analysis: history
20th anniversary of Soviet miners' strike
Comment
40th anniversary of the moon landing What steps has humanity taken?
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