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Sheridan: "The real criminals are in Westminster and Washington" |
Four years on from when Tommy Sheridan was jailed for seven days for non-payment of a fine imposed after a protest at the Faslane base, the Solidarity Co-Convenor has called on the people of Scotland to demonstrate their opposition to Trident replacement.
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Make the bankers pay for Northern Rock crisis
Bring the banking system into public ownership
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Scottish Parliamentary Allowances |
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Tommy Sheridan has submitted the attached comments and proposals to the official review into the working of the Scottish Parliament Allowances scheme |
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Pay cuts for public sector workers record rises for bosses |
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Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) working for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have overwhelmingly rejected a below inflation pay offer which would see approximately 40% of staff receive 0% pay increase next year. 76% of those voting rejected the three year pay deal which sees cost of living increases for longer serving staff members of 2% this year, 0% next year and 1% in the final year. Commenting, Mark Serwotka, PCS general secretary, said: “The rejection of this pay offer sends a clear signal that the people who have delivered the lowest unemployment in a generation, pension credits and the New Deal aren’t prepared to accept below inflation pay and pay cuts in real terms. With a quarter of the civil service earning less than £16,000, the government needs to wake up and recognise that hardworking civil and public servants won’t stand for being used as an anti-inflationary tool." Solidarity’s Tommy Sheridan said: “Public sector workers are facing pay cuts while the bosses have never had it so good. The average directors pay of FTSE-100 companies topped £1 billion in ‘wages’ for the first time with an average pay rise of 28% for the year 2006-7. Executive bonuses reached a record £14 billion in the City of London and £26.4 billion nationally. If these double standards were not bad enough, under Browns watch one in three of Britain’s top 700 companies paid no corporation tax last year and another third paid less than £10 million each. Solidarity is proud to stand with millions of public sector workers and will be giving 100% support to low paid civil servants, local government workers and others workers the imposition of pay cuts and fighting against these unfair and unjust policies.” National Shop Stewards Network conference Saturday 1 December
Central Hotel Glasgow.
11am
Speakers include Bob Crow, General Secretary of the RMT and Janice Godrich, National President of PCS.
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Pay cuts for public sector workers record rises for bosses |
Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) working for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have overwhelmingly rejected a below inflation pay offer which would see approximately 40% of staff receive 0% pay increase next year.
76% of those voting rejected the three year pay deal which sees cost of living increases for longer serving staff members of 2% this year, 0% next year and 1% in the final year.
Commenting, Mark Serwotka, PCS general secretary, said: “The rejection of this pay offer sends a clear signal that the people who have delivered the lowest unemployment in a generation, pension credits and the New Deal aren’t prepared to accept below inflation pay and pay cuts in real terms. With a quarter of the civil service earning less than £16,000, the government needs to wake up and recognise that hardworking civil and public servants won’t stand for being used as an anti-inflationary tool."
Solidarity’s Tommy Sheridan said: “Public sector workers are facing pay cuts while the bosses have never had it so good. The average directors pay of FTSE-100 companies topped £1 billion in ‘wages’ for the first time with an average pay rise of 28% for the year 2006-7. Executive bonuses reached a record £14 billion in the City of London and £26.4 billion nationally. If these double standards were not bad enough, under Browns watch one in three of Britain’s top 700 companies paid no corporation tax last year and another third paid less than £10 million each. Solidarity is proud to stand with millions of public sector workers and will be giving 100% support to low paid civil servants, local government workers and others workers the imposition of pay cuts and fighting against these unfair and unjust policies.”
National Shop Stewards Network conference
Saturday 1 December
Central Hotel Glasgow.
11am
Speakers include Bob Crow, General Secretary of the RMT and Janice Godrich, National President of PCS.
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Saturday 8th September and Dumbarton and Vale of Leven saw its largest protest march in recent memory. A colossal 10,000 took part in the protest called by Vale Hospital watch against further cuts in their health care services.
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Campaign to save Vale of Leven Hospital |
Lanarkshire Health United fought and eventually won the fight to keep open all Lanarkshire's A. & E.'s. The latest fight against cuts and closures is taking place in West Dumbartonshire with the campaign to save Vale of Leven Hospital from closure and "it will take an army of protesters to prove to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC) and Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon that the people will not accept any more cuts." says Hospital Watch's, Jim Moohan. The group has joined with the United Campaign Group, (UGC), West Dunbartonshire Council (WDC), Argyll and Bute Council, unions, patients, staff and politicians to make a final recruitment drive in the days leading up to the high profile demonstration. Jackie Pollock of UGC said: “This time everybody has come together under one umbrella and we’re going to take the health board apart. “There is still a good fighting chance — but we’ve got to fight." “Consultants at the hospital have got a good feeling about it. We will win. There is power with the people.” Join the protest show SOLIDARITY with the campaign to save Vale of Leven Hospital Sat. 8th September 10.30-11am: Gather at Christie Park, Alexandria. 11.30am: Procession begins to Argyll Park, led by three pipe bands. Those with mobility problems are encouraged to take it at their own pace or go directly to Argyll Park. 12.30pm: Speakers begin. Community entertainment throughout the afternoon. . |
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Food and Drink Additives exposed - Health must come before profit |
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Solidarity- Scotland’s Socialist Movement today called for the banning of those artificial additives, now proved in a scientific study to cause hyperactivity or to contribute to hyperactivity and ADHD in young children.
The pathetic response of the Food Standards Agency, who have chosen only to give advice rather than use their powers to ban these additives is unacceptable. The FSA is far too close to the food, drink and supermarket industry now dominated by the multi-national corporations. Given the widespread use of these additives, colouring and preservatives in food this is a national health emergency and nothing should be allowed to get in the way of the health and wellbeing of children. Certainly not the drive for profit by the big food producers and supermarkets.
Tommy Sheridan said: “ Not only do we need a ban now on these additives found in the Southampton University study to cause hyperactivity among even those children who previously showed no signs of hyperactivity – we must go further and we need a full study, independent of the food industry, to assess the way in which food additives are affecting the health and behaviour of children and the population generally.
The drive for profit has lead to the massively increased use of preservatives and additives in food generally to prolong their shelf life and their desirability especially toward young children. This cynically marketing must end. This additive industry is a global cash cow now worth £12.4 billion a year and we need to turn the tide now.
Only by ending the link between food and the profit motive can we ensure that our food is nutritious, safe and healthy. That’s why we support public ownership of agri-business and the multinational supermarket industry.”
It’s time to put health and wellbeing before profit.
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Conversation on Independence |
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The Solidarity party has called on the Scottish Executive to take the national conversation about the constitutional future of Scotland into every workplace and every community over the next three years. They say that such a truly innovative and inclusive move will be necessary to involve all of Scotland's citizens in a genuine debate about their future. |
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Stockline tragedy – This was corporate manslaughter |
Solidarity today supported demands from those families who lost loved ones in the Maryhill Stockline explosion of May 11th 2004 for an urgent public inquiry into the events that resulted in the deaths of 9 people.
Tommy Sheridan said: “The revelations that the propane gas pipes at Stockline were severely corroded, had been unsafe for years and were not properly inspected demands a full public inquiry. Moreover, the £400,000 fine imposed on the ICL is disgrace – what these events underline is the need for serious and enforceable corporate manslaughter legislation. This was no accident – it was a product of neglect, greed and a concern for profit above the safety of the workers employed in the factory.
The propane pipes which were laid in 1969 were not wrapped or protected from corrosion in any way – completely against industry guidelines. They were never properly inspected and these companies need to be brought to account – a fine is not enough. These deliberate actions of neglect led directly to death and injury."
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