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Written by Eoin Gilligan
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Friday, 05 February 2010 23:07 |
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After weeks of negotiations and stalemate it was all smiles and corny jokes today. The Sinn Fein/DUP coalition has survived to limp on like Tweedledum and Tweedledee strapped together in a three legged race. But the underlying contradictions in the north mean that we can anticipate other crises before too much time elapses. Gordon Brown hailed the agreement to devolve policing and justice powers to Stormont on April 12th as having heralded “a new spirit of mutual cooperation and respect.” Yet still we are left in a sectarian blind alley with no answer to the crisis facing working class people in the north.
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Written by UNISON IMT Supporters
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 19:41 |
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The post of UNISON General Secretary is one of the most important jobs in the whole of the Labour and trade union Movement in Britain and the north of Ireland . UNISON is a decisive force in the public sector and is potentially extremely powerful. UNISON is also one of the biggest unions affiliated to the British Labour Party and the leadership of the union is intimately tied up with the British government. As such this election is as important as the UNITE General Secretary Election, and in the Public Sector perhaps more so. Unlike the UNITE union however, UNISON only organises in the north of Ireland and has a Northern Ireland Region.
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Written by Paul Holmes
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 19:56 |
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We reprint here, Paul Holmes request for nomination in the UNISON General Secretary Election. As explained in our other material we consider that Paul is the only candidate who has a chance of beating Dave Prentis the current General Secretary.
For a General Secretary on a worker's wage, in touch with the branches and their members!
Nominate Paul Holmes!
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Written by Paul Holmes on his Blogspot
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Friday, 05 February 2010 20:24 |
This article was written for a British audience, but the sentiments and ideas are crystal clear. We are pleased to reprint Paul Holmes article for the attention of UNISON members in the Northern Ireland Region who will be voting in the election and for that matter for all workers in Ireland.
Why Stand for Election?
Shades of 1979. An unpopular Labour Government, a Tory Party waiting in the wings and an economic mess. What awaits us?
The Labour Party don't think they can win the election, the Tory Party are scared to win it and the Liberals know they can't win it. Nobody is promising anything but misery. Our cuts won't be as bad as theirs. Where's the vision, where's the hope?
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Written by PTUDC Reporters
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 21:13 |
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In a Taliban dominated area of Pakistan a Marxist lawyer has defeated the candidate of the Islamic fundamentalists. In spite of a Fatwa being issued against him, comrade Ahad stood firmly on the ideas of revolutionary socialism and won the position of President of the Malakand District Bar Association.
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