November 30 strike – live updates
November 30, 2011
Almost 500 actions have been listed on our map and they are still coming in. We know this is only the peak of the iceberg. Thousands of workplaces accross the country will shut down today as workers form picket lines ...
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How do precarious workers go on strike?
November 28, 2011
Are you a freelancer who does not feel very free?
Has the carrot you were promised gone off?
Join the Precarious Workers Block at the N30 Strike.
November 30, 2011
1PM, Lincoln Inn’s Field NW corner at Remnant Street
Look f...
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Nov 30: We’re All In It Together
November 26, 2011
Well, it’s been a long time coming... Wednesday 30th November will see the first mass strike in the UK for four decades. 17 unions, including the biggest ones Unite, UCU, Unison, various teaching unions and PCS, have balloted to strike on...
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November 30th: show some solidariTEA!
November 24, 2011
On November 30th over 3 million people will take direct action against the Government’s austerity agenda.
In Britain’s biggest strike in living memory, nurses, teachers, construction workers and fire fighters will all come together o...
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Tent University London: This Saturday // N30 Workshops
November 24, 2011
‘What is Work?’ And ‘What does it mean to strike?’ (2.30 – 5.30, Saturday, 24th Nov.)
On Saturday we are holding two events investigating the idea of strike action today. We are hosting this in the build-up to and in solidarity...
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Unions myth buster leaflets available
November 24, 2011
Red Pepper has produced some full colour leaflets ideal for handing out on picket lines, amongst friends and to the public dispelling the myths the tories and the press are throwing at trade unionists out on strike on the 30th. Read more »
London N30 STRIKE planning and networking meetings
November 24, 2011
WHERE?: 'Bank of Ideas' / 'Occupy London' Social Centre, Sun St., EC2. Liverpool St. tube. (Probably 2nd floor but ask at reception.)
WHEN?: Friday Nov. 25, 7pm
Sunday Nov. 27, from 12pm all afternoon & Tuesday Nov. 29, all day.
No...
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A radical social worker’s appeal to colleagues ahead of #N30
November 22, 2011
This was written by a radical social work student for her fellow students, to make the case for striking on N30. Workers with vulnerable client groups need to strike now more than ever, not only for their own jobs but for their clients' rig...
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What is wrong with crossing a picket line?
November 22, 2011
Since being brought to the attention of people striking on November 30, the no-strike union Voice has come in for some stick on Facebook and Twitter. They take exception to this, and argue in a blog that their views and their right to not s...
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Strike on 30th November!
November 22, 2011
Our public sector workers strike on 30th November is growing, and some say will involve more workers than any action since the 1926 General Strike. Schools and health services, as well as central and local government, will see workers defyi...
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