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Anti-austerity challenge in West Yorkshire

A series of online TUSC meetings across Yorkshire kicked off in West Yorkshire on 20 January. Nina Brown, Leeds Socialist Party Iain Dalton, for the Socialist Party, said working people are facing unprecedented service cuts, increased council taxes and declining living standards. He pointed out that under the leadership of Keir Starmer, Labour councils have…

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Review – Leeds United! – an inspiring account of struggle of Leeds clothing workers 50 years on

“Out, Out, Out” ring the chants of workers throughout this film capturing the magnificent struggle of mainly women clothing workers in Leeds in the 1970s. After their union, the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers (NUTGW) negotiated a wage agreement that continued to retain the unequal pay structure between male and female workers, as…

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Optare: Right to strike defended against bullying management and the police

Unite members at Optare in Yorkshire returned to the picket lines on 16 November for the first day of their now escalated four-days-a-week strike at the bus manufacturers. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party Threats from the police to fine strikers if they continued to picket, citing the new Covid restrictions, had prevented picketing, until the…

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Covid law used against striking workers – for workers’ control of safety measures

On the very first day of the new national lockdown, police issued dispersal orders to a picket line of striking workers, on the grounds of breaching the new rules. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party Unite members at Optare in Sherburn-in-Elmet have been social distancing and wearing masks, in contrast to contractors the company employs, who…

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