Over 2,000 trades unionist joined the demonstration called by the TUC in Leeds as part of their day of action in defence of the right to strike, called in opposition to the government’s latest anti-union legislation sending minimum service levels on strike day. The march was joined by large delegations from the UCU, NEU, ASLEF…
A couple of thousand of people joined the COP26 demonstration in Leeds on 6th November to coincide with the major protest outside the conference in Glasgow, after a week in which the incapability of the capitalist powers around the globe to act to tackle the looming threat of climate change has become ever clearer, many…
“Claps don’t pay our bills” and “Nurses are for life, not just for pandemics” were amongst some of the slogans on homemade placards at the 250 strong demonstration of NHS & care workers fighting for a pay rise. This turnout would have been even bigger if it weren’t for the local lockdowns imposed on some…
You know the squeeze in the public sector is coming to a crunch when workers for an organisation set-up to try to prevent strikes themselves walk out on strike. But that was precisley what happened as conciliators at ACAS took strike action on Friday 11th May. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party The detrimental changes that…
