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uk | Socialist Party FBU Bulletin 5 | London Dispute 2010

VICTORY TOwith
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FIREFIGHTERS!
firefighters!
Tough battle ahead –
serious solidarity needed
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Brigades Union run downgeneral by flood the London Fire Brigade office with steps to develop real,
supportive speeches and fundraising - properly-backed,
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balaclava-wearing strikeis breakers. A third protests about solidarity though
action. these
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secretary, said: “This a huge vote for on the rst day the actions
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thugs behind thehate
wheel of abullied
fire engine by a board of politicians, be coordinated.
strike – but they being even lines on stations but in including
many cases Labour
no action.
deliberately
more. This vote drove at him.
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scab crews - turned
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learned At
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not run
of a scab workforce.
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an indication and
of how solidarity. The FBU are on the frontline of during the 23 October
Shop Stewards Network andhas1stproposed
November a
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thetobosses
picket isarebeing undermined.
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solidarity be safe.of at least
committee
bosses are a serious attempt to bring the
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any prepared
strikebreakers
a scab had been injured,
workforce to try the
to the support of all trade unionists and Athesolidarity
‘willing’ meeting
trade unions called- such
by the as public
FBU,
union to its knees. They are backed up by
London
break a Fire legal Brigade
strike, and andhave the stolen
right-wing
27 socialists.” services
PCS, RMT,committee
CWU - to of be SERTUC (South
able to discuss
the government, and national and London
press
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and properly aimssolidarity
prepare to set upaction.
a solidarity
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media. Right-wing rags like the Mail and
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lives in order acts and the
to pursue defence of the capital’s safety against a Party
the tubemembers
network, through the Shop
and prepare forStewards
workers
RMT, have mounted an onslaught against
right-wing
their bullying press has barely
agenda. London commented.
is normally bullying management. Network
refusing to have
workargued
in publicforbuildings,
- for at least
schoolsthe
the FBU, with outrageous accusations of
John
servedMcInally, National Vice President
by 169 engines. The efforts of the fire authority bosses are ‘willing’
etc, withtrade unions, of
the backing suchtheiras unions,
FBU, PCS, as
intimidation and strong-arm tactics.
of the Public & Commercial Services a serious attempt to bring the FBU to its RMT
they andwould CWU,
not to bebe ablein toa discuss
safe re service and
A private rm, AssetCo Fire and Rescue, is Bully Coleman
Union (PCS) said: “This physical attack knees. They are appeared
backed by the on government
Channel 4 properly
strike. prepare solidarity action.
being paid £12 million to provide civilians news along with FBU general secretary
on London fire-fighters results from a and Tory London mayor Boris Johnson, and Health
If the and safety advice
reghters are sackedis necessary
at the from
end
to operate a re service during the strike. Matt Wrack, claiming to want to meetragsto
growing drive by the government and the national and London media. Right wing the FBUmonth,
of this to other thatunions.
shouldThis be metcouldwith lay
This private company has a seven-year negotiate. He was forced on the programme
media to take away the right to strike. The like the Mail and London Standard, as they the ground for stoppages
a London-wide solidarityacross the This
strike. tube
contract to provide an “emergency re to commit
trade union movement must be united do with thetoRMT meeting
union,forhave
negotiations
mounted at an network,
should be andprepared
prepare for for workers
with a refusing
London
crew capability service” in London in the
in its condemnation of these attacks and onslaught against the FBU, withthen
9am the next morning – and didn’t
outrageous to work in public of
demonstration buildings,
all trade schools etc, with
unionists in
event of terrorist attacks, ooding or a turn up! The FBU should be back
the company involved needs as a matter accusations of intimidation andon“strong-
the TV the backing
support of their
of the unions, as they would
reghters.
pandemic. This in itself is an outrageous immediately exposing this man’s bullying,
of urgency to be subject to a full criminal arm tactics”. not be safe in a fire service strike.
