Oxford Workers' Movements Newswire Archive

17-06-2009 18:13 | 1 comment(s)

1st Oxford Working Class Bookfair - Provisional Timetable

IF THERE'S ANY HOPE, IT LIES WITH THE PROLES - GEORGE ORWELL, 1984

A SPECTRE IS HAUNTING ENGLAND - the spectre of the 1st Oxford Working Class Bookfair. On the eve Summer solstice there will be a gathering of the tribes -a bookfair -a place to meet likeminded people & exchange ideas & information! Read more >>

29-05-2009 20:43 | 3 comment(s)

Locals distribute immigrant solidarity leaflet

A group of residents in Oxford decided to distribute large numbers of simple leaflets refuting the electioneering lies of right-wing parties like the BNP and UKIP, and offering links to a more radical analysis. Read more >>

25-05-2009 11:20 | 0 comment(s)

1st OXFORD WORKING CLASS BOOKFAIR (& Don't forget the Sunderland W/C Bookfair!)

SATURDAY 20TH JUNE, 11 am - 6 pm at Ruskin College, Walton Street, Oxford
The venue is in the City Centre, 5-10mins from bus and train stations.

DIRECTIONS:

http://www.ruskin.ac.uk/about/location/walton_street
Supporters of the event include Oxford & District TUC & local IWW Read more >>

06-05-2009 12:01 | 2 comment(s)

1st OXFORD WORKING CLASS BOOKFAIR- Saturday 20 June

Saturday 20 June, 11 am - 6 pm
Ruskin College, Walton Street, Oxford
We cordially invite you to visit the 1st ever Oxford Working Class Bookfair! There will be books, talks, workshops, short films and more books and magazines . . Read more >>

18-03-2009 00:01 | 2 comment(s)

Protest for a better world at the G20 summit

40 NGO's and trade unions are calling for a mass protest at the G20 summit at the end of March under the banner of "Jobs, Justice and Climate." Read more >>

26-02-2009 21:40 | 0 comment(s)

An opportunist defence of the union betrayal at BMW Cowley

On February 16, hundreds of workers at BMW's Cowley car plant in Oxford, England, were sacked. Those sacked were mainly agency workers, many of whom had worked at the plant for years. Read more >>

24-02-2009 17:16 | 3 comment(s)

More charges of union complicity in mass sackings at BMW’s Oxford plant

Workers reported for shifts at the BMW plant in Cowley, Oxford, on Monday after a one-week shutdown, still uncertain as to the future of some 500 agency staff. Read more >>

23-02-2009 19:40 | 2 comment(s)

BMW Workers Self-Organising Against Bosses and Sellout Union

At 6 am this morning there was a small picket in response to the lay off of 850 agency workers, outside two gates of BMW's mini car plant in Cowley, Oxford. We were expecting a mass picket of laid off temp workers. These workers have been self-organising against their bosses and the corrupt union leaders who've essentially sold them out. Read more >>

08-01-2009 23:48 | 0 comment(s)

Stop the Slaughter in Gaza - Public Meeting in Oxford

Over 600 Palestinians have been killed, thousands more injured and over a million without water or electricity.

Mass struggle needed for liberation!

Open public forum at Oxford Town Hall - 7.30pm Thurs 15th Jan Read more >>

15-12-2008 22:41 | 0 comment(s)

Christmas strikes could hit Royal Mail

Workers in Coventry, Crewe, Liverpool, Stockport, Bolton and Oxford are threatening 24-hour strike action on Friday over the proposed merger of some depots. The Communication Workers Union says 500 jobs could be lost and has challenged Royal Mail to negotiate. Read more >>

07-12-2008 16:35 | 1 comment(s)

Dave Nellist to speak at Campaign for a New Workers' Party forum

Campaign For A New Workers Party public meeting and discussion: how can we fight for a working class political voice?
7.30pm, Thursday 11th December at Oxford Town Hall.
Read more >>

29-11-2008 19:01 | 0 comment(s)

Demo called at Amey HQ

No Borders and Campaign against Immigration Controls have called a demo at Amey HQ in Oxford in response to their sacking of several cleaners for trade union involvement, and their general attempt to force worse conditions and pay on the workers, using intimidation and deportation. Read more >>

23-04-2008 21:36 | 0 comment(s)

Oxford May Day

This years May Day march in Oxford. Read more >>

07-12-2007 11:58 | 0 comment(s)

IWW Launches Second Phase of National Campaign

IWW launches second phase of fight against blood service centralisation plans. Read more >>

19-11-2007 15:05 | 0 comment(s)

Socialism and feminism: an unhappy marriage? forum

A public meeting/workshop exploring the relationship between socialism and feminism, between class struggle and women's liberation. Read more >>

26-10-2007 17:59 | 0 comment(s)

Rumblings in the depths of the UAW

They still prevail but the contract rejections at Chrysler shook the UAW bureaucracy and the employers and are a glimpse of what is to come. And many of the new hires will likely be in the forefront of it. Read more >>

21-08-2007 15:01 | 2 comment(s)

Postal workers - let's keep an eye on our leaders!

Scared by a wave of unofficial walkouts at the beginning of August that raised the spectre of an all out post strike, Royal Mail bosses have finally agreed to negotiations with the Communication Workers Union. Reportedly £23 million has been found to help fund pay rises. But the rank and file militants, who led the decisive wildcat strike in Scotland that forced Royal Mail into talks, may still be denied victory. A CWU rep explains the dangers - and the opportunities - in the current stage of the dispute. Read more >>

20-08-2007 12:16 | 3 comment(s)

UK action aganst Starbucks

IWW organizing expands throughout UK, Europe.

By Diane Krauthamer
Read more >>

29-05-2007 15:10 | 8 comment(s)

Protest Against New Labour!

The Prime Minister in waiting Gordon Brown is coming to Oxford on Sunday June 10th along with all the candidates for Deputy Leadership of the Labour Party, this includes 5 current Cabinet ministers, to speak. This is a unique opportunity for people in Oxford to protest against all that New Labour has done! Read more >>

07-05-2007 16:22 | 0 comment(s)

Oxford Park and Ride Strikers

Striking security guards at three of Oxford’s park-and-ride sites have stepped up their industrial action in the dispute over staff numbers on late shifts. Read more >>