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Support the pensions strike: 30 June

Civil servants and teachers have responded to the Con-Dem attack on their pensions with strong votes for strike action on 30 June. They will be joined by college and university lecturers.

The strike, involving around 800,000 workers, is likely to be the opening shot of a rolling campaign. Other unions, like Unison, with 1.4 million members, say they will join the struggle to defend public-sector pensions in the autumn.

The Con-Dems want to divide us on this issue. They are saying that public-sector workers should not have better pensions than private-sector ones. They are making concessions to the lowest paid public-sector workers at the expense of the slightly better paid.

The real division in Britain is between the millionaires and the rest. We should reject Con-Dem divide and rule. A defeat for one group would weaken us all. A victory on pensions would give everyone the confidence to fight on other issues. Defending public-sector pensions means rejecting a ‘race to the bottom’ and demanding decent pensions for all.

Every anti-cuts activist should support the pensions strike on 30 June. On the day, strikers, students, and anti-cuts activists should come together on picket-lines and at local rallies. In the run-up, there should be street stalls and planning meetings to maximise the impact of the action.

Organise street stalls: June 25

We are calling on all local anti-cuts groups to organise street stalls on Saturday 25 June. The aim should be to build support for the pensions strike, encouraging people to attend public meetings, picket-lines, rallies, and marches on the day, and to sign up for the CoR National Conference. Campaign materials are available. See below.

Register for the national conference: 9 July

The Coalition of Resistance National Members and Delegates Conference takes place on Saturday 9 July, 10am-5pm, at the University of London Union, Malet Street, London, WC1E (nearest station: Euston).

Speakers include: Mark Serwotka, PCS General Secretary, Wendy Savage, Co-chair, Keep Our NHS Public, John McDonnell MP, Clare Solomon, ULU President, Zita Holbourne, BARAC Joint Chair, Mehdi Hasan, New Statesman, and Lindsey German, Stop the War.

The conference will debate resolutions, re-elect the National Council, and involve workshop-based discussions on economics, the NHS, education, disability care, work and the unions, and international solidarity.

All CoR supporters should register for the conference and encourage union branches, student unions, anti-cuts groups, and campaign groups to send representatives. We need a big, representative conference to debate the way forward after 30 June.

Order broadsheets and placards

For meetings, street stalls, and local protests, you can order the following:
Copies of the new CoR Broadsheet 2 (June 2011)
CoR placards (lollipops with CoR logo on one side, NO CUTS slogan on the other)
CoR recruitment leaflets
CoR conference registration postcards
CoR badges
Send requests for campaign material, stating quantities and postal address, to: [email protected]

Volunteer to Help

Every Wednesday and Friday, between 10am and 6pm, we are asking volunteers to come into our office to help build and prepare for the CoR National Conference. The office is at Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road, London N1. If you can help, phone Sam on 07872 481769.

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