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Vol. 73/No. 5      February 9, 2009

 
Letters
 
Gaza protests in Sweden
Some 12,000 people went out in the streets of Stockholm to protest the Israeli assault in Gaza. It was not only the largest protest in Stockholm in many years, but very large protests also took place in Gothenburg, Malmö, and other places in Sweden. It adds to the picture of the protests of working people around the world. Also interesting at the protests was the awareness of the danger of rising anti-Semitism. The Pathfinder titles On the Jewish Question by Leon Trotsky and How Can the Jews Survive by George Novack were among the best sellers to protesters in Stockholm.

Dag Tirsén
Stockholm, Sweden

Shell contract talks
Negotiations between the United Steelworkers (USW) and Royal Dutch Shell in pattern bargaining for all USW-represented refineries are not going well, according to reports filtering back to unionists in locals around the United States.

With most contracts set to expire February 1, Shell’s wage offer of 2 percent, 2 percent, and 1.5 percent for a three-year deal has been rejected by the union. In local bargaining the oil refiners are demanding significant takebacks on work rules, wage premiums, bidding rights, and dues checkoff in various sets of negotiations taking place.

Mitchel Rosenberg
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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