Stop the Spread of War

TROOPS OUT of Iraq and Afghanistan

Saturday 20 September, 12.30 pm

Assemble All Saints, Cavendish Street,

Manchester M15

Solidarity members will join with thousands of others in Manchester next weekend calling for Troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan.

More information http://www.stopwar.org.uk/ 

Coach from Edinburgh Coach will leave at 7am from Waterloo Place,

Edinburgh. Tickets cost £20 / £10 unwaged. 

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Coach from Glasgow

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September 18th 2008  

In Ballieston - Vote Solidarity – Vote Tricia McLeish

Solidarity candidate Trcia McLeish

Tricia McLeish is a local government worker, an active trade unionist and a member of UNISON. Tricia was the Solidarity candidate in the recent Glasgow East by-election. 

Born and bred in Glasgow’s East End, Tricia has been an active and campaigning socialist and trade unionist for more than 20 years.

Tricia McLeish says; 

Scrap the Council TaxTricia McLeish and Solidarity are working to ensure the ending of the unfair and unjust council tax. We want it replaced with a tax that would mean that pensioners and low paid workers pay less and the millionaires pay much more. Despite the empty rhetoric from the other politicians, the ONLY MSP in the Scottish parliament to table a bill to scrap the council tax was Solidarity’s Tommy Sheridan.  

Stop the Pay CutsAlongside 200,000 other council workers, Tricia McLeish has recently taken strike action after Labour and SNP councillors threatened to make pay cuts for the next 3 years, Solidarity demands an end to attacks on public sector workers. With prices rising out of control we cant afford to accept a lowering of our wages. 

Campaigning against fuel rises in Ballieston

End the Fuel Bill Rip-off 

Tricia McLeish and Solidarity are demanding emergency action to end the scandal of soaring gas and electricity bills.

The energy companies must be brought into democratic public ownership now so we can use their huge profits to slash fuel bills and end the rip off that is condemning millions to fuel poverty. 

Tricia campaigning in Ballieston

Action on Housing

Tricia McLeish and Solidarity are campaigning for urgent action on the growing housing crisis. The credit crunch, sky high house prices and rising number of repossessions as the recession bites is creating a housing scandal. Urgent action is needed now to ensure public housing at affordable rents are available for all who need them.   

• Scrap the GHA. Return Glasgow's housing stock to local authority control.

• Cancel all local authority housing debt, with the released funds ring-fenced for new council house building.

• Emergency action to meet Shelter’s demand for 30,000 affordable social homes in Scotland in the next three years.

Tommy Sheridan says; 

Tommy and Tricia

“They say politics is about hard choices. Well, Solidarity is not afraid to choose. 

We Choose to put pensioners before the squandering of billions on illegal wars and nuclear weapons. 

We Choose the side of trade unionists fighting pay cuts. 

We Choose an independent socialist Scotland that puts people before profits. In this election you have a choice as well. 

Choose Tricia McLeish and elect a socialist fighter for Ballieston

Solidarity in Glasgow East

Born and bred in the East End, Tricia has been an active campaigner, socialist and trade unionist since she was 19 years old.

Solidarity receives warm response

Over 200,000 Scottish Local Government workers took strike action on 20th August against proposals to cut the pay of council staff for the next three years.

It was the biggest local government strike ever as services were brought to a halt as the three trades unions, Unison, Unite and GMB organised united action that produced a massive response from the membership.

Judging by initial media stories, the Labour and SNP led employer, CoSLA, seems ready to admit that in hindsight 2.5% for each of the next three years is well behind the current rate of inflation and needs looking at.

It is vital that the unions agree to an escalation of the action and at least name the dates for a nationwide two day strike in September to maintain the pressure on the employer.

For reports of the rallies in Glasgow, Dundee and Inverness please click below