Post Office staff vote overwhelmingly to strike

The ConDems claim that post offices are safe in their hands. But counter staff face pay freezes and privatisation. Now they have voted 93% in favour of strike action, writes a CWU member

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Mass lobby of Lambeth Council 7 February

Anti-cuts campaigners call for mass lobby of Lambeth Council over £37 Million cuts package

A packed planning meeting of local anti-cuts campaigners tonight called upon the people of Lambeth to rally at the Town Hall on Monday evening, 7 February, as the Council considers a £37 Million package of cuts which will cost 600 jobs, including all School Crossing Patrol staff and all Parks Rangers.

“Local people must demand that this Labour Council does not make these cuts,” said local resident Andy Tullis, “we need to be there on Monday night to make sure our views are heard.”

Representatives of local trade unions, pensioners and tenants were joined at the meeting by students and anti-cuts protesters from UK Uncut. Organisers are predicting a large turnout at the lobby of the Council on Monday night.

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Brixton Demonstration today

Demo returns to Windrush Square in Brixton
(all credits Keith Spencer)

About 200 people demonstrated in Brixton against the cuts today. We rallied in Windrush Square before marching around the High Street and then returning to hear the closing speakers. The mood was angry and determined as speaker after speaker spoke about the cuts on their workplaces or services. What was uplifting however was that the speakers also reported on the resistance, all over the borough and nationwide people were organising and fighting back.

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