start of privatisation of essential services. cowardly methods andtactics
demanding theof • Coordinate strike dates with other
investigation.” In reality the strong-arm are those If the firefighters are sacked at the end
The provision of such vital services should immediate withdrawal of the notices. unions
Martin Powell-Davies, National Executive the bosses: police, security guards and dogs of this month, that should be met with a
not be a source of prot but should be • Prepare forsolidarity
serious solidarity action
Committee member of the National A serious
have been response
used to tryistorequired
enforce the fromstrike-
the London-wide strike. This could be
publically funded and democratically
Union of Teachers said: “These attacks trade unions across London and
breaking of the hired thugs of AssetCo. wider. The • A London trade union
prepared for with a London demonstration demonstration,
controlled. But now, as the FBU warned
on trade unionists engaged in lawful trade trade
A unionresponse
serious movementisneeds to gofrom
required beyond the andalla trade
of one-day London in
unionists strike if there
support of are
the
would be the case when the contract
union activity will only help convince public trade unions across London and wider.–The
supportive speeches and fund-raising mass sackings
firefighters.

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Back the PCS’s ght for a national
demo in 2010
T
he PCS NEC has published it’s or early December, in addition to the demo support for a demonstration.
response to the Comprehensive next March. We will be discussing this Nothing will be nalised before the TUC
Spending Review. In it they express with other unions and will propose at the Public Services Liaison Group on 8
their determination that a national demo TUC Public Sector Liaison Group meeting November. However, the Socialist Party is
against cuts be called before Christmas, on 8 November that the TUC call such a condent the PCS and other unions are
saying: demonstration. determined that a national demonstration
“The TUC has now conrmed 26 “A further branch brieng will follow, against cuts and youth unemployment will
March 2011 as the date for a national once the date is agreed for this earlier take place this year.
demonstration against the Coalition demonstration.” The Socialist Party appeals to all trade
Government’s agenda of cuts and The Socialist Party welcomes the PCS’s union branches to pass the motion below
privatisation. decision and is condent that such a appealing to their trade union executives
“PCS had argued strongly for an earlier demonstration will receive widespread and the TUC general council to support the
national demonstration to coincide with support from across the trade union PCS’s call for a demonstration.
the CSR. Despite that not being agreed, movement. The National Shop Stewards
PCS members played an active role in Network – which lobbied
STRATION IN
the success of local demonstrations on the TUC Congress N FO R A N AT IONAL DEMON
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23 October across the UK, including in supporting the MODEL MOTI 2010
ganisation)
Edinburgh, London, Cardiff, Wrexham, PCS’s call for a
ne ce ss ary for your or lace, campaig
n)
Bristol, Leeds, Shefeld, York, Cambridge, national demo (Amen d as
bo dy , st ud en t union, workp pa ck ag e
This (name of
TU billion austerity
Norwich and elsewhere. and then helped
to ev er y cut in the £81 ment.
“At its special meeting on 26 October, the initiate the London is oppo se d
m ill io na ire C on-Dem govern
this
NEC agreed, given the speed with which demonstration demanded by
ill no t ac ce pt
and others on 23 We w
the Government’s cuts will impact and the a m ill io n job cuts
October – will have • ent fees
success of the 23 October marches and doubling of stud ts
protests, that a national demonstration an important role • welfare bene .
to play in building • drastic cuts to io n ag e to 66 and beyond
should be held this year in late November th e pe ns
increasing
• ion of services ated by power
-
• mass privatisat w ill only be defe
th es e cu ts back ed up
We believe that e unions, and
ite d ac tio n led by the trad er s, wel fare claimants
,
ful un se rv ic e us
campaigns of
together with rs.
ioners and othe y Osborne anno
unced
students, pens et on th e da
tional
ral council m ed to call a na
The TUC gene ic es an d ag re
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2011. y given the scal
demo in March nc y ne ce ss ar
ow the urge
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We therefore ca ll an emergenc
te na tio nal body) to ca trade unions to
appr op ria
t th e PCS and other
immediately, to
co nt ac ration before
lli ng of a na tional demonst
ca
coordinate the for joint action.
to di sc us s a suitable date
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