CPGB-ML join Arcadia picket in solidarity with
underpaid workers
At the crack of dawn on
Monday December 12, comrades from the Birmingham party branch travelled to
support local workers of the multinational retailing company, Arcadia, that
staged a picket to demand better wages from their tight-fisted boss, Philip
Green, who was recently in the news for stealing BHS workers’ pensions while
pretentiously sailing around in his £100 million luxury yacht (his third one
nonetheless)!
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| Obreros piquetean compañía Arcadia |
Party comrades, aside from
joining in on the picket, distributed propaganda to the workers to promote
socialist ideas. Additionally, we made a donation towards the hardship fund and
distributed some satirical placards depicting Philip Green adorned with the
slogan “Billionaire. Parasite. Capitalist.”, a fitting description!
Green’s antics have turn a
lot of society against him, not even the Daily Mail has found anything good to
say about him. Given his unpopularity, it is strange that the only people on
the left that showed any solidarity with the workers was GMB who had organised
the picket and the CPGB-ML which, as was mentioned earlier, handed out placards
and made a donation to the hardship fund.
The picket was well
received by passers who beeped their vehicles in support of those fighting for
better wages.
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