Solidarity 049, 8 April 2004

Oxford postal workers strike against bullies and victimisation

By Mark Sandell Extreme bullying and intimidation have led to postal workers at Oxford's mail centre walking out. A group of part-time staff has been using threats and intimidation while clocking up massive overtime with the active support of one manager. Senior management did nothing about the situation, despite the union raising it several times in the last six months. Communication Workers' Union representative Bob Cullen said: "One woman, a single mother, was threatened and when she reported it to her manager, he asked her what she expected as she was a good-looking girl. She has now...

The miners' strike 1984-5

We continue our look at the miners' strike with a look at the events of 11-20 April 1984. The events 11 April 1984: Pit Deputies vote to join the strike 12 April NUM Executive faces down right-wing calls for a national ballot and right wing Notts area president Ray Chadburn emerges from the meeting to tell his members: "get off your knees and support the strike." 14 April: 7,000 miners and their supporters marched in Nottingham to demand "Police out of the coalfields". 16 April: Notts rank and file strike committee formed. 16 April: Notts railworkers begin to stop coal trains. 19 April: NUM...

The writing on the wall

Filthy lucre No (frills) workers' rights RESPECT your cleaner Defending secularism? Filthy lucre The tabloid obsession with celebrity/family values/soccer took a turn for the worse recently when the News of the World claimed David Beckham had been having an affair with a former PA. The story behind the soccer (genius?) is sordid, but not in a way the tabloids would care about. Brand Beckham now has a logo - four wavy lines and a circle. It's all worth a quite a few million, as the logo adorns goods made by Adidas, whose boots grace Beckham's expensive feet. Adidas is not a business that cares...

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