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24 March 2008
CWU union representative Steven Gill and sacked colleague John Doran have won their appeals against dismissal and the two workers, employed at the main sorting centre in Cowley, have got their jobs back. [More...]
6 March 2008
Labour shows true colours by pushing through 4% council tax rise, agreeing to privatise leisure services and rejecting IWCA proposal to redistribute money to working class areas [More...]
21 September
Recent events at the post office centre in Oxford show that Royal Mail, under the guidance of New Labour, is more determined than ever to push through privatisation plans that will severely degrade the postal services that ordinary people rely on. [More...]
11 September
A vital children’s facility on Greater Leys, under threat of closure, gained funding for another year at the September full council meeting, following two IWCA motions. [More...]
11 August 2007
Oxford City Council became the only authority to declare its support for postal workers involved in the present national strike action at an extraordinary meeting of the council on Monday evening initiated by the IWCA. [More...]
25 May 2007
An investigation by the Independent Working Class Association (IWCA) has revealed that Oxford City Council has no budget to check on the services provided by private landlords who supply emergency accommodation to the council. [More...]
25 May 2007
As part of the IWCA’s ongoing campaign to highlight wasteful practices at the town hall, Cllr Claire Kent has queried Oxford City Council’s use of expensive hotels for meetings attended by senior council officers. [More...]
24 May 2007
Security guards working at the Seacourt and Redbridge park and ride sites have called off their five-week strike action after failing to get support from the city council’s Labour group. [More...]
24 May 2007
IWCA opposes move to allocate resources along ethnic and religious lines. [More...]
15 February 2007
A successful IWCA intervention at Oxford City Council’s budget meeting on Monday ensured that almost £400,000 of funding for refurbishing play areas over the next three years will be distributed to area committees according to levels of deprivation, providing more money for working class areas. [More...]
11 February 2007
The IWCA will be setting out its budget amendments at the full council meeting on Monday 12 February. Here is an outline of our proposals. [More...]
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