Over the last three decades trade unionists have made a tremendous move forward in fighting racism. It is now seen as legitimate activity to support those under threat of deportation. However the trade union movement has not yet seen the necessity of fighting immigration controls as a whole. But controls are deliberately calculated to weaken the labour movement itself. read more about CAIC ...
The Trade Union and Community Campaign Against Immigration Controls & No One Is Illegal
Freedom of Movement - Equal Rights – Jobs and welfare for All - Workers Control Not Immigration Controls – No to Nationalism - Workers of the World Unite!
Not British jobs 4 British workers
Jobs for all - and for the best rates of pay and conditions to apply to all workers, across Europe, across the world
Subject: planning meeting for the conference
Dear everyone,
There is an open planning meeting--all welcome--to talk about how to build the 17th Oct Hands off My Workmate conference and continue the campaign to get our cleaners back, get the private firm sacked and the services brought back in house
please come along and spread the word:
weds 9th Sept 6pm
soas main building
room 116
hope to see you there!
Two of the workers sacked by Amey in September 2008, who had fought for reinstatement and compensation, recently lost their legal battle, which had lasted almost a year.
A judge made clear on August 10th that the verdict was final and cannot be appealed: the plaintiffs had defamed the company by handing out leaflets where the names of Amey and its manager Laura Jordan were in bold capital letters, something deemed aggressive and ‘inexcusable’ in the English language.
Leaflet text for anti-fascist mobilisation against the BNP's RWB festival, Aug 15th
DEMONSTRATION FOR THE DIGNITY OF THE UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS HEROES OF THE RESISTANCE
NO MORE DEPORTATIONS, NO MORE RAIDS TO THE WORKERS
Date: Friday 17 of July
Time: 13h00
Where: The Willis Building, 51 Lime Street, London, EC3M 7DQ. For the ones who don’t know the location, we will be at 12h30 in front of McDonald at Liverpool Street station
Contact:0790432679 or 07837949884
7 Cleaners get detain in an immigration raid with the complicity of MITIE and WILLIS.
http://nobordersbrighton.blogspot.com/2009/07/patras-migrant-camp-raised...
http://www.indymedia.org.nz/article/77451/patrasgreece-police-raid-and-b...
http://bristolnoborders.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/mass-greek-demos-agains...
Something to discuss with No Borders, CAIC and other activists. On the agenda for next CAIC meeting.
Friday 3 July
Meet 10.30am outside Canary Wharf tube exit for picket at 11am at 31 Beaufort Court, Admirals Way, London E14 9XL.
Alberto is a cleaners branch activist in Unite sacked from Schroders Bank by Lancaster cleaning company after a successful campaign against redundancies and for the living wage. He was entrapped by the company and UK Borders Agency - an increasingly common tactic against migrant worker trade unionists.