#tusc profiles

ALAN MUNROE

For five years the Tory/Lib-Dem Coalition has waged war against working people and the poor.

But Labour are hardly any different! Sheffield’s Labour council has meekly passed on the Tory government cuts by closing, cutting or privatising children’s centres, local libraries, residential homes, sports facilities, etc. And Ed Miliband has said that a Labour government would carry on with the deficit reduction budget cuts.

The trouble is Labour isn’t socialist anymore, it isn’t even Labour!

Ordinary people need an alternative to the austerity agenda of all the main parties and to the ‘more Tory than the Tories’ UKIP who scapegoat immigrants instead of blaming the super-rich 1%, the greedy bankers and speculators who got us in this mess.

That’s why TUSC stands up for the millions, not the millionaires.

As an active trade unionist, I’ve stood on picket lines in the city to support striking firefighters, NHS staff and re-cycling workers. In Norfolk Park where I’ve lived for over 20 years, I’m involved in the Tenants’ Association and have campaigned against the bedroom tax.

If I get elected I would not accept an MP’s inflated salary and expenses. I’d live on the average Sheffield wage, giving the rest back to good causes.

As a workers’ MP on a worker’s wage, I’ll fight for real jobs (not zero hours contracts) and for a £10 an hour minimum wage NOW.

We need more truly affordable social housing and rent controls, and i’ll campaign to bring local buses and re-cycling services back into public ownership.

MAXINE BOWLER

I have been a lifelong trade unionist and socialist. I helped organise and have spoken at many of the demonstrations against the cuts.

I am a key member of the Stop the War Coalition and a strong supporter of the Palestinians.

I am against Austerity- it has been used to redistributing wealth from the poor to the rich.

The politicians, the media and the people who control the wealth- have tried to divide working class people against each other by Blaming the poor, the disabled, the elderly and Immigrants. Whilst we are all fighting amongst ourselves for a few crumbs they are getting away with daylight robbery.

We need to direct our anger at the real enemy.

That’s why I have been supporting the fast food rights campaign, campaigns against sanctions, to defend our NHS and against racism and Islamophobia.

Politician live in a different world to most of the people they are supposed to represent that’s why I pledge that I will take the average Sheffield wage if elected as MP and to give the remainder to the five wards in the constituency to be spent on local services.

I care about the lives of ordinary people and particularly about education. I have been involved in numerous charitable works, including the biggest project building a school in Azad Kashmir.