Over two months after the last round of action in March, NUJ members were back out on the picket lines in the battle to defend local radio services. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party In that time BBC management have pressed on with their attacks, merging content, with presenters of day time shows leaving the company…
Across Leeds, nurses and ambulance workers were both taking part in strike action on International Workers Day, following their rejection of the government’s well before invitation 5% pay offer. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party Turnout on the RCN picket line at St James’s Hospital was much higher than during the last round of strike action….
Despite the freezing conditions, the warmth of support for nurses, part of the Royal College of Nurses (RCN) stood out as they took their historic first ever day of strike action in the UK. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party As the RCN branch secretary on the picket line reminded me, less than 30 years ago…
Report from Leeds Socialist Students of last Saturday’s Yorkshire March for Jobs in Leeds Yorkshire Youth March for Jobs in Leeds – photo Iain Dalton Socialist Students took part in the Youth March for Jobs in Leeds on 9th of October. The demonstration and march, attended by some 50 people, included impassioned speeches from representatives…
“This is about putting profits over people” said one GMB striker at the British Gas workers demonstration in Leeds, summarising the nature of the dispute, now in its 13th day of strike action. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party Friday 5th February at 12noon was the deadline given to workers before moving on to one-to-one ‘consultations’…
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…
GMB union reps and activists from across the country came to protest outside Asda House in Leeds against the company’s proposals to forcibly move what staff remain on other contracts onto ‘Contract 6’. Contract 6, while giving a slight pay increase, takes away paid breaks and forces increased ‘flexibility’ on staff, including working more bank…
Theresa May’s zombie government is still in place, lurching from one crisis to the next but looking increasingly likely to be consigned to the grave. Iain Dalton, Socialist Alternative candidate for Gipton and Harehills ward, Leeds Talk continues of local Tory party branches calling emergency general meetings at which they’d pass a no confidence motion…
Campaigners had a big reason to be cheerful at the events marking 70th anniversary of the NHS in Leeds, as the Trust at Leeds Teaching Hospitals had announced that they “will not be transferring any staff into a Wholly-owned Subsidiary during the financial year to March 2019.” Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party This is now…
Despite yet another dismal winter saturday drizzle, around 150 people joined the protest outside the Leeds General Infirmary, as part of the 3rd February national day of action over the winter NHS crisis. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party In the absence of major unions, or Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, calling for a mass turnout for…
