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ext week will see a wave of
strikes against the Tories in the
public sector. Tere are set to
be three days of mass strikes over pay.
In London, tube workers will also be
out for 48 hours against service and
job cuts.
Tis action, along with big protests
planned for the weekend after the
strikes, gives us the best chance to hit
the Tories since Julys strikes (when 1.5
million workers took action).
Te Tories talk of a recovery, but its
only for the rich. As the squeeze on our
living standards grinds on, every worker
needs to ght for a pay rise and to
defend our public services.

Insulting
On Monday 13 October hundreds
of thousands of workers in the NHS
in England will strike together from
7-11am to highlight the insulting pay
oer made to the people who struggle
to keep our health service running.
Every trade unionist and every
campaigner has to go all out to get
support for the ght. In some areas
breakfasts for the NHS are being held
on their picket lines to show solidarity.
On Tuesday 14 October hundreds of
thousands of local government workers
(members of Unison, Unite and the
GMB) and college lecturers (members
of UCU) are set to strike over pay.
Tere is talk that the local
government strike might not happen
because of a proposal on pay made by
the Labour-controlled employers body,
the Local Government Association. But
the proposal amounts to a repackaging
of the rotten 1 percent oer.
Local government unions should not
pull back from strikes if whats on oer
is just more of the same.
Workers in local government need
to go all out to make the strike a big
success, preparing picket lines and
organising strike day rallies.

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Hit the Tories 08/10/14
On Tuesday evening tube workers in
London will start a 48-hour strike
against job losses and the closure of
ticket oces. Te workers (members of
the RMT) are ghting both to defend
jobs and the safety of passengers.
On Wednesday 15 October civil service
workers in England and Wales will
strike over the same issue of pay.
Wherever possible strikers should
make links with each other visiting
each others picket lines and joining
each others rallies. Were all ghting the
same battle, so we need unity.
On Saturday (18 October) the TUC
and STUC have called for mass protests
against austerity in London and
Glasgow. Tese give us all the chance
to show our anger at the attacks on
working class people.
Te week of action has to be just the
beginning of the ghtback against the
Tories. Te current wobbles at the top
of the unions over the local government
strikes are a reminder of events in 2011.
Ten more than 2.5 million people
struck together to defend pensions. But
some union leaders pulled back from
the ght and threw away the chance to
beat the Tories.
Weve all paid the price for that retreat.
It cant be allowed to happen again.
Labour
Anyone who heard Ed Miliband and Ed
Balls speak at Labours conference knows
we cant rely on Labour to stop the
attacks if they are elected in 2015.
Tey pledged to stick to Tory
spending plans and pay limits. Tat
means whatever happens at the next
election little will change, unless we ght.
We need to push our union leaders to
call more action after the October strikes
and we have to organise to get it.
Te Unite the Resistance conference
is on Saturday 15 November in London.
It aims to pull together everyone who
wants to see a more determined ght
against the Tories.
While we push for more action
we also need to ask why Labour isnt
supporting workers ghts for better pay.
If they wont do it, then we need to
talk about creating a political alternative
that will represent working people.
BIG CHANCE TO HIT
THE TORIES HARD
Striking together
& organising to win
Saturday
15 November,
12 - 5pm
@ Bloomsbury
Central Baptist
Church, 235
Shaf tesbury
Avenue,
London
WC2H 8EP
UNITE THE RESISTANCE CONFERENCE
Sessions include
Strategies to win: How do we
beat the austerity agenda?
The ght against zero hours
contracts and organising the
unorganised
Migrant workers: part of the
union, part of the solution
The role of strikes in the ght
against austerity
For more info and to book go to uniteresist.org