Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Updated - PCS - United Strikes Can Beat The Tories - 030613
Updated - PCS - United Strikes Can Beat The Tories - 030613
www.socialistworker.co.uk
Strikes
finished picketing it would be easy to take the protest to a high street store! During the last strike PCS members in HMRC at Euston Tower went from the picket line to occupy the local Starbucks with PCS Starbucks pay your taxes placards.
Prospects
Rolling
The group strikes must be giving the bosses something of a headache! But we need to make sure that we pull the sectional action back together and bring out everyone united. Its great that the recent PCS conference voted for another national strike at the end of June. Last weeks culture sector strikes in the museums and galleries are important in highlighting the issue of low pay. On Friday 31 May there were strikes across the Department for Transport, BIS and the Department for Education. The National Lighthouse board was also on strike. On Friday 7 June, workers in the Ministry of Justice will start their programme of strikes. This weeks rolling regional strikes in the HMRC and DWP are an escalation of the current dispute and are a fantastic opportunity to highlight the issue of tax justice and benefits justice. The real parasites are the owners of high street stores like Starbucks, those owned by Phillip Green and the vast companies like Google who all make millions through tax avoidance. Once HMRC workers have
Strikers in the DWP should invite benefit justice campaigners, Disabled People Against the Cuts (DPAC) speakers and anti-bedroom tax activists to come and join and speak on the picket lines and strike rallies. What the Tories fear most is united opposition to their attacksand thats exactly what we need to fight for. Unfortunately, weve also seen how Ukip are growing as a political party through racist scapegoating of migrants. In the wake of the horrific murder in Woolwich, racists and fascists like the EDL and BNP are seeking to exploit the divisions. PCS members should make sure they are a part of protests against EDL and BNP mobilisations attempting to split our
On 27 June, thousands of teachers will begin rolling regional strikes starting in the North West of England. We need to be out with the teachers where we can. Firefighters in the FBU, transport workers in the RMT also look set to strike and there is the possibilty of strikes by postal workers. We can force the government to back downit will take stepping up the strikes and fighting for further coordinated strikes with other trade unions.
I would like to get Socialist Worker regularly I want to join the Socialist Workers Party
Name. ................................................................................................................ Address............................................................................................................. .......................................................................................................................... Phone.............................................e-mail........................................................
PCS030613
Return to SW industrial, PO Box 42184, London, SW8 2WD e-mail industrial@swp.org.uk or phone/text 07986 936094