Political Campaign Resources
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* Trade Unionists say 'NO' to the European Constitution for more information visit Trade Unionists Against the EU Constitution (TUAEUC)
* The EU Constitution: a bad deal for public services
* Civil Rights and EU Constitution
for more information visit Centre for a Social Europe
* RMT Transport Manifesto - for a golden age for our railways
"TAKING THE railways back into public ownership, ending the London Underground PPP and asking big business to pay towards the cost of transport could usher in a golden age for public transport."
* The Railways in a Third Term
"Integrated, accountable and publicly owned"
- A Catalyst Pre-election Briefing, March 2005.
"In September 2004 Labour Party constituencies and affiliates voted at the annual party conference to adopt a policy of "resolving the fragmented structure of the [rail] industry by introducing an integrated, accountable and publicly owned railway".
"It has long been recognised that such a move would be supported by an overwhelming majority of the public and would prove immensely popular at a general election. This pre-election briefing shows how this policy can be put into practice in a third term and beyond. We can afford to bring the railways back into public ownership. Such a move would make sound financial sense as well as reaping significant social, economic and environmental benefits in the longer term." Read it in full here
* Plugging the gap: How employers can help to fill the pension deficit - A Catalyst Working Paper by Robin Blackburn, Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex and author of 'Banking on Death or Investing in Life: the History and Future of Pensions' (Verso 2002)