A-Infos (en) Britain, Anarchist journal Class Warr #95 - Page 2 - WELCOME TO ISSUE 95 !; SUPERMARKET SHAKES TAGGED !; SUPPORT ANDY LITTLECHILD !

WELCOME TO ISSUE 95 ! ---- Although we're not ones to go deeply into design, 
we'd like to say a few words about the new logo. It's been 25 years since we 
first used the Soldier Dolls' skull and cross-bones, and we felt it time to 
replace the skull. The bones remain the same. In the last 25 years a lot of 
things about the paper have changed. There's no more Sally Skull, for example. 
But we felt that the skull had lost its menace and become,with familiarity, more 
friendly than threatening.  When we changed the skull, we decided to change the 
font too. Some of you will recall the dripping blood masthead we had originally. 
We believe that the new font marries the best part of that and of the 
`traditional' look. So, we're building on the best aspects of our design from 
the past quarter-century and introducing new ele-
ments. We hope you like the new design
as much as we do! We've kept the old logo
on our Cop Memorials of London poster
­ see centre pages ­ as a tip of the hat
to the service it's rendered over the year.
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SUPERMARKET SHAKES TAGGED !

Stealing from employers, mort-
gage fraud, car and travel insur-
ance fraud are all on the up as the
Credit Crunch bites... and so is
shop lifting according to a recent report.
Perhaps the best example of the crunch
is that many supermarkets have had to
step up their security. Sainsbury's and
Tesco have both attached security tags to
their chicken and meat - in particular, the
more expensive organic items. The devic-
es have to be removed at the till, and let
off a shrill alarm if anyone walks out of the
door without having the tag removed. Un-
til now, the electronic tags have been at-
tached to small, expensive goods which
are easy to sell on such as perfume, bat-
teries, razor blades, booze and DVDs. But
with a whole organic chicken costing nearly
£10 on average, temptation has increased.
Even more bizarrely, the latest `must-have'
for shoplifters is Slim Fast shakes. Yes, real-
ly. The £7 six packs of the meal replacement
drinks have been security-tagged after disap-
pearing en masse from supermarket shelves.
Not to be outdone, workers have been get-
ting in on the action! Accountants BDO
Stoy Hayward reveal employee fraud cost
UK companies more than £77 million
in the first half of 2008 ­ up a whopping
£67 million on the same period last year!
People are helping themselves to stock,
software and massaging expenses claims
as nicking stuff from employers becomes
a cottage industry. So there's no excuse
for just taking the odd envelope or pen!

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SUPPORT ANDY LITTLECHILD !

Andy Littlechild is a most effective Trade
Union rep. He works for Metronet (the Tube
maintainers), runs his shop like a mini-so-
viet, completely democratic, is loved by all
of his members, runs rings around the man-
agers and really pisses off Transport for
London (TfL) - he has red and black flags
on the wall of his office! He also helps run
a stall at the London Bookfair every year.
Now TfL are going for him.
He's been suspended from work, ex-
pelled from the premises at 3 in the morn-
ing with no means of getting home, and is
facing 4 charges of gross misconduct on
trumped up health and safety allegations.
This is going to be the first major battle
with the new Boris administration who are
keen to pick off leading activists (2 oth-
ers are currently "under investigation").
The RMT are balloting for strike action and
have organised a meeting to support Andy.
We wish him luck.
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